Mental Health Association of Portland – Oregon's impartial & Independent advocate
Portland Housing Bureau, ‘News from PHB’, February 14, 2012 The Portland Housing Bureau is investing over $9 million in nonprofit developers to build and preserve affordable rental homes. Last fall, PHB announced the availability of funding through a competitive process and invited developers to submit proposals for either new construction or repair of existing apartments […]
By Mary Monnat, Guest Columnist for The Oregonian, Saturday, February 18, 2012 An orthopedic surgeon, a consumer of mental health services, a dentist and an addiction counselor are sitting at a table … talking. No, this is not the windup to a joke. Far from it. This is a serious conversation and one of hundreds […]
By Rebecca Woolington, The Oregonian, Friday, February 10, 2012 Washington County Sheriff’s Deputies talked down a man who was threatening to jump off a U.S. 26 overpass this morning. The incident reportedly closed the highway for about 25 minutes. Shortly before 11:20 a.m., a person called 9-1-1 to report a distraught man who was on […]
From The Portland Business Journal, May 30, 2010 Mental health care provider returns to profitability and starts building a cash reserve 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 of […]
From the Portland Outlook, November 2, 2009 Over the last two decades, northeast Portland has seen its neighborhoods and social landscape dramatically altered by rapid renewed economic interest in the area. But a brick building, on the corner of Northeast 17th Avenue and Alberta Street, has housed a social institution that has steadily limped along […]
From the Portland Tribune, June 18 2009 Real jobs, as therapy, garner acclaim for region’s Lifeworks NW Until now, nobody at Tazo Tea’s Southeast Portland warehouse, where Larry Watts works, knew Watts suffered from acute mental illness. Watts has worked at Tazo for almost a year, but he hasn’t spoken to co-workers or his supervisor […]
From the Oregonian, November 1 2008 County may spend $1.5 million more on mental health system – Multnomah officials want to ease Cascadia’s burden Multnomah County leaders may spend another $1.5 million to stabilize the mental health system after the near-collapse of the state’s largest provider of mental health services. The money would help with […]
From the Multnomah County Mental Health / Cascadia Transition Planning web page. If you’re receiving updates about the County’s Cascadia Transition Plan via email, please comment below. To date we have not received one. Cascadia officials continue to work with Multnomah County to make sure that clients receive all needed services. More transitions are occurring […]
From Forest Grove News-Times, June 17, 2008 Washington County shifts services to other mental health contractors starting July 1 Officials expect a smooth transition when Washington County cuts ties with struggling mental health provider Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare on July 1. The county has managed to shift services provided by Cascadia to two other mental health […]
UPDATE Email from Derald Walker, CEO of Cascadia to all staff, June 12, 2008 – SUBJECT: We’ve reached an agreement from the Portland Business Journal May 16, 2008 (how did we miss this?) Beleaguered nonprofit’s new boss faces big task Derald Walker doesn’t want to be known as the last CEO of Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare. […]
© Mental Health PDX 2021. Powered by WordPress