Community Development Financial Institution

    In January 2000, the US Treasury certified CASA of Oregon a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI). CASA of Oregon subsequently received a $505,000 award from the Treasury to help fund its CDFI.  The award supplements a pool of predevelopment dollars CASA of Oregon loans to affordable housing and community facilities projects throughout the rural Northwest.

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Individual Development Accounts

    Valley Individual Development Accounts (VIDA) is a program collaborative comprised of 29 non-profit organizations and housing authorities throughout Oregon.   VIDA’s purpose is to prepare and assist families and individuals of modest means to accumulate wealth and grow financially through Individual Development Accounts (IDA).  The program offers economic assistance as well as training in homeownership, small business, and/or education or job training.  click here for more information

Sister Adele Memorial Scholarship

    CASA's scholarship program was named after Sister Adele Mansfield, O.S.B. of the Queen of Angels Monastery, Mt. Angel, Oregon.  She was an invaluable member of CASA of Oregon's Board of Directors, where she served in numerous capacities from 1990 to December 2001.  Her mission in life was serving the poor and homeless.  In 1988, Sister Adele played a key role in establishing adequate housing for farmworkers by opening St. Josephs Shelter in Mt. Angel, Oregon.  click here for more information