Assignment task: Use the location of Vancouver Washington and Portland Oregon
I. Identify at least 3 categories of support to focus on (i.e., education; basic needs (e.g., food, housing, transport); health, mental health, and dental care; adoption, parenting, and pregnancy supports; economic aid; immigration support and legal advocacy; domestic or intimate partner violence support; aging, disability and care giving; addiction, substance abuse, and support).
Identify at least 4 community agencies and resources local to where you live, related to each specific category of support. Need Assignment Help?
Create and submit a document that lists the community resources by support categories (i.e., housing, food, economic support, childcare and education, transportation). For each of the resources/agencies you identify, please include the following:
1. What is the resource? What need does it address?
2. Who administers/manages the resource? Is this service publicly or privately funded?
3. Who is the resource available to? Are there eligibility requirements? A specific geographic service area?
4. How much does it cost?
5. Are there potential language barriers for possible clients? Are these addressed?
6. How do folks access the resource? (i.e., in person, online, by phone, appointment only, walk-in)
7. What is the contact information for this resource/agency?
II. Collect your resources on a map that geographically locates your resources. Drop a pin for each community resource. In this pin, please include the name of the resource and a link, if possible. If you're not sure how to do that, check out these instructions for creating a Google map
Or this awesome video on using Google My Maps
III. Engage in reflection on your experience completing this assignment and on the landscape of services that you chose. Complete a written reflection, no more than 1 page, double-spaced, addressing the following:
1. After gathering these resources, what do you notice? I want you to think critically here, applying a reflection and critique that accounts for varying access to means, resources, and power within a dominant social hierarchy.
2. What kinds of support are missing?
3. Are there barriers to access you find concerning? (Ex: Are the resources accessible to someone who doesn't have a car? Could they be accessed by someone with low tech literacy or low/no access to technology like a phone or personal computer? Are the resources gathered in a certain part of town or neighborhood?)