Medicaid is on the Line: What This Could Mean for Gorge Communities
Miriam Starrett Miriam Starrett

Medicaid is on the Line: What This Could Mean for Gorge Communities

In recent current events, we have all been hearing about funding cuts that the U.S. (or federal) government is making. It is hard to understand what is being cut and how it will impact all of us because we are getting so much information. One service that we are worried about is Medicaid.

For this reason, members involved in a volunteer group of service providers called the Gorge Health Equity Collaborative have written this letter to help explain what cuts to Medicaid in Oregon and Washington may mean to us.

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Master Blaster: Mad man in Mural-dome
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Master Blaster: Mad man in Mural-dome

Artist Chris Pothier washes the west wall of the Annex in downtown The Dalles this afternoon, May 15. He was at the intersection of Thai food and Copper West Properties - the very gut of TD - as he and Dylan McManus prepare for the latest mural in Little Art City on Lincoln Street.

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Leslie Naramore Hired as MCCAC’s Interim Executive Director
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Leslie Naramore Hired as MCCAC’s Interim Executive Director

Mid-Columbia Community Action Council (MCCAC), the region’s leading homeless services provider, announced that Leslie Naramore will join the organization as Interim Executive Director. Leslie begins her new role after more than seven years of serving as the Executive Director of the MCCAC’s counterpart in Klickitat and Skamania Counties, Washington Gorge Action Programs (WAGAP).

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How nonprofits count the houseless
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How nonprofits count the houseless

Last Wednesday, about 50 social workers started their day with the same goal: Find and survey all the unhoused people in Hood River, Wasco, Sherman, Skamania and Klickitat counties within 24 hours. Part of a federally mandated Point in Time (PIT) Count, Johnson and others dove into liminal spaces, looking for those that society prefers to keep invisible.

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MCCAC Celebrates Gloria Center Grand Opening
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MCCAC Celebrates Gloria Center Grand Opening

Mid-Columbia Community Action Council (MCCAC) celebrated the grand opening of the Gloria Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in front of the new building on May 31. The Gloria Center, a support services navigation center, is a social service center aiming to provide social and health services for the areas of Wasco, Hood River and Sherman counties.

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MCCAC to Hold Grand Opening of The Gloria Center
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MCCAC to Hold Grand Opening of The Gloria Center

Mid-Columbia Community Action Council (MCCAC) is pleased to announce the grand opening of The Gloria Center, a one-stop multi-agency supportive services center located in The Dalles. The formal grand opening event will take place at 11am on Friday, May 31st at 2505 W. 7th St. in The Dalles.

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MCCAC, community partners rally to provide shelter during storms
Sarah Kellems Sarah Kellems

MCCAC, community partners rally to provide shelter during storms

When winter storms hit the Gorge in January, no one was a higher risk than those without housing. Across the Gorge, shelters and volunteers rushed to ensure that the unhoused would be safe from the biting cold. In The Dalles, this effort was headed by Mid-Columbia Community Action Council and its community partners.

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Restaurants open kitchens to shelter’s meals program
Sarah Kellems Sarah Kellems

Restaurants open kitchens to shelter’s meals program

Even when a handful of Hood River Shelter’s contributing restaurants closed their doors in the January 12 winter storm, while layers of snow and ice accumulated in single-digit temperatures, they opened their kitchens to keep the shelter fed.

“We have a duty to help. We have a warm home and food on our table. It’s our responsibility to contribute where we can and provide for those who lack these critical things” Ben Stenn, owner of Celilo.

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MCCAC Gives Housing, Shelter, Projects Updates
Sarah Kellems Sarah Kellems

MCCAC Gives Housing, Shelter, Projects Updates

The Hood River City Council received updates on housing and shelter assistance projects, including the construction of The Gloria Center in The Dalles, from the Mid-Columbia Community Action Council (MCCAC) during the Dec. 11 city council meeting.

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Photos With Santa Raises $2,700 for MCCAC
Sarah Kellems Sarah Kellems

Photos With Santa Raises $2,700 for MCCAC

Cookies, Cocoa and Photos with Santa organizers presented Mid-Columbia Community Action Council (MCCAC) with a check for $2,700 on Monday, Dec. 11. 146 families attended the Cookies, Cocoa and Photos with Santa event at Hood River Hotel to enjoy some holiday cheer and raise money to support programming at MCCAC.

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