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Oregon Health Authority fails to show results after spending millions, audit finds

August 23, 2024
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Oregon Health Authority fails to show results after spending millions, audit finds – Oregon Capital Chronicle, August 12, 2024 Oregon Health Authority auditors call for stronger oversight of behavioral health incentive programs and better outreach to communities Starting in 2021, Oregon lawmakers gave tens of millions of dollars in funding to the Oregon Health Authority […]

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Homelessness Response Action Plan – 2024

March 19, 2024
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Homelessness Response Action Plan DRAFT, Multnomah County March 2024 Multnomah County Homelessness Response Action Plan website. MEDIA Editorial: Homelessness response strategy must be a plan of action not a wish list – Oregonian March 17, 2024 Multnomah County commissioners and Portland City Council met last week to discuss a draft Homelessness Response Action Plan.Multnomah County […]

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ACRP – Alcoholism Counseling and Recovery Program

November 25, 2023
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Pictured in this 1970 photograph of staff from the Alcoholism Counseling and Recovery Program: 1st Row – John Hanson, Myra Albert, Glen Yeats, John Spence, Ben Wright. 2nd Row – Patrick Salisbury, Al Smith, Luis Polanco, Emile Summers, Casey Jones, Dave Davis, Russell Duke. ACRP was established in the summer of 1970 as one of […]

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Why Portland has failed to open a desperately needed new sobering center as addiction soars

November 19, 2023
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Oregonian – Nov. 17, 2023 Millions of dollars and tens of thousands of hours over the last four years have gone into trying to reopen a bigger and better sobering center as the need has grown more urgent. More than 80 groups involving nearly 200 people from varied backgrounds came to the table – healthcare […]

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The Ku Klux Klan in Oregon – Part Three

August 17, 2022
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The Ku Klux Klan in Oregon – A push to end Catholic schools By Steve Law Originally published in the Portland Tribune in August 2022 and reposted here with permission of the author. READ – Part 1: The Klan arrives in Portland READ – Part 2: The Klan seizes power statewide READ – Part 3: […]

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The Ku Klux Klan in Oregon – Part Two 

August 5, 2022
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The Ku Klux Klan in Oregon – The Klan seizes power statewide By Steve Law Originally published in the Portland Tribune in August 2022 and reposted here with permission of the author. READ – Part 1: The Klan arrives in Portland READ – Part 2: The Klan seizes power statewide READ – Part 3: A […]

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The Ku Klux Klan in Oregon – Part One

August 5, 2022
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The Ku Klux Klan in Oregon – The Klan arrives in Portland By Steve Law Originally published in the Portland Tribune in August 2022 and reposted here with permission of the author. READ – Part 1: The Klan arrives in Portland READ – Part 2: The Klan seizes power statewide READ – Part 3: A […]

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Multnomah County Seeks $1.5 Million Behavioral Health Grant

July 22, 2022
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Portland Tribune, July 20, 2022 Multnomah County is renovating an older building at 333 SW Park Ave. in downtown Portland to become a Behavioral Health Resource Center providing a mix of housing, services and respite to houseless people. Multnomah County officials are seeking state funding to expand behavioral health services for people who are frequently […]

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Initiative Petition 44

September 26, 2019
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Initiative Petition 44 was filed with the state of Oregon by supporters of the Drug Policy Alliance (a drug legalization effort funded by Open Societies Fund and George Soros) in the summer of 2019. The initiative decriminalizes all drug use and requires the state to make major increases in funding for drug addiction treatment. Oregon […]

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City of Portland, US DOJ, Police Union Join in Opposing the Mental Health Alliance

September 24, 2018
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READ – US DOJ OPPOSES inclusion of the Mental Health Alliance (PDF) READ – Portland Police Association OPPOSES inclusion of the Mental Health Alliance (PDF) READ – City of Portland OPPOSES inclusion of the Mental Health Alliance (PDF) UPDATE – Mental Health Alliance granted ‘friend of the court’ status in police reform case – October […]

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