Mission and vision

"In respecting the innate dignity of all; the Curry Homeless Coalition provides education, advocacy, and coordinates supportive services for people with housing needs."

Housing - We are participants in the development and focus of the Curry Housing Task Force. We are at the table, promoting low barrier transitional housing and permanent supportive housing needs for Curry County residents.  We work to establish relationships with developers, contractors and other non-profits whose mission and vision is to advocate for increased housing options in Curry County.

Youth - We engage with Mckinney Vento Homeless Student Liaisons working to support our students struggling with housing instability.  The goal is to determine gaps/needs amongst students, support homeless students and exploring evidence-based support programs like Second Home.  Second Home is a program offering housing, support, and resources for High School students experiencing homelessness.

Portals -  We support local direct support providers such as Coast Community Health's outreach staff, St. Timothy's Episcopal church,  Brookings Harbor Community Helpers, Brookings Core Response and partners providing direct services to our unsheltered community members. The Curry Homeless Coalition has served over 500 clients and over 1850 visits to our former location and now our Mobile Outreach Bus. We offer OHP enrollment, employment/career navigation, clothing vouchers, hot food, coffee, tents, tarps, hygiene products, one-on-one, client-centered planning. Days/Hours of outreach are: Tuesdays:  94191 3rd St. Gold Beach, 9:30 - 1:30.

Homeward Bound Program offers transportation services for people needing access to shelter beds, Domestic Violence shelter support outside Curry County, family/friend support network.  If a client has an opportunity to access stable support systems within or outside Curry County, we are often able to accommodate those needs.  We have provided transportation for clients to Wisconsin, Idaho, California and beyond.  We confirm all support systems to ensure no one is transported to another city/county with no support.

In 2021 we launched our mobile outreach program. We have outfitted a 12 passenger vehicle donated to us by Curry Public Transit Inc.  We co-locate with community partners like the The Seventh Day Adventist Church, ODHS, and the Curry library offering hot meals to clients created by Mark Pharis, chef at the Gold Beach Community Center.  We partner with Gold beach Community Center  Meals on Wheels program to increase access to high quality, nutritional hot meals 1 day a week to our unsheltered community members. Other services provided include OHP enrollment, hygiene supplies, tents, tarps, sleeping bags, socks, outerwear, referrals to employment, housing, Intensive Care Coordination, homeless prevention, homeward bound, and more. Mobile Outreach Bus schedule is above under "Portals".

Homeless Prevention - When households experience unexpected expenses and are unable to pay rent, we can step in and prevent eviction by helping with one month's rent.  We also assist with move-in costs.