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From the Portland Business Journal, December 10, 2015 Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare released architectural plans today for its new $3.5 million center in Northeast Portland. The facility will combine mental and physical health services with affordable housing. The organization has raised about $1.7 million for the project in the past five months, meaning the project looks […]
About three hundred mental health professionals and advocates welcomed Pamela A. Martin PhD, the Oregon Health Authority’s new director of the Addictions and Mental Health Division at Oregon Health and Sciences University August 1. The event was hosted by the Mental Health Association of Portland and co-sponsored by over twenty agencies concerned with treatment for […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Nov. 8, 2012 Attorneys, community activists and mental health providers filled Portland City Council chambers Thursday to voice concerns about the city’s pending agreement with federal justice officials on police reforms. Many argued that until an independent civilian panel with subpoena powers is created with the authority to investigate alleged […]
By Derald Walker, chief executive officer of Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare Inc., in The Portland Tribune, June 7, 2012 READ – Cascadia Housing: not always for healing, Portland Tribune, May 24, 2012 Despite misinformation, independent living is key to survival Cascadia Housing has long been a proud and important provider of specialty low-income housing for people […]
Portland Police Chief Mike Reese presented a report to the Downtown Public Safety Action Committee on Feb. 14th, defending his bureau’s record in dealing with suicidal people. So far, there are seven stories in the local media, included in full in this post – use the following Links to go to each section. The Oregonian: […]
From The Oregonian, July 29, 2010 Outside consultants shared with the Portland City Council Wednesday night the gaps and unasked questions in the police investigation of James P. Chasse Jr.’s death in custody, hours after the council approved a settlement of $1.6 million, the city’s largest, in a federal suit. Police Chief Mike Reese apologized […]
From The Oregonian, July 13, 2010 Lynda Hughes can tell when her son, Devin [Hughes], wavers on the edge of psychosis. It’s hard to catch him before he falls. The towering 26-year-old stays safe and content when he takes his medicine and lives with people who look after him. “I can go along for a […]
From the Portland Business Journal, June 2010 – not available online Under Derald Walker’s leadership, Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare quietly turned itself around. Two years after a financial meltdown nearly destroyed Multnomah County’s safety net for the mentally ill, the nonprofit at the center of the crisis has rebounded. Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare Inc. is a shadow […]
Despite a recent warning in The Skanner, Derald Walker, CEO of Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare, thinks Portlanders can, and should, call 911 in crisis, if needed. It’s appropriate, Walker said, and can connect people with resources. The Skanner’s warning came after the shooting death of Aaron Campbell on Jan. 29. Campbell was, according to The Oregonian, […]
From the Portland Tribune, September 17 2009 Interesting, how one building can mean so many different things to so many people. Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare reopened its Garlington Center on North Martin Luther King Boulevard Friday amid a great deal of rejoicing. A ribbon was cut, speeches were made by notables, including an ex-mayor and a […]
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