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Description:	'''Employment''' ''211 NW Davis Street'' ''Portland, Oregon 97209'' - ''https://www.streetroots.org/'' Street Roots creates income opportunities for people experiencing homelessness and poverty by producing a weekly newspaper and other media to act as catalysts for individual and social change. Their '''Vendor Program''' has around 200 active vendors that sell Street Roots in the Portland metropolitan area. It provides an opportunity for people experiencing homelessness and poverty to earn an income by selling the newspaper. People walk in off the streets, ''go through orientation'' , and begin selling the weekly newspaper. Ten complementary papers launch their efforts, and then they purchase each paper for a quarter that they sell for $1, keeping all profits and tips '''.''' Street Roots works with more than 800 vendors annually, and about 75 percent of their vendors are unhoused. Street Roots offers a low-barrier program that allows heir vendors to make their own schedules. Vendors' selling hours and days at each location may vary greatly. New vendor orientation is held every Wednesday and Friday at 12:15 pm in the vendor office at 211 NW Davis Street. Allow 45 minutes to an hour for orientation. No documents or ID are required. ''https://www.streetroots.org/vendors#become'' Street Roots also produces a guidebook, '''Rose City Resource,''' that provides a comprehensive list of services for people experiencing homelessness and poverty in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties. Rose City Resource booklets are available to pick up at the Street Roots office and at multiple other locations in the Portland region.
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