The MCCAC December 2025 Newsletter in English and Spanish shares news from the past few months including a staff highlight of Utilities & Housing Stabilization Specialist Yesenia Camacho, Rowena Fire Recovery updates, Hood River Shelter and Winter Resource information, a recap of this year’s Housing Stabilization Summit, and more!

The MCCAC October 2025 Newsletter in English and Spanish shares news from the past few months including a staff highlight of Operations Manager, Michelle Fernandez, Rowena Fire Recovery updates, Winter Resource information, and more!

The Mid-Columbia Houseless Collaborative announces a free community screening of No Place to Grow Old, a documentary film that captures a growing crisis unfolding quietly across America: older adults aging into houselessness. The event will take place on November 6, 2025, at 6:30 PM at The Granada Theatre, located at 221 E 2nd Street in The Dalles.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the availability of low interest federal disaster loans to Oregon small businesses, private nonprofits and residents to offset physical and economic losses from the Rowena Wildfire occurring June 11-19. The SBA issued a disaster declaration in response to a request received from Gov. Tina Kotek on July 14.

THE DALLES — The Annex Transitional Housing and Shelter is receiving an eye-catching new feature in the form of a mural on the west side of the building. Created by The Dalles artists Chris Pothier and Dylan McManus, the mural features a colorful combination of shapes that together create the image of an outstretched arm with a child its palm.

Effective July 1, 2025, Mid-Columbia Community Action Council (MCCAC) will refer qualifying low-income community members from Hood River, Wasco, and Sherman counties who are seeking home weatherization services to NeighborImpact, a private not-for-profit organization based out of Redmond, Oregon.

As wildfires continue to trigger evacuations across Oregon, residents of a small community along the Columbia River are assessing what remains of their homes after the Rowena Fire.

Last week, the fire destroyed 56 homes in the unincorporated community of Rowena, outside The Dalles. The flames skipped and jumped between homes, leaving some untouched while reducing others to rubble.

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.