Mercy Corps Northwest programs work to increase economic self-sufficiency and community integration through microenterprise development and self-employment. We assist low-income current and aspiring small-business owners throughout Oregon and Washington in order to reduce unemployment, grow personal incomes and assets, and increase economic growth.

Our work
• Business seminars, courses and trainings
• Small business loans
• Individual Development Accounts (IDAs)
• Reentry programs and resources to assist formerly encarcerated individuals.
• Agricultural programs to help recent refugees and immigrants start small-scale farm enterprises.