By Amanda Waldroupe, for The Lund Report, March 24, 2012 The effort, initially funded by a 2006 grant, is now being extended to Coordinated Care Organizations in southern Oregon A quick, 15-minute appointment with a mental health counselor to talk about the effects of stress and anxiety when a person has an ulcer is radically […]
By Amanda Waldroupe, for Street Roots, March 6, 2012 A patient’s housing and sociological condition can have a direct affect on his or her health care, but a bill in Salem to incorporate those providers into the new health care reform failed to make the books. As a result, the legislature has left unanswered a […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Federal authorities investigating the Portland Police Bureau’s use of force held their first public meeting Tuesday night in St. Johns to gather citizens’ accounts of their interactions with city officers. More than 60 people attended. Their complaints varied, but all pleaded with the federal investigators to […]
Portland Housing Bureau, ‘News from PHB’, February 14, 2012 The Portland Housing Bureau is investing over $9 million in nonprofit developers to build and preserve affordable rental homes. Last fall, PHB announced the availability of funding through a competitive process and invited developers to submit proposals for either new construction or repair of existing apartments […]
Here’s the December 2011 edition of Eyes & Ears, a mental health consumer run newsletter for consumers, their friends & family and mental health professionals. Download and read the December 2011 issue at: Online Reading Version of Eyes & Ears – with links Full article version of Eyes & Ears – for printing Contact the […]
By Crane-Station of Fire Dog Lake, November 20, 2011 Note: Letty Owings is my mother. She is not only larger in life to me. She has been a mother and teacher to many. Letty grew up in poverty, on a farm in Missouri. At age 12, she left home to pursue her education. She is […]
From the Portland Mercury, September 23, 2011 Commissioner Nick Fish announced Portland’s new housing director in an email to his colleagues on the city council, the [Portland] Mercury learned this morning. And the name should be familiar to anyone who follows homelessness issues in Portland. It’s Traci Manning, chief operating officer for Central City Concern […]
From OPB.org, June 20, 2011 DOWNLOAD / LISTEN to April Baer’s report, or click here to listen on OPB.org (Note: when posted, the recording cut off at 1:36. Check the OPB website for an updated version.) Multnomah County and three other funders open a new Crisis Center for people with mental illness. The facility was […]
From The Oregonian, June 16, 2011 As Carly Laney takes a seat in the basement meeting room, the regular morning review at the Community Engagement Program sounds like a Thanksgiving dinner when everyone present is talking about everyone who is absent, and the news is not encouraging. “He is back in the hospital, under restraint.” […]
Guest Column by Ed Blackburn, published in the Portland Tribune, May 26, 2011. Blackburn is executive director of Central City Concern in Old Town. City’s ‘housing first’ policy demonstrates its value as a big step toward a new life for homeless Peter Korn raises important policy issues regarding public investments in housing for homeless people […]
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