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IDA Initiative 2025 Legislative Endorsement
The IDA Initiative calls for the Oregon Legislature to invest $20M for IDAs in the 2025-2027 biennium in addition to the existing tax credit — and to designate that as ongoing funding included in future budgets.
RE:Cap of RE:Conference 2024
Over 250 advocates, practitioners, and community members gathered in Salem on October 15-16 for RE:Conference 2024, exploring how renewal through reclamation can transform Oregon’s housing and economic landscape.
Grocery Worker Solidarity Statement
We’re standing in solidarity with grocery store workers this Labor Day weekend.
Welcome Roberta Phillip-Robbins
Roberta is Neighborhood Partnership’s new Organizational Director. Roberta is excited to share with the NP community her years of experience as a facilitator, training as an advocate, and orientation as a policy wonk. After the pandemic, she joined Engage to Change (ETC) to support state agencies, local government, not-for-profit organizations, and private firms as they […]
Neighborhood Partnerships Signs Our First Union Contract
On June 21, Neighborhood Partnerships and ILWU Local 5 signed the organization’s first ever labor contract! This milestone is the result of principled, collaborative negotiations by NP’s employees – both workers and management – over the course of a year. This work followed NP’s voluntary recognition of the staff union in spring 2023. The new […]
Celebrating Two Amazing Trainings
Financial Coaching for Prosperity We are excited to announce that a cohort of 33 staff that work with IDA savers (from 24 different IDA Provider organizations) just completed our first 28-hour Financial Coaching for Prosperity Training Series! This training, which spanned 2 months, both in person and virtual, provided staff from across the Initiative comprehensive […]
Get Inspired, Get Connected, Get to RE:
We’re excited to announce that tickets are now available for RE:Conference 2024! Join us at RE:Conference on October 15-16, 2024, at the Salem Convention Center for a transformative experience centered on this year’s theme: ‘Renewal’. Connect with thought leaders, policy advocates, and community organizers committed to housing and economic justice. Learn from impactful stories, engage […]
Announcing $11.5 million in IDA Funding
Espanol Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS), in partnership with Neighborhood Partnerships (NP), announce $11.5 million in funding to support the Individual Development Account Initiative statewide. An Individual Development Account (IDA) is a matched savings account, where the money participants save is multiplied up to five times by the program. As Oregonians face inflation and […]
Welcome Rochelle Wasula
Rochelle joins Neighborhood Partnerships with more than 15 years of experience in operations and project management and most recently came to us from Mercy Corps Northwest. Her talents include system and vendor coordination, improving processes and project and office management.