February 14, 2025 Legislative Update from Cascadia - Feb. 2024 Behavioral health investments and safety are top priorities Last month, Oregon's 83rd Legislative Assembly convened for the 2025 Legislative Session. As session moves into its fifth week, Cascadia Health continues to monitor key issues and bills that impact [...]
Housing resource fair returns March 4, 2025 This quarterly event, organized in partnership with the Cascadia Health Wellness Team, Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church, the Eliot Neighborhood Association, and the City of Portland Safe Blocks program, is designed to continue providing vital resources to our neighborhood, including shelter information, food boxes, [...]
February 2025 Mult. Co. Videos Highlight Cascadia Health's Street Outreach Team We all want a place where we feel safe, a place we can call our own. Cascadia Health's Street Outreach Team helps individuals and families in our community find that place--and keep it. Multnomah County highlighted Cascadia street outreach staff [...]
January 31, 2025 Community message: Standing together to support clients, staff, & community Community members, Over the past week, over a dozen far-reaching executive orders have been signed, causing confusion, anxiety, and fear across our community. We hear your concerns and understand your fears. Please know that no matter [...]
January 2025 Immigration resources and information Cascadia Health believes that everyone, regardless of their immigration status, has the right to access healthcare, shelter, and other social services. This page includes helpful sites and updates about immigration rules and laws. Oregon is a Sanctuary State Under Oregon Law (ORS 181A.820), the [...]
January 2025 Find Legal Resources & Events Looking for legal help? Cascadia Health has added various legal resources and sources of information to its website. Legal resources page: A list of resources for free or low-cost legal assistance in the Portland metro area. For printable versions of the information [...]
December 23, 2024 Cascadia Health Seeks Chief Executive Officer In October, Cascadia Health President and Chief Executive Officer, Derald Walker, PhD, announced his plans to retire this coming spring 2025. Cascadia Health's Board of Directors has formed a search committee and will conduct a national search for the organization's next CEO. [...]
December 11, 2024 Happy holidays and season’s greetings from all of us at Cascadia Health! To our Whole Community, In a year marked by deep relationship building and growth within our community and internally, Cascadia’s team of extraordinary people showed up. For our clients, for our community, and for each other. [...]
Nov. 15, 2024 Cascadia Health staff recognized at United We Heal Training Trust graduation From left: Dave Kohler, an Employer Trustee on United We Heal's Board; Phillip Maggi; Lysandra Robnett; Jimmy Campbell; and Anna Pena, an AFSCME Union Trustee on United We Heal's Board. In a night of celebration, [...]
November 2024 Native American Heritage Month: Learning opportunities and events Where to learn about, appreciate, and experience Indigenous heritage in Portland this month November is Native American Heritage Month. With a diverse history through time immemorial across cultures, Indigenous peoples in the Americas have a storied history and vibrant present. [...]
