February 12, 2019 ED Liaisons Provide a Strong Safety Net Since 2004, Cascadia's Emergency Department (ED) Liaison Team has provided support to emergency rooms for individuals who are not eligible for inpatient-level care at the hospital, but who would benefit from additional service connections. Funded by Multnomah County, the ED Team [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
