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From the Klamath Falls Herald and News March 2017 By Kristi Cardwell, who is a current graduate student at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. She is a graduate from Oregon Institute of Technology with a Bachelor’s In Applied Psychology and has lived in Klamath Falls, Oregon since 1998. The State of Oregon […]
In March 2017 Disability Rights Oregon (DRO) released, “A Merry Go Round That Never Stops: Mental Illness in the Multnomah County Detention Center.” Staff attorney Sarah Radcliffe authored the report following an extensive investigation. The report finds that, in many ways, prisoners at the local jail are punished for having a mental illness. Treatment and […]
by USICH and Rachel Post, Public Policy Director at Central City Concern March 22, 2017 USICH’s recent brief, Strategies to Address the Intersection of the Opioid Crisis and Homelessness, was developed in partnership with our federal interagency working group focused on this issue. Among its strategies, the brief identified the importance of removing barriers to […]
“A man of enormous heart, he touched the lives of so many, he will be missed, never forgotten.” William “Bill” Palo passed away on February 26th, 2017 as a result of congestive heart failure. Born on June 10, 1944 in Great Falls, Montana, he grew up in cattle country, graduating from Simms High School and […]
Newly-elected Portland City Commissioner Chloe Eudaly may have campaigned on a light-weight set of campaign promises, but she selected a strong staff to support her in office and on March 15 made a direct and stirring speech to a set of ill-informed and “smug” anti-government activists who have attended and disrupted council meetings over the […]
Disability Rights Oregon (DRO) has released a new report, “A Merry Go Round That Never Stops: Mental Illness in the Multnomah County Detention Center.” Staff attorney Sarah Radcliffe authored the report following an extensive investigation. The report finds that, in many ways, prisoners at the local jail are punished for having a mental illness. Treatment […]
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