Schnitzer unveils Wapato plan: Bybee Lakes Hope Center

Karen Clemmer 1/13/203:04 PM

By Zane Sparling, 1-12-2020, Portland Tribune

Oregon nonprofit Helping Hands Reentry Outreach Centers seeks funds for North Portland homeless shelter

PORTLAND, Ore. (Portland Tribune) — Would a jail called by any other name smell more sweet?

The backers of the proposed Bybee Lakes Hope Center certainly think so.

Plans to convert the never-used Wapato Corrections Facility into a North Portland homeless refuge took a step forward Saturday, Jan. 11 — with the unveiling of the Oregon nonprofit that would operate the center if enough funds are found to save it from the wrecking ball.

Helping Hands already operates 11 emergency shelters and re-entry programs in Clatsop, Tillamook, Yamhill and Lincoln counties, and founder Alan Evans says he will rely on his own experience with homelessness to create a data-driven, trauma-informed center here.

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Oregon nonprofit Helping Hands Reentry Outreach Centers seeks funds for North Portland homeless shelter

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