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Multnomah County highlights Bienestar de la Familia's eviction-prevention, youth and mental-health services
Summary
County staff told the Board that Bienestar de la Familia — a bilingual, bicultural county service center — provides eviction prevention, emergency rental assistance, food security, youth programs and culturally specific mental-health services, and described program funding streams and outcomes.
At a Multnomah County Board briefing, county staff presented an overview of Bienestar de la Familia, a county-run, culturally specific community service center that provides eviction prevention, emergency rental assistance, food-security support, youth programming and mental-health and addiction services.
Rachel Pearl, Deputy Director for the Department of County Human Services, opened the presentation by calling the team “truly inspiring,” and introduced Tabitha Jensen, interim director for Youth and Family Services, and Nabil Zagloul, the program manager for Bienestar de la Familia.
Zagloul described the program’s mission and staffing: Bienestar operates with bilingual, bicultural staff and an advisory board formed in 2012 and provides services countywide from its base in the Colly/Colli neighborhood. He told the Board the program combines rapid…
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