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Homeless schools for homeless Oregon children

09/24/2009 JENNIFER ANDERSON PORTLAND TRIBUNE PORTLAND, ORE.
Amid the ongoing recession, enrollment in private nonprofit schools for the homeless has skyrocketed in Portland area, where the number of homeless students has risen 122 percent. Outreach workers, who try to provide stability and support for homeless students and their families, try to furnish the students with clothing, food and school supplies.

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Health care jobs unaffected by rising unemployment

12/04/2008 PETER KORN THE PORTLAND TRIBUNE PORTLAND, ORE.
Although joblessness is up in the Portland region, health care employment remains unaffected. The area reports a loss of 11,500 jobs between October 2007 and October 2008 while healthcare companies added 3,500 jobs. That pattern is expected to continue. With jobless rates up, fewer people have insurance, but this does not translate into hospital staff cuts, in part because of support from Medicare and Medicaid.

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Oregon homeless students graduate from high school

6.18.08/Anita Kissee Katu.com Portland, Oregon
Thanks to a Portland organization dedicated to helping the city’s homeless youth, 37 homeless students graduated from high school this year. New Avenues for Youth provides homeless teens with opportunities to get education, job training and counseling. The program also helps them find housing. Seven hundred Portland youth benefit from New Avenues each year.

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Labels: GED, homeless, New Avenues for Youth, Oregon, Portland, youth

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