The following is an excerpt from a speech by Nan Roman, president and CEO of the National Alliance to End Homelessness. The Alliance is a public education, advocacy, and capacity-building organization with a network of more than 10,000 nonprofit, public s ...
22 Apr 2014 - Nan Roman
• Average income needed to afford a one-bedroom apartment in Multnomah County: $17,720 • Average annual Social Security payment for retired workers in Multnomah County: $12,861 • Number of hours per week a worker earning minimum wage must work to afford a ...
10 Feb 2014 - Street Roots Staff
There’s a lot of money — and lives — resting on Oregon’s grand experiment in restructuring health care through Medicaid. Portland metropolitan area’s largest coordinated care organization, Health Share of Oregon, like others across the state, have a manda ...
30 Jul 2013 - Amanda Waldroupe