Hope Rises in Washington County

New Home for Women, Children

Exterior New Home (Photo Courtesy of Union Gospel Mission, Portland)

Union Gospel Mission is preparing to open a brand-new building in Washington County at 18555 NW Rock Creek Blvd, Portland, OR 97229. The new facility will provide addiction recovery and transitional housing for up to 80 women and children at a time. On Saturday, August 16, more than 100 volunteers from Sonrise Church of Hillsboro came together at the LifeChange Center for Women and Children to help ensure the home is ready to welcome its first residents in late August.

The Mission recently completed construction on the 53,000-square-foot building, which features 52 resident rooms for single women and women with children who are seeking to overcome addiction, escape domestic violence, and heal from trauma. The new home includes an education center, a children’s activity center, a commercial kitchen, a counseling center, and a chapel. Over the next 10 years, UGM expects to offer more than 2,000 women and children a chance at new life.

“We want to make sure that any woman in our community who finds herself in an unsafe, unstable situation has a safe place to turn. This new home, Angela’s House, is designed to help women move from instability, abuse, trauma, and addiction, to safety, love, trust, community, and hope,” said Matt Stein, Union Gospel Mission Executive Director.

Sonrise is one of many volunteer groups who are coming to the Mission throughout the Month of August to help complete the move-in and set-up of this new home.