February 7, 2019 Andrea Place and Portland Police Behavioral Health Response Teams Build Community As skills trainers, Dylan Weeratunge and J-J (Jeremy) Jackson, are working to build community at Andrea Place. Located in the heart of North Portland near St. Johns, Andrea Place is a licensed residential treatment facility owned and [...]
January 30, 2019 Cascadia's Partnership with Multnomah County will provide conflict resolution supports in public shelters PORTLAND, OR- Publicly funded shelters in the Portland area have seen significant increases in recent years in the number of people served – and in the number of those served who struggle with a behavioral health challenge. [...]
January 25, 2019 Cascadia Teams Up with Non-Profit Again to Bring Classical Music to Clients Classical Up Close, a non-profit composed of Oregon Symphony musicians, came out for the second year in a row to a Cascadia supportive housing site to perform classical music for our clients. Their mission is to bring classical music [...]
January 22, 2019 Cascadia Sponsors 33rd Annual Skanner Foundation Scholarship The Skanner Foundation hosted its 33rd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast on Monday, January 21, 2019. This breakfast is a 30-year tradition in Portland and features state-wide, local and business leaders to come together as a community and honor [...]
January 8, 2019 Peer Wellness Specialist Encourages Education and Understanding Cascadia welcomes all regardless of age, race, gender, or sexual orientation. Continuously working to build a culturally responsive, safe and accepting environment, Cascadia’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Department empowers employees to share their passions. Rianna Morgan, a Peer Wellness [...]
December 14, 2018 Cascadia’s 10-Year-Strong Partnership with PPS Meets Students Where They Are Cascadia’s Child and Family Services program has been partnering with Portland Public Schools (PPS) for over 10 years. As Pari Mazhar, Clinical Director for Child & Family Services/ Refugee & Immigrants Services, explained, “Meeting kids and youth at school and [...]
December 11, 2018 Current Warming Centers, Winter Shelters, and Year-Round Day Service Providers Here is an interactive map of available warming centers, winter shelters, and year-round day service providers in Multnomah, Clackamas, Marion, and Clark counties.
December 6, 2018 Cascadia Provides Program Graduates Skills to Give Back to the Community Ramon Lowe ‘checks-in’ on Facebook at Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare’s Administrative building for every one of his Peer Support Specialist classes. Checking in is one way Ramon shows his commitment to the program and his passion for social services work. [...]
October 30, 2018 Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare Awarded $63,000 for Client Housing Renovations Oregon Health Authority grants will help with upgrades at seven Cascadia facilities Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare is set to receive seven Housing Renovation Awards totaling $63,143 from Oregon Health Authority’s Mental Health Services Housing Fund. The grants will be [...]
October 24, 2018 Mental Health Weekly: Addressing the Housing Crisis Featured in the October 22 edition of Mental Health Weekly, Liora Berry, Cascadia’s Director of Homeless Services describes our effort to address the skyrocketing homelessness rate by providing outreach to connect with individuals and families and help them transition into housing [...]
