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Communities all over the US and Canada are learning how to replicate Eugene’s CAHOOTS. Here are a set of documents, articles and videos to whet your appetite to know more. CAHOOTS is available by contract to provide technical assistance and training to agencies and governments. Contact Tim Black, CAHOOTS Operations Coordinator at White Bird Clinic, […]
READ – Letter from Disability Rights Oregon to the Patrick Allen & the Oregon Health AuthorityDecember 3, 2018 READ – OHA’s response to DRO’s letter, February 15, 2019 READ – DRO’s response to OHA’s response, February 15, 2019 READ – 2019-0168-Record, February 21, 2019 – which includes, The table below provides counts of persons by […]
READ – Monaco v. Multnomah County, Legacy Health + DBA Unity Center, and Chris Farentinos (PDF) READ – Multnomah County’s termination letter to David Hidalgo, March 27 2019 (PDF) Multnomah County mental health whistleblower sues Greg Monaco, told to shut up about reports of patient abuse at Legacy’s Unity Center, is now suing. From the […]
From KATU.com, March 28, 2019 By now, many Portlanders have heard of the Portland Committee on Community-Engaged Policing (PCCEP). It’s a citizen committee that formed in the wake of a legal settlement between the city of Portland and the U.S. Justice Department. There are also subcommittees exploring specific issues relating to how police officers interact […]
From The Oregonian, January 31, 2019 State Rep. Cedric Hayden, R-Roseburg, introduced legislation Wednesday that would establish three small around-the-clock support centers for Oregonians experiencing mental health crises. Opening such facilities would help “close one of the gaps in our mental health system where the choices right now seem to be either expensive hospitalizations or people […]
From the Oregonian – Gordon Friedman, January 27, 2019 Early one Monday last November, police arrested Kobe Yandell for napping in the lobby of a downtown Portland skyscraper. Officers took the wiry 21-year-old, who is homeless and has schizophrenia, to the Multnomah County jail, where he spent the next 52 days in isolation. A trespassing […]
This post will contain the records and media about the Multnomah County facility to be located at 333 SW Park Avenue. First public mention was January 17, 2018, but people – including supporters of this organization – have planned this project since 2012. Multnomah County Unveils Plans For Addiction and Mental Health Resource Center in […]
Eds. Note: In 2006 Chris Humphreys beat James Chasse, a man with schizophrenia, to death on the streets of Portand. He was not held accountable by the Portland Police Bureau or his colleague officers, or his employers at the City of Portland. After a landmark settlement with the Chasse family and the award-winning documentary film […]
KATU.com – December 21, 2018 A man is accused of attacking someone with a hatchet in downtown Portland, and court documents state that mental health issues may have played a role in the incident. The suspect, 35-year-old Nathan Shrader, pleaded not guilty to the attack. The other man involved did not need to go to […]
Portland Tribune, December 04, 2018 Investigators found 16 Unity Center cases should have gone to cops. County employees scrutinized. An internal review of how Multnomah County employees handled cases of alleged abuse and neglect of mentally ill people from greater Portland has spawned a criminal investigation, the Portland Tribune has learned. Among the issues that […]
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