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Founded in 1971, Community Outreach is a nonprofit organization that provides a range of services to homeless and low-income people in Willamette valley, Ore. It offers housing, medical and treatment services. The organization operates various medical and dental clinics that provide services through dentists, hygienists and dental assistants. Community Outreach s therapeutic day care services serve preschool children and include individual and family counseling. Its emergency shelter program offers food pantries, phone, mail, message, and information and referral services. The organization features family dormitories with kitchens, dining areas, shower units and bathrooms. Community Outreach s case management services include housing and employment. It additionally offers crisis management, outpatient mental health and various treatment programs. The organization is located in Corvallis, Ore.

Founded in 1969, United Community Action Network is a private nonprofit community action agency that promotes resources and opportunities in all parts of Douglas County, Ore. Through operations of programs and in partnerships with other agencies, it strives to increase the self-sufficiency of the low-income populations. In its transitions programs, for example, it provides self-help education and training programs that help participants through major life transitions, building on strengths and overcoming barriers to self-sufficiency. These programs include academic skills upgrade, computer literacy training, and a personal growth curriculum designed to promote the development of a strong sense of self-worth and competence. In its confidence clinic, courses are offered in assertiveness, communications, parenting, values, goal setting and decision making, among others. United Community Action Network maintains offices in Roseburg, Ore.