3630 Aviation Way
PO Box 4666
Medford, OR 97501
(541) 779-6691
FAX: (541) 779-8886
www.accesshelps.org

AGENCY INFORMATION

Jackie Schad, Executive Director
Cindy Dyer, Housing Director
Merry Hart, Development Coordinator

Total Number of Staff: 55
Housing & Community Development Staff: 11
Annual Operating Budget: $7,410,808
Total Cost of Development: $15,500,000
Area Served: Jackson County (some programs extended into Josephine County)
Year of Incorporation: 1976

Total Number of People Housed (at end of 2011): 425
Total Number of Units Developed: 231 (Rental-228; Homeownership-3)
Total Number of Units Under Development: 6

SERVICES AND PROGRAMS OFFERED:

• Social Services
• Youth Programs
• Community Safety
• Community Organizing
• Homeownership Counseling (foreclosure & prepurchase)
• Downpayment Assistance
• IDAs
• Green Building

MISSION

Through partnership with a caring community, ACCESS provides immediate and long term solutions that lead people in need toward self-sufficiency.

WHO WE SERVE

ACCESS is the Community Action Agency for Jackson County.  The Housing Department develops and manages low income housing for family, seniors and special needs groups.  The tenants in our housing units are fairly evenly split between senior, special needs and families with seventy five percent within the very low and extremely low income guidelines.   The Southern Oregon Housing Resource Center (SOHRC) is also a part of the Housing Department and provides pre-purchase home ownership classes as well as foreclosure prevention counseling in both Jackson and Josephine counties.

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Developed over 200 units of affordable housing for low-income families, seniors and people with disabilities.
• Acquisition and rehabilitation of 3 single-family homes that serve as emergency and transitional housing for people with mental disorders.
• Established the Ashland Community Land Trust in partnership with the City of Ashland.
• Established the Southern Oregon Housing Resource Center (SOHRC) to serve Jackson and Josephine County residents.
• Camp Barnett, an after school and summer recreation program for children ages 5-12.

CURRENT PROJECTS

• Completing the year 15 process at our first LIHTC project
• Preplanning for up to 60 units of housing in partnership with the Veteran’s Administration
• Development of 6 units of affordable housing in the City of Ashland

PARTNERS IN DEVELOPMENT

Oregon Housing and Community Services Department • Jackson County Health and Human Services • Homestead Capital • Enterprise Community Investment • Chase Bank • KeyBank • US Bank • Pacific Power and Light • Quarterpenny Corporation • Southern Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Center • City of Ashland • City of Medford • Ashland Community Land Trust • Accessible Space, Inc. • Premier West Bank • Oregon Department of Human Services • Sterling Savings • Umpqua Bank • Shelter Resources, Inc. • Federal Home Loan Bank, Seattle • Alliant

STAFF PARTICIPATING IN INDUSTRY SUPPORT PROGRAMS

Pam Balero Multi-Family Development

Donna Lea Brooks Homeownership Education & Counseling

Karen Cooper Homeownership Education & Counseling

Cindy Dyer Asset Management

Merry Hart Multi-Family Development; Oregon ON Board member

Steve Weber Fiscal Managers