Clips

The Oregonian

• Without options in Oregon, teens who need behavioral health go out of state

• Harmony Academy fills gap in Oregon’s youth behavioral health system

• Oregon mother crafts solution to keep her teen happy, sober

• High bar for hospitalizing mentally ill Portlanders leave those with greatest need on the street

• Oregon lawmaker aims to rewrite civil commitment law. Experts say its not enough

• What happened to Brandi? Mom struggles to understand how daughter died on Portland nonprofit’s watch

• Unnecessary death? Mother pushes for answers after son dies in recovery housing

• Oregon ranks miserably for addressing mental health needs

• 75% of unsheltered Portlanders never heard back from an outreach worker

• 95% of unsheltered Portlanders said city workers didn’t offer shelter before camp sweeps

• 63% of homeless Portlanders say they suffer from mental health issues and need more resources

The Desert Sun/USA Today

• California’s COVID-19 housing program ends soon. Nearly 12,000 homeless could end up back on the street (or how a $150 million program only housed 5% of its clients)

• Did a $630,000 encampment rehousing plan work?

• This California man has been on the housing list for 9 months

• This couple was homeless for 7 years. Now, they’re adjusting to life in an apartment

• Patchwork of services make it hard for Palm Springs homeless to make it through a single day

• Riverside County forgives warrants, court fines to help homeless

• Friends of homeless man shot by police say he struggled with mental illness

• Medi-Cal makes it hard for homeless individuals to access health care

• Homeless teens struggle to transition to adulthood

• Drugs a ‘rational response’ to homelessness: 55% of homeless individuals surveyed struggle with addiction

• At this mobile home park, 1,900 resident contend with arsenic in water, patchwork of laws to protect them

• One in six women told us they were sexually harassed at Coachella, Stagecoach music festivals

The Times Herald/USA Today

• Uncovered a pastor’s alleged sexual assault which led the Michigan Senate Judiciary Committee chairman proposed a bill to address a loop-hole in Michigan’s sexual assault laws.

• Drug courts a holistic approach to opioid crisis.

Stories of homelessness, USA Today

Co-producer, coach, host and storyteller / USA Today Network Storytellers Project

CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEOS FROM OUR FIRST EVENT : The night featured a young woman who was homeless as a child and is now a caseworker, a woman who lived in a homeless encampment for about seven years before being housed, a county official who was homeless when he was a young professional after facing a series of unfortunate events, and myself talking about why we do journalism about homelessness.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEOS FROM OUR SECOND STORYTELLERS NIGHT : The night featured a young man who is currently living in a shelter, a mom whose daughter has been homeless for decades, a police officer tasked with providing services to homeless individuals, and a college student who was homeless as a child.