什么是福利领航员？

• In 2021, the Oregon legislature passed House Bill 2835 (HB2835), the Benefits Navigator Bill, providing $4.99 million for basic needs support for students at community colleges and public universities in Oregon. The bill aims to close the opportunity gap and facilitate economic mobility by increasing access to federal, state, and local benefits for low-income students at community colleges and public universities.
• One task of the Benefits Navigator is to find and connect resources that address the basic needs of our students to all our student populations here at 澳门金沙娱乐城app. For example, if a student needs housing assistance, the Benefits Navigator finds a resource to help with rental or utility assistance. These resources range from food, housing, healthcare, and transportation.
• Increase awareness of local, state, and federal benefits for our students and provide support in enrolling them in these benefits. These benefits include SNAP and Oregon Health Plan(OHP) benefits.
• To continue providing resources to our student populations, the Benefits Navigator creates long-lasting partnerships with various agencies locally, regionally, and federally. These agencies include, but are not limited to, local businesses, community-based organizations, Community Health Workers, federal offices like ODHS, and more.

在澳门金沙娱乐城app，福利领航员在这里提供服务和推荐，建立有意义的联系，并帮助你成为最好的学生。 

这里分享的资源是为了帮助你成功并满足你的基本需求。 If you need help navigating or don’t know where to start, call the Benefits Navigator at 541-962-3741 or email pfredrick@eou.edu or resourceadvocate-group@eou.edu.

Contact Your Benefits Navigator

Pamela Fredrick-Williams
Office Location: Hoke 209
Office Number: 541-962-3741 Email: pfredrick@eou.edu Book an appointment with Pamela

“The Benefits Navigator (BN) has been great at helping me navigate benefits. 5/5 stars. The biggest help was with finding rent assistance. Having someone from the university represent me was critical in expediting that request. When applying alone, I got ignored. Having a representative from the university reach out on my behalf got results.

Having SNAP reps on campus is super convenient. I never signed up for food stamps before. Having SNAP reps there, to walk me through it, lowered the intimidation factor significantly. I ordered one of those thanksgiving food boxes. That was really cool, seeing all those gift boxes going out. The BN also helped me register for health insurance. I didn’t know that was even available, or if I qualified. That was a pleasant surprise.”

-澳门金沙娱乐城app Student, Fall 2024

“The grocery/fuel card has allowed me to accomplish a few things around town without having to walk and will allow me to get back home for Thanksgiving. The thrift store voucher was used to buy a number of automotive accessories that will make my vehicle safer for the Winter season. Also, a couple of weeks back I was able to finally straighten out my SNAP issues because the program had invited some enrollment specialists from Self Sufficiency to the campus for a day.”

– 澳门金沙娱乐城app Student Student, Fall 2024

“I may be taking online classes at the moment for personal reasons but I never ignore opportunities like this. I tried my best to engage in every opportunities that the Benefits Navigator program offers. The Benefits Navigator program benefits me with not just the benefits listed above but also opportunities to socialize among peers from different background and be able to build connections/relationships, and for that I am forever grateful. We need more resource opportunities like the Benefits Navigator Program.

-澳门金沙娱乐城app Student, Fall 2024