If you or another person is having a behavioral health crisis, you have:

Someone to call.

Multnomah County Behavioral Health Call Center: 503-988-4888

Someone to respond.

Project Respond
  • Cascadia Health’s mobile crisis team
  • Available 24/7, anywhere in Multnomah County
  • Can help with many kinds of crisis events involving behavioral health issues, including when police are present.

Somewhere to go.

Cascadia’s Urgent Walk-In Clinic | 4212 SE Division St #100, Portland, OR 97206
  • Urgent mental health support for anyone
  • Monday-Friday, 7 a.m-10:30 p.m.
  • Visit here for current hours!

Crisis Respite

Respite programs | Short-term stability and support
  • By referral only (see below)
  • Stable home-like environment
  • Two locations (Tigard and Rockwood)

Community Crisis Programs

The heart of our Crisis Services Division, offering 24/7 support to people and their families at home and in the community. The team provides in-the-moment support, assessment, safety planning, and connection to other community resources. Call 503-988-4888 to ask for a response from Project Respond.

Made up of mental health and alcohol and drug counselors, the PR ED Diversion Team takes referrals from emergency department social workers at all Portland-area hospitals. The team meets people before they leave the hospital and helps them connect with outpatient care in the community.

SBHT provides crisis response and peer support for people in the Multnomah County Shelter system.

People that have been seen by the Mobile Crisis Team can be referred to Project Belong. It gives individual and group peer support for those finding stability after a crisis. Project Belong helps people find hope, acceptance, and their place in our community.

FCSS is a short-term, community-based program that works with children, youth, and families. It uses a trauma-informed and strengths-based approach to help them stabilize after a crisis and connect to ongoing support in the community. They work with youth from 5 to 20 years of age, and you can call them through the Multnomah County Crisis Line.

The Library Crisis Services (LCS) team provides free resource connection and mental health support to all library patrons within the Portland metro area. Staffed by mental health clinicians and Peer Specialists, LCS is stationed near the entrance at Central Library. They also visit other branches as requested.

In a partnership with the City of Gresham Police Department, the GBHU pairs Cascadia Health mental health clinicians with specially trained police officers to respond to behavioral health 911 calls. Peer Specialists then follow up and help people find stability after a crisis.

Our newest partnership with the Port of Portland Police pairs Cascadia Health mental health clinicians with Port of Portland police officers that respond to behavioral health crises at PDX and within the Port of Portland jurisdiction. PPBHU helps people connect to local resources and provides support in the moment.

Standing Stone Peer Services provides support to individuals as they stabilize from a crisis after accessing UWIC. Staffed by certified Peer Specialists and Recovery Mentors with personal experience navigating systems of care for behavioral health challenges, Standing Stone helps people get support from others who have been in their shoes. Standing Stone provides personalized support that can include: recovery planning, coaching and problem solving, in-person and phone check-ins, and support and education around harm reduction.

Crisis Respite

Respite programs are by referral only. You must be referred by a hospital or service provider to enter a respite program.

Crisis Respite provides short-term stability and support to individuals who are experiencing a mental health crisis.

Respite is a community-based alternative to psychiatric hospitalization (or a step-down from higher levels of care). Respite is voluntary and works collaboratively with residents and providers to address an individual’s treatment needs, while also resolving their particular crisis.

Respite occurs in a supportive atmosphere, away from everyday stressors that may impact an individual’s sense of wellness. At Cascadia, we provide a stable home-like environment with lounge areas, three meals a day (cooked and served by staff), medication reminders and assistance, safety planning, and ongoing support and assessment of needs.

Individuals are supported in their wellness goals and recovery. They are also encouraged to maintain contact with their family, friends, and community during their treatment.

Referrals

To submit a referral to either Tigard or Rockwood Respite, please use the following information and documents. To qualify for Cascadia Respite programs, the individual must have Oregon Health Plan (Medicaid) coverage through Health Share (CareOregon) or Trillium.

Once the completed packet is received (with all supplemental documents and medication orders), a decision will be made in approximately 24 hours.

If you are a hospital or other provider organization and want to learn more about how to refer someone to Cascadia’s Crisis Respite programs, please contact us: