Programs & Projects
⮑ Convenne → Listen → Plan → Support → Growth → Empower ↩
Most SWA projects follow a development path: SWA and the community identify a need, gap, or opportunity; SWA convenes partners and supports them to plan, build, and carry out solutions; SWA stays involved until the work is operational and can be continued by local or regional partner organizations for the long term. In other cases, SWA works with regional partners to pilot services or solutions locally that can then be extended into our area for the long term.
SWA also refers underserved South Wasco residents to existing services and keeps relationships with regional support services so people get a “warm handoff” when they need one.
Note: The SWA project filter tool is currently Under Construction and will be added soon.
Community Economic Development Planning (CED-P), 2024–2026
SWA was awarded a two-year Community Economic Development Planning grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on October 1, 2024.
South Wasco Community Health Worker
Started in 2024 as an extension of the Columbia Gorge Health Council’s Bridges to Health program, following the completion of the 2023 Livability Assessment.
Farm-to-Pantry Program
Started by SWA in 2023 and funded by the Columbia Gorge Food Bank. Operations moved from SWA to the Maupin food pantry (Life Raft) over two years.