From the Klamath Herald and News, September 3, 2013 Dannielle Brown worked for the Klamath County mental health department for nine years. Now she is an employee of Klamath Youth Development Center, the nonprofit the county handed the department over to. She is the residential program supervisor of Phoenix Place, the only respite and residential […]
From the Klamath Herald and News, September 1, 2013 Though from the outside the process seemed sudden, boiling into a difficult situation within weeks, the county commissioners had an inkling of the direction they were headed before they sent a letter to the Oregon Health Authority on June 14 saying the county wanted out of […]
From the Klamath Herald, August 25, 2013 This is the final article in a series by the Klamath Health on suicide and suicide prevention in the basin. Obituary for Scott Himelwright, DOD July 16, 2013 Scott Himelwright’s Celebration of Life Potluck will be Saturday, August 31st, 12:30 PM at Klamath Odd Fellow Lodge No. 137, […]
Klamath Falls Herald & Tribune, June 29, 2013 One mother’s story: Cheryl Perez has spent the last few years dealing with her son’s methamphetamine addiction. She hopes that by telling her story, she can let her community know that families dealing with the stress of addiction are not alone. With a knife to her throat, […]
From the Klamath Falls Herald Tribune, June 26, 2013 Klamath County commissioners approved executing a contract Tuesday with the Oregon Health Authority as a bridge toward ousting itself from providing mental health care and putting that task in the hands of a nonprofit. On June 14, the commissioners sent a letter to the state saying […]
From the Klamath Falls Herald and News, June 6, 2013 About 81 employees from Klamath County Behavioral Health and Wellness, formerly the mental health department, received 30-day layoff notifications Tuesday. Department head Amanda Bunger said all the department’s employees received the pink slips to comply with layoff notices required by the county’s union contract. Notices […]
By Diane Lund-Muzikant, The Lund Report, Dec. 5, 2012 A last-ditch effort is under way in Klamath County to mediate the dispute over mental health services for the nearly 13,000 people on the Oregon Health Plan. State officials have intervened once again, sending in another mediator, while residents continue circulating petitions, asking the Oregon Health […]
By Teresa Rennick, Guest writer From the Klamath Falls Herald and News, October 28, 2012 Teresa Rennick taught at Oregon Institute of Technology and at the Oregon Health & Science University at OIT in the Nursing Department for 25 years. She worked at Klamath County Mental Health as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner for […]
From the Klamath Herald and News, October 20, 2012 Klamath County Mental Health will be fined $325,000 by the state office conducting an audit of the department’s billing practices, according to a draft settlement agreement and draft final order from the Oregon Department of Human Services. The amount is a negotiated settlement that is lower […]
From the Klamath Falls Herald and News, December 22, 2011 The Klamath County Mental Health Department’s only psychiatrist resigned last week after the Oregon Board of Medicine opened an investigation of him. READ – The Oregon Medical Board’s ‘Interim Stipulated Order’ for Michael Thein. UPDATE – Less than 24 hours later, the OMB released an […]
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