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Navigating the complexities of Portland's homelessness services requires a centralized, accessible, and dynamic source of information. A community-built knowledge base, like this wiki, is the ideal tool for this purpose. Unlike static reports or fragmented news articles, a wiki allows for the collective expertise of residents, service providers, academics, and individuals with lived experience to be documented, organized, and constantly updated. This collaborative model ensures that the information is comprehensive, reflecting the diverse perspectives and on-the-ground realities of the crisis. From detailing specific city policies and the resources offered by various non-profits to explaining key terminology and historical context, this wiki serves as a single point of reference that can evolve as the situation on the streets and in government halls changes. By fostering shared knowledge, this platform can help create a more informed community, empower advocates, and provide crucial, up-to-date information to those in need.
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<div class="banner"; style="padding: 10px 20px 30px 20px; background-color: #e0e0e0;"> <p style="font-family:Arial; font-size: 14pt; "> <i>This community built website brings together data developed by individual citizens, non-profit organizations and government organizations. Its purpose is to provide a community oriented view of the homeless population and homeless services in the State of Oregon. As is the nature of community information it will have errors, we ask that you work with us to correct these errors so we all have a better understanding of the situation.</i></p></div>
 
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|[[Contribute Data|<div class="banner"; style="padding: 5px 20px 5x 20px; background-color: #e0e0e0;"> <p style="font-family:Arial; font-size: 20pt; "> <b>Contribute Data</b></p> </div>]]
[[Map of homeless services]]
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[[Map of homeless shelters]]
 
[[Map of incidents]] - email incidents to [mailto:incident@opencommons.org incident@opencommons.org] for more details go to [[Incident Reporting Instructions]]
 
[[Resources|Resources Page]]
 
[[Facilities|Table listing Facilities]]
 
[[Best|Videos of HMIS and Data Wallet]]
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=== Getting started ===
This is a community website. We need people to correct and update the data so it stays current. Please use the link below to add shelter data.
 
[[Form:Facility|Find or Add a Facility]]
 
[[Form:Corporation|Find or Add a Provider]]
 
[[Form:Resource|Find or Add a Resource]]
 
=== External Links ===
 
[https://hsd.multco.us/ Joint Office of Homeless Services]
 
[https://www.oregonmetro.gov/addressing-homelessness Metro Housing and Homelessness]
 
[https://heretogetheroregon.org/understanding-homelessness/ Understanding Homelessness]
 
[https://www.211info.org 211info.org]
 
[https://www.portland.gov/streetresponse/data-dashboard Portland Street Response Data Dashboard]
 
[https://www.portland.gov/public-records/open-data  Open Data Sources Portland.gov]
 
<strong>Multnomah County Homeless Information Knowledge Base</strong>

Latest revision as of 19:27, October 30, 2025