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Siuslaw Outreach Services, based in Florence, Oregon, has been supporting and transforming the lives of individuals in crisis since 1986. Specializing in homelessness prevention, sexual assault, and domestic violence services, they offer compassionate care and resources to help individuals escape difficult circumstances and build successful new lives. As a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, Siuslaw Outreach Services relies on the generosity of supporters to provide crucial programs and services to those at the highest risk. Committed to offering compassionate, respectful, and confidential support, they have been a lifeline for thousands of individuals facing domestic violence, sexual violence, human trafficking, and homelessness in western Lane County.Generated from the website

A fully accredited prevention intervention research center, Oregon Social Learning Center has been operational for more than 45 years. Formerly known as the Oregon Research Institute, it is funded by the National Institute of Mental Health. Oregon Social Learning Center deals in the designing and evaluation of intervention programs for adolescents, families and communities. The center develops parent education and skills training programs, child and family assessment techniques, identifies peer group social interaction patterns, aggressive behavior and delinquency, and implements family interaction and child development studies. Additionally, it develops various preventive intervention studies in the areas of foster care, at-risk youth, female problems, substance abuse, depression, sexual risk behavior, social competency, domestic violence and the breakdown of romantic relationships. A nonprofit organization, it employs more than 250 personnel that include research scientists, clinical psychologists, family interventionists, parent educators, statisticians, computer programmers, observers, interviewers and support staff.