Outside In :: Serving homeless youth and low-income adults in Portland Oregon

04/29/2008, Pink Martini chooses Outside In as a beneficiary of FundFest 2008. Full Story >>

04/17/2007, from The Oregonian, Road to help is paved with intentions. Individually, the dozen strangers were fully capable of meeting just about any challenge. But together, harnessing their collective power of intention, they accessed potential that they didn't realize they had. Full Story >>

02/27/2007, from The Portland Business Journal, Medical clinics struggle with another rules change. Medical clinics are bracing for a new rule that's apt to cost them big bucks, and limit medical access for underserved populations. Full Story >>

05/09/06, from The Portland Tribune, The doctor is in, sort of: Safety net of 'free' clinics expands, as do its holes by Peter Korn. Jill Ginsberg wasn't feeling guilty, exactly, last November as she watched the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina on her television. Helpless would be a more accurate description. Ginsberg, a family medicine physician, wanted to help. Full Story >>

Outside In project aims to give at-risk students a chance - Homeless youth will get the helping hand they need to complete college thanks to a partnership between Portland Community College and Outside In. PCC will provide key support to Outside In’s College Quarters, a project that enhances success among at-risk youth in college or occupational training. The partnership is made possible thanks to a $115,000 grant from Worksystems Inc. Full Story >>

10/10/05, from The Oregonian, Dog day-care center creates portal for homeless kids by David Austin. Helping hand - The program aims to get youths off the streets and give them the means to live on their own. Full Story >>

Commissioner Sam Adams spent a day working at Outside In as part of his pledge to work 100 hours in Portland. Sam wrote, "A grateful city thanks you, even if they don't know all that you do." Full Story >>

06/22/05, from Spot Magazine, From Outside In to the dog daycare business. "Is today the 10th?" asked a young woman filling out paperwork in the lobby of Outside In. Actually, it was the 14th, as the staff member at the desk informed her softly. The exchange illustrated a challenge faced by the Portland homeless-youth advocacy agency: how to help street kids, whose lives aren't centered around the calendar or alarm clock, transition to the structure required by a job? Full Story >>

06/20/05, from The Oregonian, My own private garage sale. Jonathan Nicholas. Like the rest of us, Gus Van Sant sometimes finds himself with too much stuff. Most of us have a garage sale. Gus has an auction. The movie director has been a good friend to Outside In, the agency that works with homeless children. So, after cleaning out his closet, Van Sant gave the In crowd a bunch of original props and wardrobe from his films. The take: more than $14,000. Items on the block included the work shirt worn by River Phoenix in "My Own Private Idaho" and the original note that Matt Damon left for Robin Williams at the end of "Good Will Hunting." The top seller? The robe that Phoenix wore in "Idaho" went for $5,100.

06/06/05, Outside In is awarded a $450,000 federal grant for Medical Clinic. by Kathy Oliver, Ph.D., Executive Director, Outside In. The US Department of Health & Human Services has awarded Outside In a major grant to expand medical services for homeless youth and other medically-needy people in Portland. The award of $450,000 per year is on-going, bringing in much-needed federal funds into the state. Full Story >>

05/20/05, from The Portland Tribune, Erasing the past: At Outside In, a new life starts with removal of old tattoos by Anna Johns. The young man sitting in the corner of Starbucks looks like a typical twentysomething in his blue T-shirt and relaxed fit jeans. A closer look reveals tattoos on his face and arms. It’s written all over his body: This man was a gang member. Full Story >>