Profiles: Oregon
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Community
Profile
Newberg,
OR (18,000 people) is located about 25 miles southwest of Portland.
Portland, OR (1.5 million people) began using Can We Talk? three
years ago. There are also sites in Salem, Eugene, Eastern and Central
Oregon.
Contact
Call
the national office at 202-822-7570 for more information on Oregon
programming.
Parent Education
Resources in the Community
Second Step
Program- A Violence Prevention Curriculum by the Committee for Children
(K-8)
Bilingual Program
STEP Program (Systematic Training for Effective Parenting)
Bilingual Program
Love and Logic – Parenting (K-5).
Number of Parent
Support/Education Centers in the Community Community Learning Center
(CLC) for grades 6 -12 – Community Classes after school at the CLC
.
Funding
available for Can We Talk?
Oregon Education
Association has provided support, Newberg School District has provided
funding.
Community
Partnerships – who else are you working with?
Oregon PTA,
Portland school districts, Oregon Department of Education, Salem
YMCA, various churches, Confederated Tribes of Oregon, youth programs
and police departments.
Success Stories
“I feel
good about this program. I believe that Can We Talk? has made a
big difference in the life of all the families who participated
in our workshops. It is my goal to bring parents from all five elementary
schools to the workshops,” says Gerardo Ibarra.