WASHINGTON GORGE ACTION PROGRAMS
Helping people. Changing lives.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
We are a multi-purpose human services organization dedicated to helping individuals, families, and communities address basic human needs.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Second Hand Rose
Second Hand Rose is a Community Resource Store offering low income families access to free and reduced price clothing, household items, and furniture, along with retail sales training that helps put people back to work.
The store serves the larger community as well. When it opened in December of 2005, it proved to be an overnight success. Bright, clean, well-stocked, and smelling like roses, it was as if the Bingen/White Salmon community had been searching for somewhere to donate their 'lovingly' used, but unneeded, clothing and furnishings.
Programs For Peaceful Living
Programs for Peaceful Living provides Klickitat County residents with Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and General Crime Victim services. Certified staff are available 24/7 to work with individuals and families that are struggling with the effects of crime through advocacy, counseling, parent support, safety planning, as well as community outreach and education.
Services are available and delivered to clients without discrimination by reason of race, color, religion, disability, pregnancy, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, age, ethnicity, income, veteran status, marital status or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law. All services are free of charge.
Community Youth Center
WGAP’s Community Youth Center began in 1994 as a recreational and educational drop-in center for at-risk youth. Over the last 19 years the Center has become a community resource and an integral part of the community’s efforts to provide multiple options for all children. Fully equipped for fun with a pool table, foosball and ping pong tables, five computers with limited internet access, video and board games, music, Guitar Hero, books, and lots of furniture to just relax.
The Center also offers lots of activities: art projects with a local artist; Dinner Night sponsored by local churches; Girl’s Circle by the Domestic Violence Program; Boy’s Council through Comprehensive Mental Health; all types of workshops; opportunities to provide community service, and much more. In the summer, the primary activity is swimming at the local pool paid for by a special grant from United Way.
Food Banks and Nutrition Programs
WGAP is the Lead Agency and Distribution Center for the Food Banks in Klickitat and Skamania counties. Low-income individuals and families are eligible for a Food Box once a month. Food boxes may contain canned goods, fresh produce, bread, and frozen meat. While the food in a box varies, generally there is enough for three to twelve nutritionally balanced meals depending on the size of the family.
A special Senior Box is also available, and for individuals with medical conditions requiring special diets, Special Dietary Needs boxes partially supply the necessary food. A Doctor's Statement of the medical condition is required for Special Needs boxes, and are available at WGAP Food Bank and Goldendale Food Bank only.
Home Energy Assistance
No one should be forced to choose between paying for food and paying for heat during the cold winter months. If you or someone you know is having trouble paying their utility bills, WGAP can help.
Home Energy Assistance is available to low-income families, disabled individuals, seniors on low and fixed incomes, and residents that are in danger of losing their heat source. Assistance can be provided for almost any heating source, including electricity, natural gas, propane, and wood.
Emergency Housing
Housing Services are WGAP's most comprehensive program. Housing, case management, budgeting, and life skills are some of the services offered to those in need of Emergency Shelter, Transitional Housing, and Rental Assistance. In all the housing programs offered by WGAP, stabilization is the key to obtaining long term success and self-sufficiency.
Guided Path Shelter and Transitional Housing
Shelter: For homeless individuals and families, the Guided Path Shelter offers a 3-30 day stay in a six room facility. Each household has a private room, but shares the kitchen, living area, and rest rooms with the other residents. Case management services are available while at the Shelter.
Transitional Housing: A two year residential program offers families a step-by-step "Guided Path" to independence and self-sufficiency. While paying 30% of their income for rent, enrollees work on an individualized plan, which leads to education, employment, and self-determination.
Permanent Housing Support: A new program for the Guided Path, offering permanent housing and case management services for individuals or small families.
Rental Assistance: Limited funds are available to help households that are in danger of being evicted for not paying their rent.
Goldendale Shelter and Transitions Program
Shelter: For homeless individuals or families who have an attachment to Goldendale, a 1-3 day motel voucher can be provided as temporary crisis intervention.
Transitional Housing: Similar to the Guided Path Program, Goldendale's scattered site transitional housing program offers intense case management for families with minor children.
Rental Assistance: Limited funds are available to help households that are in danger of being evicted for not paying their rent.
Skamania County Homeless Housing Program
Shelter: The Skamania County Shelter offers a 3 to 30 day stay in a five bedroom facility. Case management services are available while at the Shelter.
Transitional Housing: Similar to the programs at Guided Path and Goldendale, the Skamania County program provides 2 years of residential stability, individualized plans and goals, and case management.
Rental Assistance: Limited funds are available to help households that are in danger of being evicted for not paying their rent.
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Washington Gorge Action Programs long term agency goals are:
To reduce the negative impact of poverty on individuals, families and communities
To foster individual and family self-sufficiency, health, and well being
To advocate for economic and social justice in our communities
To alleviate violence through projects, community education, advocacy and social change
To reduce hunger and malnutrition and promote food security.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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WASHINGTON GORGE ACTION PROGRAMS
Board of directorsas of 01/03/2024
Debi Van Camp
Bruce Bolme
Retired
Debi Van Camp
Retired
Lorraine Fritsch
Retired
Ubaldo Hernandez
Columbia Riverkeeper
Roger Gadway
Retired
David Quesnel
Klickitat County Prosecuting Attorney
Alicia Hernandez
The Next Door, Inc
Matthew Byrne
White Salmon Valley School District Board Member
Marla Keethler
Mayor, City of White Salmon
Catherine Kiewit
Mayor, City of Bingen
Alec Maule
Retired
Asa Leckie
Skamania County Commissioner
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
Organizational demographics
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