Clackamas Leaders raise $40,000 for Domestic Violence Survivor Houses!
End of Pilot Project in Sight
January, 2012
Clackamas County Leaders Aimee Bruno, King of Kings Lutheran, and Cecil Denney, Lake Oswego UMC, have written two successful grants in support of MACG’s Domestic Violence Survivor House campaign.
The $30,000 grant from Wheat Ridge Ministries and the $10,000 grant from the Moody Memorial First UMC will fund member organization Recovery Association Project (RAP) to open and maintain these democratic, self-sustaining housing alternatives.
With such stable funding in place, now all that is left to do to complete the three home pilot project is to secure and open a final house in Multnomah County. This is expected to happen in the next couple of months.
Two houses have already been opened – one in Washington County and one in Clackamas.
When all three houses are open, Clackamas Leaders will conduct an evaluation, monitoring the houses to see if they are an effective housing option for the Survivor population.
After the evaluation period is over, Leaders will show their findings to the Local and State decision makers, with an eye on funding and spreading the model elsewhere if it is shown to be successful.
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