creating a safe, sanitary, and supportive environment for guests to take the next steps toward housing and employment

Church@thePark's (C@P) operates Micro Shelter Communities and Permanent Supportive Housing. You are welcome to stay at our Micro Shelter Communities if we have space and you have no safe and appropriate alternative place to stay. If you choose to accept our services, you are agreeing to try your hardest to meet our expectations and work on making progress towards housing. This is to ensure your length of stay with us is as short as possible. You are welcome to apply to live at our Permanent Supportive Housing complex, the Coral House, if you are ready to take the next steps in housing.

C@P's Communities are low barrier and we do not require drug testing or income to enter our programs. We accept pets and have a policy of one pet per adult. All participants must be able to manage their own activities of daily living (ADLs) including independent eating, dressing, bathing, and toileting.

COMMUNITIES

Annual Review 2025

Outreach

Our outreach efforts focus on attending key partner meetings for the

coordination of resources and outreach, attending partner outreach

activities to connect with unsheltered individuals, responding to specific referrals or intake processes for unsheltered individuals, and responding to partner referrals to add individuals to our shelter waitlist.

189 people to positive destinations
664 total people served

Safe Parking

55 people to positive destinations
94 total people served
492 people on the waiting list

Safe Parking Day Services - serving our Safe Parking guests:

-- mail service

-- showers

-- food boxes

-- clothing closet

-- chaplain support

-- case management

Launch

CORAL HOUSE

The effort at Coral House for women exiting homelessness has exceeded our initial expectations on both the need and impact. Hundreds of women are applying. We have recently dedicated 10 of our rooms to a partnership with Northwest Human Services to specifically serve women with higher health needs. This focus allows us to maintain relationships with people exiting our shelters into permanent housing to ensure they remain stably housed. Moving forward, C@P has a strategic plan to own and manage Housing Projects for formerly homeless families and seniors through partnerships with Catholic Community Services, Center 50+, Salem for Refugees, and The Mid-Willamette Valley United Way.

24 total people served

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Amon and Lucy, both Young Adult Shelter guests, are in a workforce development program that we are partnering with while we build our training kitchen. Stop by to see them working at Better Than Mama's!

Sheltering

VILLAGE OF HOPE

Construction is almost complete for the VoH site expansion and upgrades, including 32 additional beds!

52 people to positive destinations
176 total people served
2,766 people on the waiting list

YOUNG ADULT SITE

At the Young Adult Site we offer access to counselors, caseworkers, peer support specialists and education partnerships with Chemeketa Community College. Guests have benefited from a strong staff and consistent core of volunteers. In 2025, funding cuts reduced the number of staff and beds at the Young Adult Shelter. We restructured the program expectations: Guests have a schedule, including a wake-up time, they are responsible for daily and weekly chores, and they are required to attend a certain number of groups each week, as determined and asses by our counselor and chaplain.

45 people to positive destinations
85 total people served
132 people on the waiting list

CCS FAMILY SITE

Of the 328 people who were sheltered at our CCS Family site, 179 of them were children. Providing safe and supportive shelter for that many kids and families requires an army of partners and volunteers to help with all of the educational, health, and housing needs.

145 people to positive destinations
328 total people served
464 people on the waiting list

POLK COUNTY SITE

One of the most encouraging parts of our sheltering work in Polk County has been the response of neighbors and community members who were initially very concerned about having shelters in the communities, but are now finding ways to support and even to volunteer with our team!

17 people to positive destinations
39 total people served
110 people on the waiting list

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