OHCS and Oregon Health Authority fund collaboration to mitigate COVID-19 health inequities

From MyCentralOregon.com:

Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) and Oregon Health Authority (OHA) are teaming up to address COVID-19-related health inequities through a shared investment in more than 100 community-based organizations around the state.

“Every day I work with people who are dealing with an illness that catches them off-guard with its intensity and leaves them at risk of homelessness, when they cannot pay their rent due to missing work while ill or caring for a sick loved one,” said Tara Gray, area coordinator with Community Services Consortium, a recipient of these grant funds. “I tell them that right now, with at least this one thing, we can help.”

Read the full article at www.mycentraloregon.com/2020/12/23/oregon-housing-and-community-services-and-oregon-health-authority-fund-collaboration-to-mitigate-covid-19-health-inequities/

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