SPRINGFIELD — After Gov. Tina Kotek’s state of emergency declaration regarding homelessness in January 2023, Lane County received roughly $18.5 million to work toward three initiatives: preventing homelessness, rehousing unhoused citizens, and increasing the number of available shelter beds. Nonprofit Catholic Community Services (CCS) of Lane County has made significant progress toward these goals, in addition to fulfilling other community needs. CCS reports the following data from its most recent fiscal year: July 1, 2023-June…
Here to Help: Catholic Community Services report strong numbers helping unhoused, others in Lane
