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As COVID-19 keeps some folks at home, grocery delivery and pickup should be available to people who receive food benefits Published in Street Roots, September 18, 2020 I’ve got a dilemma shared by thousands of poor, senior and disabled Oregonians. Like many Oregonians with a disability, I receive SNAP benefits. You may remember them as […]
The Lund Report – September 15, 2020 A high-powered governor’s council for behavioral health has ended its work, leaving members disappointed in the group’s failure to devise meaningful recommendations to move the needle on the state’s mental health crisis. Gov. Kate Brown’s Behavioral Health Advisory Council, created in October 2019, was a 35-member group with […]
From the Lund Report, July 2020 The Oregon Health Authority plans to add new management positions to its behavioral health division, even as the agency faces potential budget cuts that could slice hundreds of millions from programs and services. The positions are part of an overhaul of the authority’s behavioral health unit that was in […]
The Work Group to Decriminalize Mental Illness usually meets monthly to discuss state legislative work. The work group is open to the public, and chaired by Judge Patrick Wolke and St. Senator Floyd Prozanski. To get updates contact Channa Newell – Channa.Newell@oregonlegislature.gov Documents distributed June 10 Oregon Jails during COVID-19 – A Look Inside 29 […]
“Fleas dream of buying themselves a dog, and nobodies dream of escaping poverty: that, one magical day, good luck will suddenly rain down on them — will rain down in buckets. But good luck doesn’t rain down, yesterday, today, tomorrow or ever. Good luck doesn’t even fall in a fine drizzle, no matter how hard […]
OREGON STATE HOSPITAL Office of the Superintendent Kate Brown, Governor 2600 Center Street NE Salem, OR, 97301 Voice: 503-945-9265 May 22, 2020 Fax: 503-945-9839 Memorandum – May 22, 2020 DOWNLOAD – Fully formatted version of this letter (PDF) DOWNLOAD – Oregon State Hospital’s Response to COVID-19 – presented to the Senate Interim Committee on Judiciary, […]
From OPB.org May 15, 2020 The family of a woman who died in the Josephine County Jail in 2018 filed a lawsuit last month against the county, sheriff and private medical companies responsible for her care. On Sept. 5, 2018, Janelle Marie Butterfield hanged herself in her segregation cell. Butterfield’s case was first reported by […]
From the Lund Report – May 11, 2020From the Lund Report – May 11, 2020 The Oregon Health Authority may freeze new behavioral health programs, remove nearly one-quarter of the beds from Oregon State Hospital and pare back Medicaid services, even as the state reels from the pandemic with thousands of laid-off Oregonians applying for […]
Here are articles and reports about the Oregon State Hospital and COVID 19. We’ll include items about Oregon State Hospital and Oregon State Hospital at Junction City. To read the archive for Eastern Washington State Hospital and Western Washington State Hospital, go here. The items in this post link to complete texts in posts on […]
From the Salem Statesman JournalFrom the Salem Statesman Journal May 5, 2020 Tony Villasenor had a persistent cough, flu-like symptoms and shortness of breath. In his early 60s, with underlying medical conditions, he was seen by healthcare providers in the emergency rooms of two local hospitals and a clinic. But each time, even as he […]
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