August 25th, 2026 Forum – Streets to Services: Shifting the Landscape with The Caring Place, Father’s Heart, LoveOne, and Clackamas County

Join the Oregon City Business Alliance for a important conversation on the front lines of our community’s homelessness response. We will pull back the curtain on why street-level challenges remain highly visible despite unprecedented funding, and look directly at how Clackamas County is structuring regional resources through its “recovery-oriented system of care.”

This forum moves past the headlines to examine the real-world impact of our local service network. Discover how centralized hubs like The Caring Place, alongside the boots-on-the-ground efforts of The Father’s Heart and LoveOne, are working together to streamline medical, hygiene, and navigation services. Learn how these coordinated care models are actively working to balance commercial corridor safety with effective, relationship-driven resources—and find out exactly how your business can play a realistic, impactful role in supporting these local solutions.

Topics will include:

• What frontline service providers are seeing: what’s working, what’s changing, and where important gaps remain.
• What the business community should know about today’s homelessness response system—including common misconceptions and current realities.
• How meaningful progress can be measured over the next several years and what outcomes local leaders should expect.
• How Caring Place fits within the broader network of housing, shelter, prevention, behavioral health, and support services being developed across Clackamas County.

Featured Panel:

Luncheon Details:

• Cost: $29 for OCBA members, $35 for non-members, $39 for all attendees for late registration after the end of the day on the Wednesday before the forum, including payments at the door, subject to availability.
• If you want to become an OCBA member or renew your OCBA membership, please go to our website and click the membership link for more information and registration.
• This luncheon event is open to the public.
• We are committed to a delightful dining experience for all at our forum. Guests with specific dietary needs can choose a plated meal for $35 (same for members and non-members) or select from the buffet, with vegetarian, dairy-free, and gluten-free options clearly marked, though specific options cannot be guaranteed. Please submit plated meal requests by the end of the day on the Wednesday before the forum. 
• Please email membership@ocbusinessalliance.com with questions.
• If you would like to sponsor this event, please email membership@ocbusinessalliance.com
• Click here to register for Zoom

Gratefully acknowledging our event sponsor: