MEMBERSHIP ORGS

Helping Hearts Child Advocacy Center

Provide forensic interviews and advocacy for child abuse victims. Referrals come from law enforcement or community partners.

    • Helping Hearts is dedicated to ending child abuse in Wallowa County by providing intervention services and trauma informed advocacy in a safe space, empowering youth to use their voice.  We have two favorite sayings "Every kiddo deserves a safe, happy and healthy childhood" and "Helping Hearts - big hearts helping little hearts"

  • Forensic Interviewers - Trained interviewers create safety for children while asking non-leading, neutral questions about what may have happened to them.  Interviews are videotaped, collecting effective evidence and helping reduce the number of times a child has to talk about traumatic experiences.

    Medical Exams - Medical examiners with specialized training in child abuse assessment conduct head-to-toe physical examinations accompanied by a medical interview

    Family Advocacy- Advocates assist the families during the traumatic, life-altering experience of uncovering child abuse.  Advocates support the children and their non-offending family members, help coordinate victim services, make referrals and are available as needs arise following the assessment

    Mental Health Services- Mental health services at a Child Advocacy Center provide children and families with immediate, trauma-informed support following allegations of abuse. Licensed professionals offer specialized assessments, crisis intervention, and evidence-based therapy to help children process their experiences in a safe and supportive environment. These services also guide caregivers with resources and strategies to promote healing and long-term well-being.

  • State rules and regulations are our biggest barriers along with secure funding. Transportation to and from our center can be a barrier at this point we can't transport families, but we are currently working on grants to get us a vehicle.

Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children (CASA) of Eastern Oregon

Provide forensic interviews and advocacy for child abuse victims. Referrals come from law enforcement or community partners.

    • CASA of Eastern Oregon is dedicated to making a difference in the lives of
      abused and neglected children from Baker, Grant, Harney, Lake, Malheur, Union and Wallowa counties through volunteer advocacy.

  • Advocate for children and families in the foster care system.

  • Website: https://casaeo.org/

Northeast Oregon Network (NEON)

NEON is committed to driving Collective Change by fostering a collaborative environment where diverse voices are heard and valued. We do this through the following core values.

    • To support individuals, communities, and systems to collectively promote equity, health, and wellbeing at home and beyond. We were created to be a gap-filling, nimble organization, which leads us to have a number of programs under our organization. Much of our work is done by and for Community Health Workers (CHWs), and focuses both on healthcare access and addressing Social Determinants of Health.

  • Our community-facing programs include Marketplace and Medicaid (Oregon Health Plan) enrollment assistance, Health Related Social Needs (rent and utilities), referral to community resources, healthcare interpretation, and other family supports.

    We also support other organizations through fiscal sponsorship, technical assistance, and consulting.

    Finally, we serve a statewide audience with our training program, which provides and supports CHW certification, workplace wellness training, and other training resources that benefit our front-line community professionals and their employers.

  • Website: https://www.neonoregon.org/

    Main Number: 541-398-2539

  • We can't share information with an ROI, and sometimes other consent forms. We do have a BAA in place with Center for Wellness and some other key partners, which helps. A number of our programs other than health insurance enrollment have tight eligibility, such as HRSN. Finally, without a local affordable newspaper, no TV news, and limited radio, it can be hard to get the word out to the whole community about our programs.

Winding Waters Clinic

Improving the quality of life for our local communities by providing health education, resources, and services in Wallowa County.

    • Strength in every struggle and hope in every heart.

  • Alcohol and substance use disorder, assertive community treatment, behavioral health, child-parent therapy, suicide and crisis interventions, counseling, developmental disabilities, early assessment and support alliance, mental health, mental health first aid, peer support, problem gambling treatment, residential living, school counseling, supported employment, telehealth, wrap services, and specific services for youth and veterans.

  • Website: https://windingwaters.org/

    Main Number: 541- 426-4502 (Call or Text!)

  • HIPAA regulations prevent use of text messaging to coordinate with youth.    Also seeking community volunteers to help youth get their required driving hours.

Northeast Oregon Economic Development District (NEOEDD)

NEOEDD works closely with communities to provide financial, technical, and educational resources for entrepreneurs/ small businesses, nonprofits, and municipalities in Northeast Oregon (Baker, Union and Wallowa counties).

    • To contribute to a vibrant rural economy by providing consulting, training, financing, referrals and other assistance to businesses, entrepreneurs, local governments and non-profit organizations in Baker, Union and Wallowa County.

  • Technical assistance and trainings to business owners, non-profits (e.g. grant writing workshop), and local government.  If you aren’t sure if we can help, just give us a call!

  • Keeping up with knowing the immediate needs of the region.  Also, funding.

Wallowa County Education Service District (Wallowa County ESD)

    • Assist school districts in meeting requirements, improve student learning, enhance quality of instruction, provide professional development opportunities, enable districts and students to have equitable access to resources, and maximize operational and fiscal efficiencies for component school districts.

  • ·        Provides regionalized core services in administration/business, services for children with special needs (including early childhood, special education, speech and language), school improvement, school safety and prevention, transportation and technology.

    • Landon Braden - Superintendent

    • Brett Baxter - Assistant Superintendent

    • Jessie Cunningham - ESD Admin Secretary

    • Chelsea Rohan - Coordinated Care Specialist

    • How to Contact - Email: info@wallowaesd.k12.or.us, 541-426-7600

    Website: https://www.r18esd.org/home

Joseph Baptist Church

    • We are a Bible based church excited about serving families, loving our neighbors, and discipling.

  • Advocating for "care and connection" with a focus on isolated seniors.

Joseph United Methodist Church

A small, active faith community committed to serving our neighbors with compassion, justice, and practical care.