Friday, May 14, 2010
Transportation Survey
Horizons, and other community partners are in the midst of completing a community transportation Needs Survey to determine it the current transportation services are meeting the needs of the regions special needs population. Special needs populations are defined as Senior Citizens, low-income individuals, youth, and disabled persons.
RUFEES – Tax Assistance Preparation
March 2010
Horizons in partnership with OIC Prosperity Center, AARP and the Othello Housing Authority sponsored a Tax assistance day. Free Tax preparation services were provided to low-income individuals and senior citizens was provided at the housing authority in Othello. Services were provided in Spanish (via volunteer certified translators).
Horizons in partnership with OIC Prosperity Center, AARP and the Othello Housing Authority sponsored a Tax assistance day. Free Tax preparation services were provided to low-income individuals and senior citizens was provided at the housing authority in Othello. Services were provided in Spanish (via volunteer certified translators).
Adams County Homeless Count
February 2010
ACCN partnered with WSU Horizons, DSHS, WSMC, Adams County Health District, and other local agencies to complete the annual homeless count. Individuals were sent to various locations throughout Othello and its surrounding area to do personal interviews and observations of the homeless problems, as well as hand out Carbon-Dioxide Detectors.
ACCN partnered with WSU Horizons, DSHS, WSMC, Adams County Health District, and other local agencies to complete the annual homeless count. Individuals were sent to various locations throughout Othello and its surrounding area to do personal interviews and observations of the homeless problems, as well as hand out Carbon-Dioxide Detectors.
Homeless Needs Assessment
November 2009:
Horizons, in partnership with the Adams County Community Network went out to assess the needs of individuals living in various labor camps in the Othello West area. The majority of the individuals living in the area are Hispanic seasonal farmworkers (and their families); very low income and are considered homeless due to their living conditions. The evening before going out the temperature in the region fell below 0 degrees. During the assessment the outside temperature was around 10 degrees. What we found were people in need of heaters, in need of blankets, in need of beds, many huddled in one room to utilize heaters; we also found many of the trailers’s had wood furnaces added to them, without carbon-dioxide detectors. In response Horizons and ACCN brought resources to bear and was able to acquire 25 heaters, over 40 blankets, 3 beds, and a van load of donated winter cloths, within 2 days to give to needy families.
Horizons, in partnership with the Adams County Community Network went out to assess the needs of individuals living in various labor camps in the Othello West area. The majority of the individuals living in the area are Hispanic seasonal farmworkers (and their families); very low income and are considered homeless due to their living conditions. The evening before going out the temperature in the region fell below 0 degrees. During the assessment the outside temperature was around 10 degrees. What we found were people in need of heaters, in need of blankets, in need of beds, many huddled in one room to utilize heaters; we also found many of the trailers’s had wood furnaces added to them, without carbon-dioxide detectors. In response Horizons and ACCN brought resources to bear and was able to acquire 25 heaters, over 40 blankets, 3 beds, and a van load of donated winter cloths, within 2 days to give to needy families.
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