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The 100-bed shelter, built with private-sector donations, will operate with Joint Office funding. Its case management model will help people experiencing chronic homelessness return to housing.
With a built-in health clinic and commercial kitchen — and a focus on one-on-one engagement — the Laurelwood Center won’t just offer guests a shelter bed. It will offer them a path back to housing.
Census data is particularly important to counties as it is used to determine where nearly $900 billion in federal funding will end up.
The bill ushers in a new era of evidence-based practices in the juvenile justice system, making sweeping changes to policies and practices put in place by Measure 11.
H.E.A.T., or Habilitation, Empowerment, Accountability and Therapy, is a curriculum tailored for black women involved in the justice system.
County clinics continue comprehensive care with State funds after Gov. Brown drops Title X
Widely regarded as the “gold standard” of workforce programs, Registered Apprenticeship creates a pipeline of skilled workers in the American trades.
Residents gathered Thursday in the Parkrose neighborhood to meet mental health and addiction providers, county leaders
In 2016, 60 residents learned the owner of Oak Leaf Mobile Home Park was planning to sell the property to a developer.
Ty Grove was one of the first to participate in the LEAD® program. Police found him underneath the Steel Bridge with a syringe in hand and a serious heroin addiction more than two years ago.
Program has supported more than 3,000 first-time mothers with medical expertise, encouragement
Board wants voters to consider similar updates to Home Rule Charter
Division to consider integration, streamlining services and rebranding