From OPB.org, April 27, 2011 LISTEN – The Numbers Have Dropped But Meth Still Takes Its Toll Police were pleased to see arrests for meth possession drop after the state cracked down on pseudoephedrine – a key ingredient in home-made meth. But the anti-meth policy hasn’t completely insulated Oregon from meth abuse. The graph of […]
From OPB.org, April 4, 2011 LISTEN – OPB 4 4 2011 Portland Police Trying New Methods Of Dealing With The Mentally Ill Over the last year, the Portland Police Bureau has been conducting an experiment. Usually, two police officers ride in a police car. But in central precinct, one of those cars has one cop […]
From the Portland Tribune, June 17, 2010 Portland police and other emergency service providers will have a new place to bring mentally ill people in crisis besides the county jail or local hospitals. Multnomah County, the city of Portland and the nonprofit Central City Concern reached a final deal Thursday, June 17, to build and […]
From The Oregonian, January 09, 2010 What they took to calling The Alley — a place that would come to carry great significance for them — is an unremarkable patch of concrete set against a crumbling brick building, not far from the Greyhound bus station and Blanchet House, surrounded by a chest-high wall. They had […]
From the Portland Mercury, November 4, 2009 City Finally Reveals “Secret List” of Probable Drug Abusers—But Is the Program Worth Saving? “I went because I was tired, and I was hurting. I guess that’s the difference. I was done,” says Vance. Vance is just one of many names on Portland’s “secret list.” In short, it’s […]
From the Portland Tribune, October 22, 2009, & see OUR COMMENT below. Frustration builds as county crisis center proposal falls short The closet-sized room near the emergency department entrance at Oregon Health & Science University isn’t much — a few chairs, a footstool and a counter. It’s not a place police officers want to spend […]
Central City Concern unveils Golden West Building African-American History Exhibit October 22, 2009, 5:00 – 6:30 PM @ Carleton Hart Architects 322 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, Oregon The celebration is free and open to the public The Golden West Building houses the Bridgeview Community, a program managed by Luke Dorf, which provides housing and some […]
We are pleased to invite you to a series of meetings designed to provide information on Multnomah County’s creation of a Crisis Assessment and Treatment Center. The facility will serve as a place where people can receive mental health treatment instead of being sent to a hospital or a jail. The center is a top […]
From the Oregonian, July 2 2009 Multnomah County commissioners today voted 4-0 to approve a record $925,000 settlement to end its part in the federal civil rights lawsuit brought 2 1/2 years ago by the family of James P. Chasse Jr. “We believe this is a good business decision for the county and for the […]
From Joanne Fuller, director of the Multnomah County Department of County Human Services, distributed June 26 2009 Multnomah County has been working to site, develop and fund a Crisis Treatment & Assessment Center (formally referred to as the sub acute mental health facility) for several years. This 16-bed secure facility would offer short-term mental health […]
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