Economic Impact Considerations for Goods and Non-Personal Services
You may think you are just providing raw materials or service for the County, but you are the foundation for positive economic impacts in our community.
Physical Activity
Our Physical Activity strategy focuses on encouraging movement in our communities and on how urban planning and environment (known as built environment) promotes exercise.
Environmental Services Retention Schedule (DOH15)
Environmental Services Retention Schedule (DOH15)
Board sets stage for next four years of workplace equity efforts by approving renewed strategic plan
After months of work sessions and engagement, the Office of Diversity and Equity received unanimous approval from the Board of Commissioners for the County’s 2024-2028 Workforce Equity Strategic Plan.
SUN Service System
Schools Uniting Neighborhoods - educational success, social and support services for youth, families and community members.
Central Eastside Viaduct Lighting Project Transforms Key Gateways with Long-Awaited Safety Improvements
Businesses report that the improved lighting enhances safety and visibility while highlighting corridors where retail, manufacturing, and creative businesses operate side by side.
Foster Grandparent program pairs volunteers with children in need
Foster grandparents are volunteers 55 years and older who serve in local schools, hospitals, daycare facilities or Head Start centers. Volunteers are needed.
2019 Point in Time Count starts Wednesday, Jan. 23, with unprecedented coordination among outreach workers, volunteers
Every day and night through Tuesday, Jan. 29, volunteers and workers will survey as many neighbors experiencing homelessness as possible, asking them where they slept the night of Jan. 23.
Business Services Administration Retention Schedule (SS3)
Business Services Administration Retention Schedule (SS3)
What to know about smoke and your health
Children, seniors and people with lung and heart problems are most at risk in smoky conditions
Students push for expanded mental healthcare at school-based clinics
Teens from seven Multnomah County schools travel to Salem for 11th annual School Health Advocacy Day
NEWS RELEASE: Multnomah County will open cooling centers starting at noon Friday, Aug. 22, as part of ongoing heat response
Chair Vega Pederson declares a state of emergency; three libraries will also extend hours of operation on Friday.
Auditor McGuirk’s May 2025 Newsletter
Read Auditor McGuirk's May 2025 newsletter and learn more about the work of the Auditor's Office.
Multnomah County provides update on deflection after first 30 days of law change
Multnomah County today reported that local law enforcement officers have referred 71 eligible people to the County’s new deflection program since Sept. 1, 2024.
NEWS RELEASE: Multnomah County announces two daytime cooling centers will open Thursday, Sept. 5; other resources added
Chair Jessica Vega Pederson is declaring a state of emergency starting Sept. 5; County has begun community outreach to vulnerable populations.
IUPAT New Employee Benefits
Benefit information for IUPAT members.
A message from the COO: County’s internal Protected Class Complaint Investigation Unit is up and running
The unit handles complaints that arise when a County employee reports they have been discriminated against in the County workplace because of their protected class status.
Nabil Zaghloul - 2020 Volunteer Awards
2020 HILLTOP Award for Public Official Achievement winner.
Board proclaims May 2021 as Asian, Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
At its regular meeting on May 13, the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners proclaimed May 2021 as Asian, Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
NEWS RELEASE: Multnomah County Chair and Commissioners identify legislative priorities
Boosting behavioral Health, public safety and mitigating hazardous plumes.
Board strengthens wood smoke curtailment program, adopts year-round ordinance
The Board unanimously moved to strengthen the County’s wood smoke rules, seeking to further reduce residential wood smoke, the leading source of human-caused fine particulate pollution in the County.
Board strengthens wood smoke curtailment program, adopts year-round ordinance
Changes to 2018 policy extends program year-round, omit EPA-certified stoves
NEWS RELEASE: Chair Jessica Vega Pederson directs new funds and strategy to address unsheltered homelessness
Called Housing Multnomah Now, the plan will allocate $14 million over 12 months in a geographically specific, housing-first model to move people directly from tents to apartments.
Who to Call for What
Wondering who to call for services or assistance? Here's a quick reference list.
County health officials urge people to get COVID-19, flu shots as “trifecta” of illness overwhelms hospitals
Health experts are warning of a “trifecta” of seasonal illnesses causing local hospitals to implement crisis care protocols.