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- EIN 84-3785530
- 8579282408
- 1327 SE Spokane St # 118 Portland OR 97202 USA
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Causes: Community Health Systems, Health, Homeless & Housing, Homeless Centers, Human Services, Job Training, Public Health
Mission: Hygiene4All works for a city that enhances the health and well-being of ALL residents through community connection and advocacy tied to activities and knowledge leveraged at our outdoor Hygiene Hub. H4A fulfills our vision by (1) modeling and disseminating person centered practices and protocols for offering welcoming, joy-enhancing access to showers, bathrooms, foot & wound care, health workers, clean clothing and bedding, and environmentally friendly waste management, guided by unsheltered staffers & patron feedback; (2) fostering opportunities for unsheltered residents to (a) share lived experience seeking access to and barriers to services, and (b) recommend innovations to programming & practices that reduce systemic exclusion. From 3-9 PM, four evenings a week, Hygiene4All offers health, joy, and community-enhancing showers, toilets, first aid, and hygiene products, foot and wound care, access to health workers, a clothing & bedding exchange, and waste management guided and operated by and for houseless residents. Collaborating with unsheltered staff and local experts, we have painstakingly developed and shared training and practices focused on (1) community safety planning & de-escalation, (2) mental health first aid, (3) shared decision-making (4) recognizing and disrupting identity-based harm that too often plagues our BIPOC, Queer, & disabled constituents on the streets. Additionally, we research, document, and advocate for public investments addressing the unmet needs and barriers preventing access to basic hygiene, health, sanitation, and well-being. More than jobs and services, H4A fosters a space for inquiry, sanctuary, and community where self-advocacy and civic participation can bloom.
Results: 3500+ showers a year; Tens of thousands of hygiene, first aid, & harm reduction supplies distributes; thousands of meals and non-perishable food items provided; 30+ people living unsheltered and 15 affinity organizations trained in best community safety practices; identifying, disrupting, and repairing marginalized identity-related harm; 40+ partnerships with non-profit service providers and companies. 1 laundry and household waste study; successful creation of first of its kind clothing and bedding laundry and exchange and much more ....
Target demographics: Unsheltered residents access showers, bathrooms, first aid and hygiene supplies, clothing and bedding, and low-barrier jobs
Direct beneficiaries per year: Providing Showers, bathrooms, Foot & Wound Care, Connection to Health & Testing Services to 3500+ Unsheltered Residents; training 15 affinity Organizations; Served on 2 Public Advisory Boards & One Coalition Steering Committee
Geographic areas served: The Central Eastside of Portland, Oregon
Programs: Peer to Peer Training ,Problem Solving & Mutual Aid Data Collection, Research, and Advocacy Hygiene, Sanitation, & Waste Mitigation Low Barrier Access to Basic Health & Wellbeing