For 40 years, Portland’s Central City Concern (CCC) has been helping people experiencing homelessness find shelter, and provide people what they need to transition to permanent housing and be able to keep it. CCC provides detox services, follow up substance abuse treatment, harm reduction programs, mental health counseling and even jobs for those in recovery. The nonprofit serves 14,000 people each year and recently broke ground on another affordable housing building that provides an array of services.

We hear from Rachel Solotaroff, the CEO of the nonprofit, about CCC’s integrated services, their new Cedar Commons building, and the possibilities she sees for the future. And we meet Charlotte Severns who overcame homelessness and 17 years of substance abuse. She is now housed, employed full-time in Washington and has renewed her relationships with her three children and five grandchildren.