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By Colin Miner, KATU News, Sept. 30, 2013 You know the old expression about the numbers speaking for themselves? From April 2011 through June 2013, 202 people in Portland committed suicide. That’s roughly 34.4 people per 100,000, or three times the national rate, according to a report issued by the Portland Police Bureau. READ – Analysis […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, May 16, 2013 Portland Mayor Charlie Hales announced Thursday that the city will not cut its share of funding for the Crisis Assessment and Treatment Center, as he had set out to do in his proposed budget. “We are gratified that people having serious mental health issues will continue to […]
By Denis C. Theriault, Portland Mercury, May 2, 2013 Mayor Charlie Hales‘ bid to pull the city’s share of funding for Multnomah County’s Crisis Assessment and Treatment Center—a 16-bed facility billed as a resource for police officers—has clearly irked County Chairman Jeff Cogen and even raised questions from at least one city commissioner, Amanda Fritz. […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, May 4, 2013 On her recent night shift at Portland’s Crisis Assessment and Treatment Center, peer counselor Ashleigh Brenton, 56, was making 15-minute checks on a suicidal patient when another patient came running up to her crying. Brenton didn’t have long to handle the situation before she had to continue […]
From The Portland Mercury, January 18, 2013 Here’s something you probably didn’t know—something that’s never really been mentioned all that much in any recent discussion of policing and mental health services and federal reform in Multnomah County. Multnomah County’s Mental Health Call Center has a special hotline in place for Portland police officers who might […]
by Denis C. Theriault, Portland Mercury, March 29, 2012 The Portland Police Bureau is exploring a dramatic shift in the way it handles what’s become a flood of calls involving the mentally ill — with plans in the works for a new, specialized unit that would pair cops with clinicians 24 hours a day. According […]
From OPB.org, June 20, 2011 DOWNLOAD / LISTEN to April Baer’s report, or click here to listen on OPB.org (Note: when posted, the recording cut off at 1:36. Check the OPB website for an updated version.) Multnomah County and three other funders open a new Crisis Center for people with mental illness. The facility was […]
BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON RESOLUTION NO. 09-092 READ – Resolution No. 09-092 in original formatting. Supporting the Development of and Funding for a 16 Bed Crisis Assessment and Treatment Center for Mentally III Individuals in Multnomah County who are in Need of Crisis Treatment and who do Not Need […]
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