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Eds note – Series of articles from Southern Oregon reflect the increased criminalization of addiction caused by lack of resources provided to treatment services through the Oregon Health Authority. And how public policy about addiction can be overwhelmed and manipulated by jail builders and law enforcement. The plans described in these articles plan to spend […]
From OPB.org – October 31, 2019 High personnel costs and no revenue from major courtroom victories have left Disability Rights Oregon with nearly a half million dollar budget deficit, according to the organization’s most recent tax filing. For four decades, the nonprofit has provided powerful legal advocacy, winning lawsuits that have led to improved infrastructure, […]
November 1, 2019 – The Columbian Move follows disagreements with city over operations at center for homeless READ – Navigation Center and Homeless Response Assessment – Summer 2019 READ – Report on Vancouver’s homeless services – Alpha Project, October 2019 READ – letter from Vancouver homelessness coordinator to community members – November 1, 2019 Homeless […]
Oregon governor Kate Brown launched the Behavioral Health Advisory Council in October 2019. This page is an archive of the work of the Council. The council will make recommendations to the governor and the Legislature with a focus on care for adolescents and adults with serious mental illnesses, including those with simultaneous substance use disorders. […]
Initiative Petition 44 was filed with the state of Oregon by supporters of the Drug Policy Alliance (a drug legalization effort funded by Open Societies Fund and George Soros) in the summer of 2019. The initiative decriminalizes all drug use and requires the state to make major increases in funding for drug addiction treatment. Oregon […]
Portland Business Journal – July 13, 2019 READ – Universal Health Services wants a new hospital in Oregon – ARCHIVE Two years after Oregon health officials rejected its application to build a controversial 100-bed psychiatric hospital south of Portland, Universal Health Services Inc. is trying again. UHS (NYSE: UHS) earlier this week re-applied with the […]
Oregonian – June 22, 2019 ALL DOCUMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS ARTICLE Data regarding SRTF Denials from KEPRO subsequently reviewed by HSD – 4 2019 Radcliffe DRO KEPRO records request – Fall 2018 Letter from Pat Allen to Sarah Radcliffe of DRO about KEPRO – February 2019 Oregon Performance Plan Semi-Annual Narrative Report – January 2019 […]
More and more we’re thinking of Oregon’s “mental health system” not as a system, but as a puzzle. A system by definition requires sensibility, rationality, purposefulness, planfulness, engagement with constituents, a degree of responsiveness to new information. Today, those qualities are missing from the Oregon Health Authority’s “system.” In addition, the set of services are […]
A new report released June 17, 2019 from Disability Rights Oregon’s Mental Health Rights Project reveals that Portland-area hospitals rely on the police to arrest and remove patients with mental health conditions who are seeking care or have been recently discharged. The report is titled, “The ‘Unwanteds’:Looking for Help Landing in Jail.” READ – “The […]
Directive to continue addressing the statewide Aid & Assist crisis To: Margie Cooper Stanton, Director, Health Systems, Steve Allen, Behavioral Health Director, Health Systems, Dolly Matteucci, Superintendent/Chief Executive Officer, Oregon State Hospital, Derek Wehr, Deputy Superintendent, Oregon State Hospital From: Patrick Allen, Director, Oregon Health Authority Date: June 7, 2019 Subject: Directive to continue addressing […]
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