{"id":21036,"date":"2020-05-21T10:20:46","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T17:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greaternw.org\/news\/?p=21036"},"modified":"2020-05-21T10:21:51","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T17:21:51","slug":"houseless-youth-find-support-and-safety-at-eugene-umc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greaternw.org\/news\/houseless-youth-find-support-and-safety-at-eugene-umc\/","title":{"rendered":"Houseless youth find support and safety at Eugene UMC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">by Sally Blanchard<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Being a houseless youth is dangerous. For the approximately\n500 without stable housing in Eugene\/Springfield, it can mean long days with\nexposure to the streets that come with hunger, drug use, fear of assault and\nsexual assault. &nbsp;Some feel the need to carry\nand sleep with a weapon like a knife or machete to protect themselves. Though\nyoung in years, they make adult decisions every day about how to survive. Day\nshelters around town and the public library used to offer relief from the long\ndays but they have been closed since mid-March due to state orders related to\nthe COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, Eugene\u2019s First United Methodist Church opened a\n30-day emergency shelter for youth to try and help alleviate some of their\nworries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tauna Nelson works with the youth who come to the Egan\nShelter Network. Although Lane County fairgrounds was opened as an adult\nshelter, there was no provision made for unaccompanied minors. The United\nMethodist church that houses 20 individuals each night provides food,\nbathrooms, and a warm place to sleep. Most importantly it allows youth a place\nto let down some of their defenses and feel more comfortable to be themselves,\nshe said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21038\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/greaternw.org\/news\/houseless-youth-find-support-and-safety-at-eugene-umc\/egan-youth-shelter-eugene\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greaternw.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/egan-youth-shelter-eugene.png?fit=2880%2C1800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2880,1800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"egan youth shelter eugene\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greaternw.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/egan-youth-shelter-eugene.png?fit=696%2C435&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greaternw.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/egan-youth-shelter-eugene-1024x640.png?resize=405%2C252&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21038\" width=\"405\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greaternw.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/egan-youth-shelter-eugene.png?resize=1024%2C640&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greaternw.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/egan-youth-shelter-eugene.png?resize=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greaternw.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/egan-youth-shelter-eugene.png?resize=768%2C480&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greaternw.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/egan-youth-shelter-eugene.png?resize=1536%2C960&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greaternw.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/egan-youth-shelter-eugene.png?resize=2048%2C1280&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greaternw.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/egan-youth-shelter-eugene.png?resize=696%2C435&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greaternw.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/egan-youth-shelter-eugene.png?resize=1068%2C668&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greaternw.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/egan-youth-shelter-eugene.png?resize=1920%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greaternw.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/egan-youth-shelter-eugene.png?resize=672%2C420&amp;ssl=1 672w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greaternw.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/egan-youth-shelter-eugene.png?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><figcaption>One of the computer rooms set up in the youth shelter Eugene First UMC.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Nelson has spent 14 years working with youth. She was program\ndirector for Hosea Youth Services, a drop-in center for homeless and street\nimpacted youth and before that 15th Night working with the community to end and\nprevent youth homelessness. She explained that the adults that work at the\nshelter which is managed by St. Vincent de Paul, want to engage with the youth.\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have family meetings in the dining area over a meal once\na week to check in. The kids tell us what is working and what they like and\ndon\u2019t like about the shelter. We treat them as young adults with as much buy-in\nand as many choices as possible,\u201d Nelson said. \u201cThey want to decide on things\nlike bedtime and cleaning up after themselves.&nbsp;\nThey are my best teachers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the shelter will only be open 30 days as Eugene\ntransitions through the phases of reopening, Nelson sees improvements in the\nhealth and well-being of the guests at the shelter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSeeing kids come in unsure, with walls up, nervous and\nguarded and not sure about the space, as they should be, I slowly see the walls\ncome down a bit. Their bodies show signs of relaxing over the days and they\nwant to talk,\u201d Nelson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The youth area has a video game tower and computer\nworkstations on loan from the public library. A\nbasketball hoop was added outside. They can work on distance learning set up by\nthe three area school districts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRecently I saw a 15 year-old sliding in his socks across\nthe linoleum floor with a blanket slung over his back like a cape, laughing. He\nwas acting like a kid,\u201d smiles Nelson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eugene First UMC serves as the Lane County hypothermia\nshelter for houseless youth when temperatures dip dangerously low in winter. Rev.\nAdam Briddell said on any given night they are activated, they serve between 20\nto 30 youth. He said they decided to open now to\ntry to connect houseless youth to services to replace what has closed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCouch surfing that is usually a popular place to spend the\nnight is not good in a pandemic. I stop in a few times a week to say hi to the\nkids and remind them I\u2019m here and I care,\u201d Briddell said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Funding has come from the United Way with a grant of $50,000\nand Rotary groups donated another $30,000. The Egan Shelter Network was a\nrecipient of one of the offerings during the 2019 Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference\nsession in Eugene. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The church has approval from the Lane County Emergency Operations\nto offer this service during the COVID-19 crisis and Briddell said the church\nis following all guidelines regarding cleaning, PPE materials and more while\nserving the youth in their community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The congregation has intensely affirmed the use of the\nbuilding in this way, Briddell said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMany church members volunteer, especially younger folks who\nare not at high risk of the virus.&nbsp; They\nfeel the asset of our building should be used as a safe place for some of the\nmost vulnerable in our community.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, Eugene\u2019s First United Methodist Church opened a 30-day emergency shelter for youth to try and help alleviate some of their 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