Providing Frontline Support to Some of the Community’s Most Vulnerable Housing Support and Services encompasses both the Housing Outreach Team and Palm 2 PSH who both utilize permanent supportive housing grants and programs to provide individuals and families with rental subsidies and supportive services if they are, or have been, homeless — sleeping [...]
September 24, 2018 With laughter and tears, ribbon cutting celebrates community champions and opening of Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare’s Garlington Campus At a moving 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 [...]
September 5, 2018 — Opioid addiction is a national health crisis with tragic local effects. Oregon had a 5.1 percent increase in drug overdose deaths from May 2017 to April 2018, according to data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. To respond to the epidemic and better meet the needs of the community, [...]
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has dedicated this year’s theme to be Join the Voices for Recovery: Invest in Health, Home, Purpose, and Community. This national awareness month is designated to increase awareness of behavioral health conditions, promoting the belief that behavioral health is essential to overall health, that prevention works, treatment is effective, [...]
The opening of the new Garlington Health Center and Garlington Place apartments is a celebration of community coming together to accomplish something extraordinary. We look forward to recognizing our community of supporters, friends, neighbors and partners for their generosity and commitment in helping to establish this exciting new landmark for whole health care and affordable [...]
“I don’t think that you can separate the mind from the body.” While working on her PhD at the University of Southern California, Margarita S. discovered she was very ill and moved to Oregon for medical support. Faced with a long recovery, financial worries, and unstable living arrangements after an organ transplant, Margarita became deeply [...]
Dennis C. thought he was pretty much the same as anybody else. A veteran with an honorable discharge and a college degree, he had a good career and a comfortable life. “All of a sudden, it all fell out from under me,” he says. Dennis’ employment counseling position was eliminated, then job after job disappeared, [...]
Family and neighbors to rely on. That’s why it was important to Bianca H. to stay in Northeast Portland, where she grew up. “You have support no matter what. Even if it’s a small thing, people gather to help you,” she says. New residents at Garlington Place, Bianca and her two school-age children are just [...]
Since 2005 Cascadia has been working within the prisons, offering a program called “GEAR” (gambling evaluation and reduction) to inmates. The GEAR program initially started at the women’s institution, Coffee Creek Correctional Facility (CCCF) in Wilsonville. Cascadia eventually expanded the program to the Columbia River Correctional Facility (CRCI) for men in Portland. Cascadia Problem Gambling [...]
Mental Health First Aid clinics teach how to respond in crisis According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, at least one in every six adults in the US lives with some sort of mental illness. By: Maggie Vespa, KGW Reporter May 4, 2018 PORTLAND, Ore. -- Friday morning, in a small conference room [...]
