VHA History
This is the year that VHA opened
What is 1942?
This is an evidence based philosophy designed to minimize the negative consequences of risky behaviors
What is harm reduction?
This person’s first job was delivering newspapers
Who is Bunk?
Many VHA properties are managed by this third party property management company
What is Key Property Services?
Residents can receive transportation to medical appointments through this agency
What is Communities in Motion?
VHA originally built housing for workers who came from across the country to work at this place to support wartime efforts
What are Kaiser Shipyards?
This is an evidence based approach to ending homelessness that prioritizes providing permanent and stable housing immediately, followed by voluntary support services
What is Housing First?
This person’s first job was at the Vancouver Mall
Who is Cheryl?
This is the department’s longest tenured staff with 36 years
Who is Tracie?
This community partner provides recovery coaching and recovery circles to residents at several VHA properties
What is Recovery Café of Clark County?
This building owned by VHA stands at the former location of VHA's administrative building
What is Bridgeview Resource Center?
This is a framework that recognizes the widespread impact of trauma, aiming to foster safety, trust, and empowerment while avoiding re-traumatization
What is Trauma Informed Care?
This person’s first job was at Burger King
Who is Kelly?
This is the number of documentation systems used within the Supportive Services department (including Elite)
What is 7? (AASC, CCS, Docuware, Elite, FamilyMetrics, HMIS, and TAAG)
Older adults can receive Aging & Disability Case Management through this community agency
Who is AAADSW?
VHA’s Main Street building sits at the previous site of this education institution
What is Fort Vancouver High School?
This is a therapeutic approach that helps providers support participants navigate through ambivalence
What is Motivational Interviewing?
This person’s first job was at a haunted house
Who is Kit?
This is the number of employees in the Supportive Services department as of 4/28/26
What is 29?
This agency provides job fairs/training, computer basics, scam awareness, and English classes
What is Goodwill?
This VHA community is the first public housing development in the country to feature underground utility lines
What is Skyline Crest?
This is a foundational practice in Motivational Interviewing, represented by the abbreviation OARS
What are Open Ended Questions, Affirmations, Reflective Listening, and Summarizing?
This person’s first job was making doughnuts
Who is Kacee?
This VHA nonprofit partner is the owner of many properties with supportive services, including Rhododendron Place, Englund Manor, Meriwether Place, and the Cedar Portfolio properties
What is Columbia Nonprofit Housing?
What is The Foundation?