Advocacy and Outreach
Carry It Forward is a 501(c)3 that serves unhoused people in Lane County, Oregon, with a primary concentration in Eugene, Springfield, and rural areas in East Lane County. Our advocacy and outreach programs are actively informed by the population we serve, and approximately 31% of employees are unhoused or have lived experience with homelessness.
SPOT Life Outreach Team
The SPOT Life Outreach Team members are expert “barrier-busters” for individuals getting off the streets. The team primarily serves people who fall through the cracks of traditional services. We offer the following services:
Case management
Front Door Assessments
Supply distribution
COVID Prevention
Casa Unidad (aka the white house and casa blanca)
Our SPOT Life Outreach Team works out of Casa Unidad (part of Ebbert United Methodist Church) at 532 C Street in Springfield, OR which we share with partners and CALC’s Springfield Alliance for Equity and Respect (SAfER) and Escudo Latino.
Emergency response
Carry it Forward is a member of the Lane Coalition of Organizations Active in Disaster (COAD) and activates a trained, emergency street outreach response team in times of inclement or extreme weather or community disaster.
We facilitate the delivery of survival-based items (water, electrolytes, clothing, camping gear, basic hygiene, and first aid items) to sanctioned and unsanctioned camps in times of crisis and assist with the wider system coordination efforts with a primary focus in Eugene, Springfield, and rural areas in East Lane County.