Clatsop Community Action | Astoria, Oregon nonprofit specializing in food, housing, and energy assistance, by offering information & referral services to individuals and families in need.

2022 Clatsop County Resource Directory

Information & Referral Hot Meal Sites SNAP Facts	Food Pantries Mobile Food Pantry Other Food Sites	Housing Programs Energy Assistance Programs Veterans Housing Assistance

Homelessness, in many ways, is a descriptive term that could be applied to more and more of the world’s population. There are certainly many people who did not choose and do not wish to remain homeless. Still, it is important to remember that the word ‘homeless’ carries many connotations that may or may not apply to everyone without a home, such as car dwellers, couch surfers and other urban nomads.

Housing assistance requests have continued at never-before-seen levels (over 600% from two years ago).

Fortunately, our food distribution also increased by about 50% over the past four years.
We distributed over a million pounds of product through our Regional Food Bank last year.
Our Personal Care Pantry served over 600 people.
More than 25% of the residents of Clatsop County qualify for emergency food assistance.

The most unsettling statistics regarding the high number of people qualified for food assistance are that 41% of these people are children and 20% are seniors (on limited, fixed incomes).