April 2000 – Mental Health PDX

Look who’s settling down next door

April 29, 2000

By Robert Landauer – editorial columnist for The Oregonian, April 29, 2000. Not available elsewhere online. Parishioners are grumbling. Some oppose welcoming the would-be neighbors. Many are leery. A few are in favor. The issue is whether Madeleine Parish should lease an 18,000-square-foot building at 2330 N.E. Siskiyou St. to Mental Health Partners Inc. The […]

R&R plan fits local conditions

April 18, 2000

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By Robert Landauer – editorial columnist for The Oregonian, April 18, 2000. Not available elsewhere online. For wartime U.S. generations, R&R is shorthand for “rest and recreation” — a furlough from the fighting at the front. For younger Americans, R&R means “rehabilitation and recovery” — rescue from mental illness and drug abuse. Rehabilitation helps people […]

Overcoming barriers to housing

April 15, 2000

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By Robert Landauer – editorial columnist for The Oregonian, April 16, 2000. Not available elsewhere online. We have systems that strive to feed the hard to feed, clothe the hard to clothe and educate the hard to educate. We don’t have a system yet to house the hard to house.” Andy Miller of Portland’s Bureau […]