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By Joseph D Bloom, Juliet Britton, Wil Berry July 2020 Abstract In 1973 the Oregon Legislature passed a major revision of its civil commitment law adopting changes that mirrored those taking place across the United States. The new sections offered significant protections of the rights of individuals who are alleged to have mental illness, a […]
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 […]
Eds Note: This post is a little far afield for our archive but at a time where our city’s police are using undue and deadly force against relatively peaceful demonstrators everyday, serious proposals directly addressing systemic racism from within authoritarian organizations are particularly interesting. And we had a hard time finding this document online. READ […]
Washington Recovery Services has face masks for sale – in bulk and at cost – to churches, nonprofit organizations, government offices, service organizations, private and public schools, and individuals. Masks are sold in packages of 50 masks for $25 per package – $.50 per mask. Masks are baby-blue full-size adult paper/cloth surgical-type masks with one-size-fits-all […]
An excerpt from OSB Bulletin June 2020, “Coping With COVID-19 Legal Community Responds to ‘Conditions We’ve Never Seen Before’” DOWNLOAD – 202006 OSB Bulletin – Coping with COVID-19 article An attorney who follows a similar ethic is Amanda J. Marshall, who handles juvenile dependency and delinquency cases and civil commitments in Oregon City for Clackamas […]
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 […]
Author – Michael Hopcroft, Board member of the Mental Health Association of Portland On February 25th, a status conference was held in federal court about the settlement of a civil rights case on police use of force. In 2012, the US Department of Justice sued the City of Portland over multiple cases of excessive or […]
“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, […]
Columbian – May 26, 2020Columbian – May 26, 2020 When COVID-19 hit, the Vancouver Navigation Center had just been getting back on track. The city-owned day shelter for people without homes had been through a thorny couple of months. It had been left without a designated operator; the previous organization, the nonprofit Share, had dropped […]
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