CDBG Current Projects Page 2

Migrant Head Start provides children from migrant farm worker families with the opportunity to enter a pre-school environment where they will receive age level instruction and be taught appropriate classroom behavior.  In 2001, the Block Grant program awarded $300,000 to Oregon Child Development Coalition for the construction of a 12,180 square feet Migrant Head Start Center in the city of Cornelius.  The agency provided matching funds totaling $2,587,111 to the project.  The facility serves 160 migrant children annually from western Washington County.

Since 1977, Luke-Dorf has been committed to providing individualized, strength-based services to its clients and to establishing a supportive network of case managers, residential options, drug and alcohol treatment, activities, and other social supports that sustain clients in leading fully integrated, meaningful lives in the community.  Safe Haven Housing Project is an innovative approach to provide long-term assisted housing and comprehensive care to 20 chronically mentally ill persons annually. 

In 2005, the CDBG program provided $438,656 to the agency to assist in the rehabilitation of an historic house located in the downtown area of Hillsboro, so as to make the house suitable to house these clients.  CDBG funded improvements included elevating the house to pour concrete footings under interior posts, installation of new HVAC system, replacement of all windows, replacement of asbestos siding and the installation of a new water line and meter.  In addition to the Block Grant award, the agency contributed $215,922 to the project.