The city of Vancouver will close the West Mill Plain Boulevard sound wall to camping March 5 after almost a year of complaints from neighbors.…
Posts published in “Homeless outreach”
Point-in-Time Count workers collect data, offer resources to Clark County’s homeless
By The Citizen on January 31, 2025
A team of outreach workers moved through an east Vancouver homeless camp Thursday as dawn’s first light touched the horizon. Read more… Source: The Columbian
Vancouver police spending more time on outreach in homeless camps
By The Citizen on January 25, 2025
Vancouver police officers are spending more time in homeless encampments under a new partnership between the department and the city’s Homeless Assistance and Resource Team.…
Columbia River Mental Health Services aims to have a new mobile clinic up and running later this year
By The Citizen on January 18, 2025
People living in homeless camps struggle to access drug treatment in Clark County, contributing to a wave of overdose deaths. A new program seeks to…
After a year, Vancouver’s Kiggins Village Safe Stay shelter can point to its successes
By The Citizen on December 28, 2024
Last December, Joey Gagnier told an outreach worker that he was tired of living his life the way it was going. He wanted better for…
‘A space for everybody’: Friends of the Carpenter looks to rejuvenate space, expand services
By The Citizen on December 25, 2024
Laughter filled the air as guests assembled small wood crosses on a recent afternoon at Friends of the Carpenter in Vancouver’s Fruit Valley neighborhood. Staff…
‘These folks exist’: Memorial for 53 people in the homeless community will be Saturday in downtown Vancouver
By The Citizen on December 19, 2024
The annual Homeless Persons Memorial Day on Saturday in downtown Vancouver will honor those who died in the past year. Read more… Source: The Columbian
Vancouver’s Couve Collective helps people get clean and get clean laundry as it expands it mission
By The Citizen on December 18, 2024
Felicia Hubach moved wet clothes from the washing machine to the dryer as Couve Collective members chuckled in the background while watching the movie “Uncle…
Vancouver issues emergency order to keep two Safe Stays open
By The Citizen on December 17, 2024
The city of Vancouver issued an emergency order to keep the city’s first two Safe Stays, shelter communities made up of 20 hutlike structures for…
City’s plan to open winter shelter near Vancouver Innovation, Technology and Arts Elementary upsets parents
By The Citizen on December 10, 2024
Vancouver’s plans to open a winter shelter Saturday next to an elementary school have ignited fear and anger among parents. Read more… Source: The Columbian