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Columbian Social Services, Demographics, Faith

The Lincoln Place, a new 30-unit apartment complex in downtown Vancouver,  offers permanent housing to chronically homeless individuals in Clark County. It provides a variety of support services to its tenants under contracts arranged thanks to flexibility Vancouver Housing Authority has been granted in following federal rules.

Feds let Vancouver housing agency keep flexibility

The Lincoln Place, a new 30-unit apartment complex in downtown Vancouver,  offers permanent housing to chronically homeless individuals in Clark County. It provides a variety of support services to its tenants under contracts arranged thanks to flexibility Vancouver Housing Authority has been granted in following federal rules.

April 19, 2016, 11:50am Clark County News

Vancouver Housing Authority is among 39 housing authorities around the country that recently got 12-year extensions on Moving to Work, a demonstration program that allows some flexibility in spending federal dollars. Read story

A 116-unit, four-story apartment complex is in the works to fill this vacant block between West 15th and 16th, Main and Washington streets in downtown Vancouver.

Builder proposes apartments on Main in downtown

A 116-unit, four-story apartment complex is in the works to fill this vacant block between West 15th and 16th, Main and Washington streets in downtown Vancouver.

April 19, 2016, 6:01am Business

A 116-unit, four-story apartment complex is in the works for a long-vacant downtown lot across from the Clark County Historical Museum. Read story

Second Hand Solutions store manager Julie Murray, right, with Judy McMorine, Open House Ministries development director, talk about the new vintage and antique shop opened at the nonprofit&#039;s retail building.

Open House Ministries expands retail offerings with vintage store

Second Hand Solutions store manager Julie Murray, right, with Judy McMorine, Open House Ministries development director, talk about the new vintage and antique shop opened at the nonprofit&#039;s retail building.

April 18, 2016, 6:00am Churches & Religion

A thrift shop that supports a downtown homeless shelter run by Open House Ministries has expanded to include a new antique and vintage room. The growing retail operations, which occupy the upper story of Second Hand Solutions Thrift Store, 915 W. 13th St., will also provide job training for residents. Read story

Socket, 18 months, prowls the aisles of Lutz Hardware in downtown Camas.

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Socket, 18 months, prowls the aisles of Lutz Hardware in downtown Camas.

April 17, 2016, 6:00am Business

As Ed Oquendo stood in line on a recent Monday at Vintage Books in Vancouver, he cradled Henry, a 19-year-old tabby who lives at the bookstore. Henry appeared nonplussed by the interaction. Read story

Rimany Samoeum, 4, gets checked in with his family at a Winter Hospitality Overflow shelter at St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Vancouver in November. This season, 41 percent of the shelter occupants were children.

WHO shelters do their part for homeless in winter

Rimany Samoeum, 4, gets checked in with his family at a Winter Hospitality Overflow shelter at St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Vancouver in November. This season, 41 percent of the shelter occupants were children.

April 10, 2016, 6:00am Churches & Religion

Between November and the end of March, 478 homeless people were sheltered through the Winter Hospitality Overflow program. The two host churches, St. Andrew Lutheran in Orchards and St. Paul Lutheran in downtown Vancouver, provided a combined 9,423 bed nights for those without a stable place to sleep. Read story

Kathy Sullivan, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:  &quot;We are all ocean people one way or another.&quot;

NOAA head’s West Coast tour ends in Vancouver

Kathy Sullivan, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:  &quot;We are all ocean people one way or another.&quot;

April 9, 2016, 8:39pm Clark County News

Concluding a weeklong tour of the West Coast, Kathy Sullivan, the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, spoke in Vancouver on Saturday about oceanic health at the Pacific Fisheries Management Council meeting. Read story

Volunteers and members of Northwest Wild Fish Rescue prepare Saturday to release young coho salmon into Salmon Creek near Battle Ground.

Group releases thousands of coho into Salmon Creek

Volunteers and members of Northwest Wild Fish Rescue prepare Saturday to release young coho salmon into Salmon Creek near Battle Ground.

April 9, 2016, 7:53pm Clark County News

BATTLE GROUND -- Nine-year-old Maya Elwell was the first to tip her plastic bucket and slide about a dozen coho salmon into upper Salmon Creek on Saturday. Northwest Wild Fish Rescue released about 2,000 to 3,000 young salmon as part of their ongoing efforts to improve ailing wild fish runs… Read story

Artist Mandi Vee, center, shares a laugh with Ruth Shafer of the Vancouver Community Library while working on a beading project Friday morning, March 25, 2016.

Homeless artist, downtown library staff collaborating on display

Artist Mandi Vee, center, shares a laugh with Ruth Shafer of the Vancouver Community Library while working on a beading project Friday morning, March 25, 2016.

April 7, 2016, 6:07am Clark County News

About 1,500 people visit the downtown Vancouver Community Library every day. There's typically people working, reading or simply resting in the chairs lining the windows of the first-floor atrium, or at one of the bistro tables in front of Thatcher's Coffee. Read story

Connie Hewitt organizes clean bedding to be used by women staying overnight in St. Paul Lutheran Church&#039;s former Sunday school building.

Vancouver church offers overnight stays for homeless women

Connie Hewitt organizes clean bedding to be used by women staying overnight in St. Paul Lutheran Church&#039;s former Sunday school building.

March 31, 2016, 7:36pm Churches & Religion

A former Sunday school building that houses homeless men in the winter was transformed into an overnight shelter for women on Thursday. St. Paul Lutheran Church in downtown Vancouver aims to have all 12 beds set up today. Read story

Adam Kravitz, left, speaks with Kilo Ulestad at an Unhoused Residents Association meeting. &quot;We are all experts of what&#039;s not working. That&#039;s why we&#039;re here,&quot; said Kravitz, who used to be homeless.

Unhoused Residents Association advocates on its own behalf

Adam Kravitz, left, speaks with Kilo Ulestad at an Unhoused Residents Association meeting. &quot;We are all experts of what&#039;s not working. That&#039;s why we&#039;re here,&quot; said Kravitz, who used to be homeless.

March 30, 2016, 6:05am Churches & Religion

There are neighborhood associations for most every area in Clark County, but what about people without an address? Read story