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Counseling Awareness Month 2025 – Meet Max
Counseling Awareness Month 2025 | Meet Max, Cascadia Health Addiction & Recovery Counselor As we reflect on Counseling Awareness Month, we take a moment to highlight the remarkable counseling staff at Cascadia Health. Did you know around 40% of Cascadia [...]
Peer providers offer vital support at Transcending Hope recovery housing
Peer providers offer vital support at Transcending Hope recovery housing With funding support from Oregon Senate Bill 1530, Cascadia Health is excited to collaborate with Transcending Hope. Together, we are supporting women who are involved in the justice system, particularly those [...]
Cascadia Chief of Psychiatry gives testimony for civil commitment bill
April 8, 2025 Cascadia Chief of Psychiatry gives testimony for civil commitment bill Last week, April Sweeney, Cascadia Health's Chief of Psychiatry testified in favor of House Bill 2467, which proposes to change the existing standard for civil commitment. In her testimony, [...]
Community Cooking and Food Education Group – Open to All
New Monthly Community Cooking and Food Education Group - Open to All Cascadia Health's Wellness Team is starting a new monthly group. Get food education, learn to cook in healthier ways, and share a meal together! Open to all! All ages No [...]
’23-’23 Community Needs Assessment released
March 11, 2025 Cascadia releases 2023 -2024 Community Needs Assessment Report shows more behavioral health treatment needed Cascadia Health has released a report highlighting the growing need for behavioral health and substance use treatment in the Portland metro area. Cascadia heard directly [...]
Gambling Disorder Month: How to Help
Problem Gambling Awareness Month: How to Help Each March, we look to increase public awareness of problem gambling and promote prevention, treatment, and recovery services available locally and nationally. We understand that addictive gambling can be relentless, especially with the rise of [...]
James Schroeder named President and CEO of Cascadia Health
March 5, 2025 James Schroeder named President and CEO of Cascadia Health Long-time health care leader and advocate to be organization’s next leader With proven leadership and track record, Schroeder will step into the CEO role March 17 [...]
Legislative Update from Cascadia Health – Feb. 2025
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 [...]
Housing resource fair returns March 4, 2025
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 [...]
Cascadia Health’s Street Outreach Team Featured by Mult. Co.
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 [...]