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Month: January 2014

Dwight Holton named new CEO at Lines for Life

January 29, 2014
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Fox 12 News, Jan. 28, 2013 A nonprofit organization that works to prevent substance abuse and suicide has named a new chief executive officer. Dwight Holton will be the new CEO of Lines for Life. Holton will assume the primary leadership role at Lines for Life when co-founder Judy Cushing retires Feb. 10 after leading […]

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Our Testimony to Judge Simon in DOJ v City of Portland

January 28, 2014
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Written testimony delivered to Judge Michael Simon for his Fairness Hearing in anticipation of Department of Justice v. City of Portland by the Mental Health Association of Portland SUMMARY 1. The Agreement must be rejected by the Court for inadequacy of language. 2. The Agreement must be considered by the Court entirely unfair, because it […]

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Job Announcement: Compliance Officer and Community Liaison

January 28, 2014
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The City of Portland is seeking a person to serve as a Compliance Officer and Community Liaison, to assess the City’s implementation of a Settlement Agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice. The Compliance Officer/Community Liaison will gather data and input from the public, in order to create reports about the city’s compliance with the […]

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Read key findings of federal report criticizing how Oregon provides community mental health care

January 27, 2014
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From the Oregonian, January 23, 2014 A January report stems from a 2012 agreement between the U.S. Justice Department and the state, after federal investigators examined whether Oregon’s community mental health care services complied with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The investigation followed the federal inquiry of the state hospital. READ – US DOJ Interim […]

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How to Testify at Judge Simon’s ‘Fairness’ Hearing

January 27, 2014
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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is suing the City of Portland because it found reason to believe the Portland police has a “pattern or practice” of using excessive force against people who are in mental health crisis. Rather than go to trial and have those violations proven, the City signed a Settlement Agreement in […]

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OHA chief responds to the USDOJ Interim Report

January 27, 2014
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Statement from Tina Edlund, acting director of the Oregon Health Authority, in response to the USDOJ Interim Report to the State of Oregon, January 2014 READ – statement by Edlund as prepared for The Oregonianstatement by DOJ on failures of OHA READ – statement by DOJ on failures of OHA The interim report includes USDOJ’s […]

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Letter outlines steps Oregon will take to increase community-based mental health options

January 25, 2014
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The Oregonian, Jan. 24, 2014 A U.S. Justice Department investigator Friday, in a letter to a supervisor, outlined the steps that Oregon mental health care officials have promised to take in response to a federal report this month criticizing Oregon’s community-based mental health care system. READ – Judy Preston’s letter to supervisor John Dunbar, DOJ, […]

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Lane v. Kitzhaber, two years later

January 24, 2014
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Disability Rights Oregon Blog, Jan. 23, 2013 This Saturday marks two years since the filing of the Lane v. Kitzhaber case. Filed on January 25, 2012, the case asserts the right of 2700 Oregonians with I/DD who are segregated in sheltered workshops to choose employment services in the most appropriate integrated setting. The lawsuit was […]

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Federal report on state’s lack of community mental health care draws response

January 24, 2014
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From Maxine Bernstein at The Oregonian, January 24, 2014 I’m hearing from family members and mental health consumers who are sharing their own frustrations of dealing with the state’s mental health care system after reading about this month’s federal report that was critical of Oregon’s community services. READ – US DOJ Interim Report to the […]

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DOJ slams Oregon’s emphasis on restrictive settings for mental health care

January 23, 2014
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The Oregonian, Jan. 23, 2014 Oregon lags far behind where it needs to be in providing community treatment to people with serious mental illness, while it continues to support more costly restrictive inpatient settings, a new federal Justice Department report says. The share of dollars Oregon spent on the state hospital and residential treatment centers […]

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