Building bridges to stable housing.
Central Oregon FUSE is a nonprofit organization creating permanent, affordable housing with supportive services for our chronically homeless community members.
We are mobilizing resources and collaborating with partners to end homelessness for our most vulnerable neighbors.
FUSE Programs
Neighborhood-Based Housing Program
Our participants exit homelessness for good, with an ongoing rental subsidy, trauma-informed support services, and connections to community resources.
Housing Barrier Busting Fund
We operate an innovative, community-wide Barrier Busting Fund program to provide flexible funding to mitigate barriers between the streets and stable housing.
Support Services Coordination
We’re making it possible to develop Permanent Supportive Housing in Central Oregon by collaborating with partners to braid affordable housing and long-term supportive services into a sustainable, effective program that can be replicated across the region.
FUSE serves individuals living in the Central Oregon CoC region: Deschutes County, Crook County, Jefferson County, and the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. The Housing Barrier Busting Fund also serves residents of Northern Klamath County.
Please Note: Client eligibility and referral process varies by program. Due to funding constraints and the shortage of affordable housing, FUSE is only able to serve a small portion of the eligible households on our waitlist.
We are ending homelessness for our most vulnerable neighbors for just
$47 per day.
That’s right.
Rental Assistance + In-Home Support + Program Management is still only a fraction of the cost of crisis services and law enforcement.
Every night, there are over 300 people with disabilities or complex health conditions sleeping outside in Central Oregon.
Without low-barrier, supportive housing in Central Oregon, there are almost no options for our most vulnerable community members to exit homelessness.
This population is unlikely to exit homelessness without a sustainable, holistic, housing-first intervention.
Visible, chronic homelessness is hard on our whole community.
People who have been living outside for a long period are likely to have a worsening disability, chronic health condition, substance use disorder, or a mental health diagnosis.
Without a prevention safety net, this “chronically homeless” population is more likely to rely on Emergency Room crisis services, homeless service providers, and to have more police contact. Without other options, they are more likely to seek shelter in a visible, public area.
Interrupting the rise in houselessness in Central Oregon, requires investing in proven, long-term solutions that meet both individual and community needs.
FUSE is building bridges from homelessness to Permanent, Supportive Housing.
FUSE is working on meeting immediate needs and reducing homelessness through our Housing Barrier Busting Fund and our Neighborhood Based Housing Program.
We’re also building long-term, systemic solutions through advocacy, community education, interagency collaboration, research, and coordinating support services to enable Permanent Supportive Housing developments.
FUSE programs are designed based on peer-reviewed research and local conversations to effectively adapt nationally-established best practices to meet Central Oregon’s unique needs.
We regularly assess participant Social Determinants of Health outcomes so that we know we’re making effective investments.
Permanent Supportive Housing has been repeatedly demonstrated to actually save the community money in the long run, by reducing costs to health care and crisis services. (Read more at USICH.)
About Us
Meet the FUSE staff
Our partners & supporters
“FUSE provides a critical and unique opportunity for individuals to move from houselessness to permanent housing. Through our partnership with FUSE, REACH has partnered with some of our most vulnerable community members. The stability and support provide people an opportunity to move to greater independence and self-sufficiency.”
— Stacey Witte, Executive Director, REACH
Want to learn more?
Read about FUSE’s accomplishments and partnerships in our 2021 Impact Report.