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Columbian Social Services, Demographics, Faith

People tour a Habitat for Humanity house built by students in YouthBuild Vancouver, a program offering construction and job-skill training and counseling for unemployed youth. Top: Melinda Patterson stands with her sons, Connor, 10, and Tristan, 4, during a dedication ceremony Wednesday for their new house. The Pattersons used to live in homeless shelters.

Habitat for Humanity teams with YouthBuild

People tour a Habitat for Humanity house built by students in YouthBuild Vancouver, a program offering construction and job-skill training and counseling for unemployed youth. Top: Melinda Patterson stands with her sons, Connor, 10, and Tristan, 4, during a dedication ceremony Wednesday for their new house. The Pattersons used to live in homeless shelters.

August 17, 2016, 9:44pm Clark County News

Isabella Rodriguez stopped going to class regularly in middle school. Education was secondary to family drama, and things got worse when she started hanging out with the wrong crowd. Read story

Washougal resident Susan Warford, front, joins fellow students as they try to do a low lunge on a paddleboard during a stand-up paddleboard yoga class on Round Lake in Camas.

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Washougal resident Susan Warford, front, joins fellow students as they try to do a low lunge on a paddleboard during a stand-up paddleboard yoga class on Round Lake in Camas.

August 14, 2016, 6:02am Clark County Health

Carla Slocum helps teach stand-up paddleboard yoga in the summer to get people out of their comfort zones. I’m already uncomfortable and I’m still on land. Read story

Don Gault, 62, was the third person to move into Lincoln Place, the first housing complex for chronically homeless people in Clark County. &quot;I can&#039;t be happier or safer,&quot; Gault said.

Settling in at Lincoln Place

Don Gault, 62, was the third person to move into Lincoln Place, the first housing complex for chronically homeless people in Clark County. &quot;I can&#039;t be happier or safer,&quot; Gault said.

August 10, 2016, 8:18pm Clark County News

When Don Gault was homeless, he heard "you can't" a lot. You can't lie here. You can't use the restroom. Read story

Washington 10th in U.S. immigrant population

August 8, 2016, 6:02am Clark County News

Today, almost 930,000 foreign-born people live in Washington, giving the state the 10th-largest immigrant population in the country. Being such a big part of the population, residents who were born abroad have a big impact on the state economy. Read story

Kathy Gillespie, left, and Liz Pike

Incumbent Pike, Gillespie move on to general election

Kathy Gillespie, left, and Liz Pike

August 3, 2016, 12:03am Clark County News

Incumbent state Rep. Liz Pike, R-Camas, and Democratic challenger Kathy Gillespie will advance to the general election for the Position 2 House seat in the 18th Legislative District, according to preliminary election results released Tuesday night. Read story

17th District leaders, clockwise from top left:  Tim Probst, Vicki Kraft, Sam Kim, Paul Harris, Martin Hash, Lynda Wilson

Probst, Wilson both seek positive in squeaky battle

17th District leaders, clockwise from top left:  Tim Probst, Vicki Kraft, Sam Kim, Paul Harris, Martin Hash, Lynda Wilson

August 2, 2016, 11:54pm Clark County News

State Rep. Lynda Wilson and former legislator Tim Probst are neck-and-neck in the race for Sen. Don Benton's seat in the 17th Legislative District. Read story

Debby Dover, executive director of Second Step Housing, left, looks over the living area of the largest unit at Horizon Place with Denise Stone, director of programs and asset management.

Former foster youth have place to call home

Debby Dover, executive director of Second Step Housing, left, looks over the living area of the largest unit at Horizon Place with Denise Stone, director of programs and asset management.

August 2, 2016, 6:05am Clark County News

Young adults aging out of the foster care system have an affordable place in west Vancouver to call home, build rental history and find community with peers who have been through the same system. Read story

Chef Barbara Curtin, right, conducts a cooking class for the homeless men, including Patrick Durlin, center, living in Share House in Vancouver.

Share House holds cooking classes for homeless

Chef Barbara Curtin, right, conducts a cooking class for the homeless men, including Patrick Durlin, center, living in Share House in Vancouver.

August 1, 2016, 6:05am Clark County News

Patrick Reid deftly peels and chops lemon zest. The 33-year-old is comfortable working the line — that is the fast-paced, intensely-focused line of people prepping food in a restaurant kitchen. In the business, it’s all about mise en place, or having every ingredient in its place. Read story

Heather Gallardo of Vancouver prepares to head back outside after getting dry and warm on a Wednesday afternoon in March at the Share day center in west Vancouver. The center had hoped to offer shower and laundry services but won&#039;t be able to at its current location.

New homeless day center site pitched for Vancouver

Heather Gallardo of Vancouver prepares to head back outside after getting dry and warm on a Wednesday afternoon in March at the Share day center in west Vancouver. The center had hoped to offer shower and laundry services but won&#039;t be able to at its current location.

July 28, 2016, 10:08pm Clark County News

A day center for the homeless in west Vancouver that had planned to offer showers, bathrooms and laundry facilities might move. Thursday, city and housing officials proposed an alternate location. Read story

Self-sufficiency program’s grant renewed

July 26, 2016, 7:00pm Clark County News

The Vancouver Housing Authority has won renewed federal funding for its Family Self Sufficiency program, which works to get low-income households led by people who can work to a point where they no longer need government assistance. Read story