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Leading up to adoption, the Lane County Human Services Commission (HSC) in cooperation with the <br />City of Eugene hosted fifteen community forums on the Ten-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness. <br />Pearl Wolfe( HSC Supervisor) and Richie Weinman (City of Eugene, Urban Services Manager) <br />presented this plan to a variety of groups including homeless youth, adults and families, faith community, <br />elected officials, Housing Policy Board members and school districts staff, Rotary groups, United Way <br />volunteers, and homeless service providers. A special leadership Summit on Homelessness occurred in <br />September and community leaders offered input on the Ten-Year Plan. <br /> <br />Some key components to Lane County’s Ten-Year Plan include strategies to: <br />? <br /> Create new, permanent housing beds for chronically homeless persons. <br />? <br />Housing First Model, <br /> Use an alternative to the current system of emergency shelter/transitional <br />housing, which tends to prolong the length of time that families remain homeless. The <br />methodology is premised on the belief that vulnerable and at-risk homeless individuals and <br />families are more responsive to interventions and social services support after they are in their <br />own housing, rather than while living in temporary/transitional facilities or housing programs. <br />With permanent housing, these families can begin to regain the self-confidence and control over <br />their lives they lost when they became homeless. <br />? <br /> Increase the success rate of homeless persons becoming employed and staying employed. <br />? <br /> Work collaboratively to stop discharging vulnerable populations into homelessness due to a lack <br />of safe options. <br /> <br />Lane County and the cities of Eugene and Springfield are partners in this effort with HUD to make this <br />plan viable. The Human Services Commission receives more than $2 million annually through a HUD <br />grant to provide funds to nine agencies that offer 15 unique programs to assist people who are homeless. <br />Funded agencies include White Bird, Shelter Care, St. Vincent dePaul, Looking Glass Youth and Family <br />Services, Birth to Three, Catholic Community Services, Womenspace, Mainstream Housing, Housing <br />and Community Services Agency of Lane County. For more information please contact Richie <br />Weinman, Planning and Development Department, at 682-5533 or richie.d.weinman@ci.eugene.or.us <br /> <br />City Wins Safety Award <br />th <br />For the 6 consecutive year, the League of Oregon Cities and City County Insurance Services (CCIS) <br />recognized the safe work performance by City of Eugene employees with a Silver Safety Award. The <br />award is based on the number of lost-time injury cases per 100 employees. The injury frequency rate for <br />the fiscal year 2005 was 2.91. CCIS Risk Management Consultant John Zakarriassen stated that City of <br />Eugene employees should take pride in receiving this award as the low injury frequency rate <br />demonstrates an outstanding effort in working safely. <br /> <br />The framed award certificate is on display in the Human Resource and Risk Services lobby (Room 101) <br />at City Hall. This award is in recognition of the continued efforts of City of Eugene employees to operate <br />within the framework of a proactive safety program. For additional information, contact Mike Pungercar <br />at 682-5762. <br /> <br />"School Shootings, Threats, & Bullies" Talk at Eugene Public Library <br />Since the tragedy at Columbine High in 1999, shootings at schools have claimed over 400 student and <br />faculty lives worldwide. Across the nation this spring, 25 students were arrested in connection with 16 <br />Columbine-style plots. This fall has seen additional deadly shootings in Montreal, Colorado, Wisconsin, <br />and Pennsylvania. <br /> <br />On Saturday, November 18, 3 - 5 p.m., at the Downtown Eugene Public Library, journalist Joseph <br />Lieberman presents a multimedia talk addressing the questions on many minds: Why is this still <br />happening? What haven’t we learned? What can we do? <br /> <br />Lieberman's book, The Shooting Game: The Making of School Shooters, explores “isolation, rejection, <br />anti-social behaviors, ready access to guns, and the accepted norm of violence in the media and society <br />as creating fertile ground for school shootings [which are] America’s most obvious yet most denied sign <br />that our youth are crying out for healthy social acceptance and connections” (Amy Pincus Merwin). <br /> <br />Joining Lieberman for this presentation are Jill Hollingsworth, Program Coordinator and Prevention <br />Specialist at Looking Glass Youth and Family Services, and Springfield Fire Chief Dennis Murphy. <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 3 <br />November 9, 2006 <br />