Take Action: Help Keep the Most Vulnerable in Shelter
We need your help. Multnomah County has proposed the closing of several shelters in their Fiscal Year 2027 budget including four which Transition Projects operates: Clark Center, Laurelwood Center, River District Navigation Center, and Walnut Park.
Tell Multnomah County: We are calling on our elected officials for a plan that prevents hundreds of people from being pushed out on the streets and that worsens our homelessness crisis.
The proposed budget will result in the closure of programs and layoffs effective July 1, 2026. Transition Projects cares deeply about the livelihoods of our staff, and this will affect more than 100 of our employees and would put at risk not only four shelters, but additional programs including our Outreach Team and our Resource Center. The proposed budget cuts would have far reaching consequences — deeply affecting our community for years to come.
If implemented as proposed, these cuts will displace hundreds of our most vulnerable neighbors who are currently sheltered, stabilized, and working toward housing — and push many of them back onto the streets.
At a time when our community is experiencing historically high levels of homelessness, this proposal would significantly increase unsheltered homelessness overnight.
How You Can Help
Email Your Representative
Julia Brim-Edwards
District 3 Commissioner
district3@multco.us
Vince Jones-Dixon
District 4 Commissioner
district4@multco.us
Chair Jessica Vega Pederson
Multnomah County Chair
mult.chair@multco.us
Meghan Moyer
District 1 Commissioner
district1@multco.us
Shannon Singleton
District 2 Commissioner
district2@multco.us
Sample Message
Dear [Chair & Commissioner],
As a resident of Multnomah County, I believe that investing in homeless services is important. Although I am an employee of Transition Projects, I am contacting you today as an individual community member. Our county has more than 10,500 people who face homelessness each night, nearly 50% of them living on the streets. We must NOT displace hundreds of people from shelters.
The Homeless Services Department's proposed Fiscal Year 2027 budget will reduce the number of shelters that people can access — adding to the number of people living outside, unsheltered. I am calling on you to prevent hundreds of people from being pushed out on the streets — worsening our homelessness crisis.
This issue is important to me because [...insert personal message]
Sincerely,
A concerned resident
Attend a Public Hearing
Are you looking for more ways to advocate as an individual? The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners will hold public hearings on the FY 2027 budget to provide stakeholders multiple opportunities to officially comment on the operating and capital budgets. Learn more at the link below.