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Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare’s Garlington Campus Opens The Skanner – September 26, 2018 At a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by 250 supporters, including federal and county officials and community partners, Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare celebrated the opening of its new Garlington Campus, home to the Garlington Health Center and Garlington Place Apartments Sept. 21 in Northeast Portland. The […]
READ – US DOJ OPPOSES inclusion of the Mental Health Alliance (PDF) READ – Portland Police Association OPPOSES inclusion of the Mental Health Alliance (PDF) READ – City of Portland OPPOSES inclusion of the Mental Health Alliance (PDF) UPDATE – Mental Health Alliance granted ‘friend of the court’ status in police reform case – October […]
NEWS STORIES Portland Committee on Community-engaged Policing holds meeting, seeks applicants, KATU.com May 10, 2018 A New Citizen Board Charged With Police Oversight Might Have Less Power than the One It’s Replacing, Portland Mercury, July 28, 2018 Portland hires 2 firms to develop new community policing group, Oregonian, April 18, 2018 Portland Committee for Community-Engaged […]
Paige Matthews, Guest column in Salem Statesmen Journal – September 7, 2018 Paige Matthews, MA, NCC, is a co-occurring therapist at Bridgeway Recovery Services in Salem. A co-Occurring therapist provides individual and group counseling for people with co-occurring mental health and substance-use disorders. Matthews specializes in LGBTQ+ substance use and mental health counseling. Reach her […]
READ – Motion for Amicus Curiae Status by the Mental Health Alliance In December 2012, the US Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the City of Portland, alleging improper use-of-force by the Portland Police Bureau against members of a protected class. The US Attorney’s Office and the DOJ Civil Rights Division sought injunctive and […]
From The Oregonian, September 11, 2018 A new alliance of mental health advocacy groups wants a seat at the table in the court’s review of the city of Portland’s four-year old settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice stemming from police use of excessive force against people with mental illness. The alliance was formed […]
Portland Tribune, September 05, 2018 Probe followed former employee’s complaint of being muzzled by county mental health managers. Multnomah County is releasing new details of how it is reviewing its handling of abuse complaints regarding adults with mental illness in the wake of a former employee going public with concerns. And it is hoping to […]
Annual gathering held at Esther Short Park in Vancouver Columbian, September 3, 2018 11:57 a.m.: The last of the crowd packed onto the Interstate 5 Bridge on Monday, trading high-fives with volunteers as people stretched from the north bank to the south bank of the Columbia River. 11:59 a.m.: Hundreds of adults, children and pets […]
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