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Multnomah County was well aware of financial troubles at Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare over a year ago, as shown in a brief assessment from MTM Services of North Carolina. READ – Cascadia Assessment Report for Multnomah County The assessment shows a snapshot of Cascadia at the time, including comments on High administrative and overhead costs. Difficulty […]
TO All staff FROM Derald Walker, Chief Executive Officer of Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare DATE June 27, 2008 SUBJECT Latest news I’m writing to summarize what’s going on, including the departure of many Cascadia employees. (Please see the note on this below.) I hope you trust that I clearly understand how difficult this for all of […]
From OPB.com, June 26, 2008 When Cascadia Behavioral Health ran into financial trouble this past spring, Multnomah County officials divvied up Cascadia’s caseload among the few alternative mental health providers. The county presented a plan last week that’s big on promises – in terms of redistributing thirty percent of mental health services. But as Rob […]
An invitation to a public meeting was emailed to some community individuals on June 25. + + + + Members of the Cascadia Consumer/Survivors Advisory Council invite you to be part of an open public conversation, sponsored by the Northwest Health Foundation. We’ll discuss the future of local community-based mental health. Obviously one Garlington Center […]
David Maisel’s book of photographs, Library of Dust, will be published by Chronicle Books in August 2008. from the Utne Reader, November 2006 The urns in an abandoned hospital ward are anonymous, but the ashes shout out in bursts of dazzling color. The hospital is decaying. Crumbled plaster rests as rubble on linoleum floors that […]
from The Oregonian, June 25 2008 Some 900 clients are getting new care providers because of Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare’s financial meltdown, a difficult process Multnomah County’s plan to move more than 900 mental health care users from financially troubled Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare to new providers carries serious medical risks. Oregon’s biggest mental health provider, Cascadia […]
From the Oregonian, June 23, 2008 County changes raise the anxiety level at a Northeast Portland clubhouse for people with mental illness Connie Carter was about 19 when she started hearing voices. She remembers her fear when she was checked into Dammasch State Hospital, the Wilsonville mental institution that closed in 1995. “I thought they […]
From News From Indian Country, June 21 2009 Artifacts including dish fragments, glass, clothing and clay pipes found on the site of Oregon State Hospital may date to a prominent Salem pioneer’s 1850s-era homestead. While the finds excite archaeologists, they could have an affect on construction of a new hospital to replace the aging buildings […]
From OPB.com, June 18, 2008 LISTEN to this article. Mental health clients in the Portland are trying to figure out where they’ll be getting their care today. Monday local government officials unveiled the blueprint for the area’s mental health care future. The plan, on its face, shrinks the troubled nonprofit provider, Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare, by […]
From Forest Grove News-Times, June 17, 2008 Washington County shifts services to other mental health contractors starting July 1 Officials expect a smooth transition when Washington County cuts ties with struggling mental health provider Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare on July 1. The county has managed to shift services provided by Cascadia to two other mental health […]
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