“Prozanski said the new law will help prevent gun violence. Recall supporters say it’s an infringement of law-abiding citizens’ right to bear arms.” It also targets persons with mental illness, who – despite what you may infer from articles like this – are not breaking any laws by having a diagnosis. “Prozanski said the bill […]
The Lund Report, August 4, 2014 Beginning this month, Douglas County will join at least 12 other Oregon counties and two cities in establishing a mental health court to divert the mentally ill away from jail and into needed healthcare services. It took half a dozen years after a local judge started pushing for its […]
From the Lund Report, May 20, 2014 Douglas County is getting out of the business of providing mental healthcare — joining the majority of Oregon counties where private nonprofits are in charge. But the county is going one step further than all but two – Umatilla and Klamath – in ending its role as the […]
From AP.com, March 27, 2014 Two mental health programs in Douglas County are being turned over to an alliance of health care providers established by the state. The Roseburg News-Review reports (http://is.gd/dfVZS6 ) the two programs employ more than 100 county employees. Most of the workers will be offered positions through the new Umpqua Health […]
Press release from the Columbia Pacific Coordinated Care Organization, about August 10, 2012 The Oregon Health Authority approved an application from Columbia Pacific Coordinated Care Organization to take over managing Medicaid mental and health plan services on the North Coast as of Sept. 1. Columbia Pacific CCO will serve all of Columbia, Clatsop and Tillamook […]
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 […]
From The Oregonian, December 2, 2010 When timber was king, harvest receipts in southwest Oregon’s coastal counties filled municipal coffers, and residents enjoyed the state’s lowest property tax rates. These days, balancing county budgets has become an exercise in backfilling a sinkhole, one that threatens to swallow the levers of government whole. In early November, […]
From the Roseburg News-Review, May 18, 2010 People who need mental health care will have one less option in Douglas County on or about June 15. Telecare Recovery Center @ Roseburg is set to close its doors by that date, administrator Jay Harris said Monday. The residential psychiatric facility is working to place its 10 […]
From the Roseburg News Register, December 23 2008 Winston, Oregon – After more than 20 years of providing mental health services to Douglas County children, the Riverside Center will halt its day treatment program next month. As of Jan. 30, the center will offer only a few small therapeutic outpatient groups, sending 16 students in […]
From the Roseburg News Review, July 9 2008 Latest failure highlights a system still in crisis There’s talking about doing something, and then there’s actually doing something. Unfortunately, a third option exists, which is talking about doing something and then doing nothing. That seems to be where we are these days in the field of […]
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