220 SE 12th Street, Suite A-100
Hillsboro, OR 97123
(503) 693-2937 
FAX: (503) 693-4639
www.bienestar-or.org

AGENCY INFORMATION
Karen Shawcross, Executive Director   
Gracie Garcia, Program Services Manager
Total Number of Staff: 6
Number of Housing & Community Staff: 4
Annual Operating Budget: $500,000
Annual Operating Budget (with housing projects): $1,700,000
Total Cost of Development: $18,300,000
Area Served: NW Oregon
Year Incorporated: 1981

Total number of people housed (as of end of 2010): 1,622
Total Number of Units Developed: 463  (all rental)        
Total Number of Units Under Development: 24 (all rental)

SERVICES AND PROGRAMS OFFERED:

• Social Services
• Resident Services
• Youth Programs
• Workforce Development
• Community Safety
• Micro-enterprise
• Homeownership Counseling (foreclosure & prepurchase
• IDAs

MISSION
Bienestar builds housing, hope and futures for the well-being of working families.

WHO WE SERVE
Bienestar serves farmworker and working poor families in Washington County. Ninety-eight percent of our residents are Hispanic, and seven of the properties in our portfolio are for farmworkers only.  About half of our portfolio is farmworker housing, and the other half is for low-income families (50% or less of AMI).

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Rental Housing: 463 units of affordable family rental housing: Elm Park Apartments (Forest Grove), Cornelius Park Apartments (Cornelius), Montebello Apartments (Hillsboro), Reedville Apartments (Aloha), Jose Arciga Apartments (Forest Grove, Cornelius) Sierra West, Sunset Gardens (Hillsboro), Willow Park (Forest Grove), Sycamore View (Scappoose).
• Community Centers:  Six in operation at housing sites (three in Forest Grove, one in Cornelius, one in Hillsboro, one in Aloha and one in Scappoose). Five computer labs.
• Awards:  United Way Community Partner of the Year 2008; and, Governor’s Livability Awards 2002 Affordable Housing, Jose Arciga Apartments.

CURRENT PROJECTS

• Conversion of office/unit at Elm Park to community room/computer lab
• Development of 24 units of affordable housing for farmworkers in Forest Grove, Oregon.

PARTNERS IN DEVELOPMENT
NOAH  •  CASA of Oregon  •  Community Action Organization  •  USDA Rural Development  •  Washington County Department of Housing Services  •  Washington County Office of Community Development  •  Oregon Housing and Community Services Department  •  The Nielson Group  •  Princeton Property Management  •  Bank of America  •  KeyBank  •  US Bank  •  Enterprise Community Investment  •  NEF • Community Housing Fund