Politicians Tour Salem At-Risk Youth Center

HOME Youth and Resource Center provides assistance to at-risk youth in job skills, education, GED preparation, and social skills.

State Rep. Brian Clem and Marion Soil and Water Conservation District Director Patrick Sieng are among those who will tour the facility

(SALEM, Ore.) - Marion Soil and Water Conservation District Director Patrick Sieng (I-Salem) and State Rep. Brian Clem (D-Salem) are scheduled to tour Salem’s Heal Our Mentality and Environment (HOME) Youth and Resource Center in response to Marion and Polk’s 10-year Plan to End Homelessness initiative.

Sieng, who serves on the board of directors for the Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency, will tour the center Wednesday, Oct. 10th from 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM with Clem and agency staff to begin looking at needs for area at-risk youth.

“We have a very serious issue here in our community with poverty and homelessness,” said Sieng. “It’s time to work together as a community to develop solutions. I’m excited to work with Rep. Clem on these issues facing our community.”

HOME Youth and Resource Center provides assistance to at-risk youth in job skills, education, GED preparation, and social skills. The center also provides meals and basic support to homeless youth. HOME is a program of the Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency, which recently led an effort to develop a 10-Year Plan to end Homelessness.

Clem is serving in his first term as State Representative for House District 21 in Salem. He owns On-Site PC and co-owns a Hood River orchard with his wife Carol Suzuki. Clem is a former Oregon State Univ. Student Body President, congressional staffer, and chair of the Oregon Student Assistance Commission.

Sieng is serving in his first term as Director for the Marion Soil & Water Conservation District. He is a Marion County native, 2001 graduate of McNary High School in Keizer, and is completing a business degree at Portland State Univ. Sieng serves on the Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency Board of Directors, is an aide to State Rep. Jean Cowan (D-Newport), and owns PK Strategies, a website design business.

Source: Press release