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From the Portland Tribune, May 29 2009 One-night count could be skewed by weather and agency improvements Oregon’s sagging economy could be behind a large increase in the number of homeless people across the state. Information released Friday by the Oregon Housing and Community Services found a 37 percent jump from a year ago in […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, May 29 2009 Contract management likely will ‘protect state’s investment,’ report says A new state audit gives high marks to the Oregon State Hospital replacement team for its handling of the early stages of the $458 million project. READ – Oregon State Hospital Replacement: Good Construction Management Practices Help Protect […]
Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown issued this audit report, Oregon State Hospital Replacement: Good Construction Management Practices Help Protect State Investment, in May of 2009. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Oregon Department of Human Services is in the early stages of constructing two new state psychiatric facilities to replace the outdated Oregon State Hospital. The Oregon […]
Substance abuse and addiction cost federal, state and local governments at least $467.7 billion in 2005, according to Shoveling Up II: The Impact of Substance Abuse on Federal, State and Local Budgets, a new 287-page report released May 28 by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA). The CASA report found that of […]
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