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'''(Clothing/Food)''' ''https://www.accesscommunitycare.com/client-resources/clothing-food/''
Please visit the Access Community Care website for a list of clothing and food resources in Oregon and SW Washington. +
Addiction Hotlines - Peer Support Groups +
''https://www.addictionsrecovery.org/''
Addictions Recovery Center (ARC) provides residential treatment, day treatment, intensive outpatient treatment, outpatient treatment, and mental health treatment for men and women, as well as transition low-cost housing for men and women in the early stages of sobriety. ARC accepts out of county referrals with an ASAM assessment; local referrals get priority.
They do ASAM’s and medical screenings when signing up. The detox/withdrawal program is five to eleven days. There are 8 to 10 beds. Wait times are generally one to two weeks. The men’s and women’s inpatient programs are 45 to 90 days. There are 20 beds for men and 14 beds for women. The wait time is two to six weeks. +
A non-profit organization dedicated to increasing homeownership and financial stability within the African American community through education, counseling, and advocacy. +
''https://www.aaah.org/''
Homebuyer education foreclosure counseling, down payment assistance for Portland’s Black community. +
A tiny house village operated by the Portland Central Church of the Nazarene to provide transitional housing for individuals experiencing homelessness +
For volunteering opportunities centered specifically around supporting older adults or fostering intergenerational exchange, please access this compiled list of organizations currently offering such volunteering activities:
''https://agefriendlyportland.org/get-involved/volunteering'' +
Meetings are held throughout the greater Portland metro area. A convenient meeting schedule is listed on the website. Participation at one meeting does not obligate the person to attend future meetings. All meetings are confidential and anonymous and are open to people affected by the alcoholism of a loved one or friend, regardless of if the alcoholic is still drinking. The website has information about meetings as well.
''Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.'' +
A community center that provides a safe and supportive environment for individuals in recovery from addiction, often hosting 12-step meetings. +
The Alano Club, which is housed in a donated NW Portland mansion, is described as “a recovery-oriented community center that provides a welcoming, compassionate, and accessible support environment for individuals and families recovering from alcoholism, drug abuse, and other addictive disorders.” Everything at the Alano Club is free of charge, including the peer mentors.
The Alano Club’s Peer-Connect program, employs six certified recovery mentors, all of whom have lived experience. The mentors offer one-on-one support, encouragement, and goal-setting to their mentees. To obtain a mentor, go to the Alano Club website, fill out the form, and expect a response in three days. Sobriety is not a requirement for obtaining a mentor. Together the mentor and mentee will form a plan. Mentors are flexible in what they can do. They might provide transportation to meetings, attend meetings with mentees, provide bus passes, locate housing, take new-comers out to dinner, or assist with residential treatment placements.
The Alano Club sponsors a free Recovery Yoga class twice weekly. They also sponsor a Sounds of Recovery group in which participants express their recovery journeys through sound, music, and the spoken word. The Sounds of Recovery groups take place in their basement meeting space. They have also hosted talent shows in the same space.
Meeting rooms are rented by self-run groups such as Smart Recovery, AA, NA, Psychedelics in Recovery, Al-Anon, and Peak Recovery. Peak Recovery groups offer mountaineering, split-boarding, and rock-climbing experiences. There are also meditation groups and a monthly expungement clinic. +
A community center that provides a safe and supportive environment for individuals in recovery from addiction, often hosting 12-step meetings. +
Alano Club of Portland is a recovery-oriented community center that provides mutual- aid support meetings and recovery services in Oregon. They offer an accessible and supportive environment for individuals and families recovering from alcoholism, drug addictions, and other addictive disorders. Alano Club offers more than 100 weekly recovery support meetings, recovery seminars and workshops, yoga and meditation
classes, sobriety-based social events, information and referral services for treatment resources, and holiday celebrations for the recovery community. All Alano Club services and programs are free of charge.
Alano Club’s in-person meeting schedule is extensive and can be found online: ''https://www.portlandalano.org/meeting-schedule''
They also connect members with daily online recovery meetings. ''https://www.weconnecthealth.io/free-online-support-meetings''
Alano Club’s Peer-Connect program provides certified recovery mentors, all of whom have lived experience. The mentors offer one-on-one support, encouragement, and goal-setting to their mentees. To obtain a mentor fill out a request form online. ''https://www.portlandalano.org/peerconnect''
Sobriety is not a requirement for obtaining a mentor. Together the mentor and mentee will form a plan. Mentors are flexible in what they can do. They might provide transportation to meetings, attend meetings with mentees, provide bus passes, locate housing, take new-comers out to dinner, or assist with residential treatment placements.
Alano Club sponsors a free '''Recovery Yoga''' class twice weekly and mindful meditation classes. ''https://www.portlandalano.org/recovery-yoga''
Alano Club sponsors a '''Sounds of Recovery''' group in which participants express their recovery journeys through sound, music, and the spoken word.
The Sounds of Recovery groups take place in their basement meeting space. ''https://www.portlandalano.org/sounds-of-recover''
Alano Club partners with '''Ben’s Friends''' to provide free monthly cooking classes through their Plates for People program. ''https://www.portlandalano.org/plates-for-the-'' ''people''
Alano Club meeting rooms are rented by self-run groups such as '''Smart Recovery''' , '''AA''' , '''NA''' , '''Psychedelics in Recovery''' , '''Al-Anon''' , and '''Peak Recovery''' . Peak Recovery groups offer mountaineering, split-boarding, and rock-climbing experiences.
A free monthly expungement clinic is held the first Monday of the month from 5–7 p.m. ''https://www.portlandalano.org/expungement-clinic''
A non-profit organization that provides services for children, adults, and families with developmental disabilities and mental health challenges. +
Albertina Kerr provides programs and services to children and adults with developmental disabilities and mental health challenges, empowering them to live richer lives.
'''24 Hour Residential Care''' : Kerr’s group homes provide services that support each individual’s special needs, while allowing residents to live as independently as possible.
'''Adult Group Homes''' : Kerr operates community-based residential homes in Clackamas, Marion, Multnomah, and Washington counties. Every home is supported by highly qualified staff who help residents gain increased choice and control over their lives. All of our residents have their own private bedroom; decorated according to their wishes. Homes are equipped to meet the needs of the people we serve.
'''Project Search''' : A nationally acclaimed nine-month unpaid internship program that provides employability training for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The program occurs onsite in partnership with local businesses who are committed to integrating the interns into their workplace culture.
Interns spend three months working in three different departments in a host business. They spend the first hour of their six-hour day in a classroom learning valuable job skills, such as: team building, workplace safety, self-advocacy, financial literacy, and more.
Each intern works on a fully integrated team. A mentor offers advice and feedback in real-time to the intern while they work together. Two skills trainers are on-site to work with the interns, focusing on mastering difficult tasks and building any job aids or accommodations they may need.
'''Employment Services''' : ''EmploymentServices@AlbertinaKerr.org''
We offer employment opportunities in a variety of settings across Oregon: residential programs and services for adults and youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), crisis psychiatric care for youth with mental health challenges, administrative positions, and more.
'''Kerr Bikes''' ''1020 SW Naito Parkway'' ''Portland, OR 97204''
'''Kerr Bikes & Boats/Adaptive BIKETOWN''' ''OMSI'' ''1945 SE Water Ave., Bldg B'' ''Portland, OR 97214''
''info@kerrbikes.org''
Kerr Bikes is an adaptive bicycle rental pilot project co-sponsored by BIKETOWN and Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) in partnership with Different Spokes. Individuals can reserve and be fitted with adaptive bikes.
Albertina Kerr provides programs and services to children and adults with developmental disabilities and mental health challenges, empowering them to live richer lives.
In partnership with the Portland Bureau of Transportation and Nike, Kerr Bikes & Boats supports/runs Adaptive BIKETOWN. With a goal of increasing biking access for people with disabilities, they provide stable trikes with calf straps, hand-powered bikes, and electric-assist trikes at significantly reduced rates for individuals with disabilities. Kerr Bikes & Boats Rentals, located on Portland’s waterfront, rents surreys, adaptive cycles, tandems, kid’s bikes, road bikes, kayaks, stand-up paddleboards and more. Proceeds benefit Albertina Kerr.
'''Locations:'''
'''Kerr Bikes''' ''Tom McCall Waterpark Park'' ''1020 SW Naito Parkway'' ''Portland, Oregon 97201''
'''Kerr Bikes & Boat/ Adaptive BIKETOWN''' ''1945 SE Water Ave,. Bldg B'' ''Portland, Oregon 97214''
''https://www.albertinakerr.org/support-our-work/kerr-bikes/'' +
'''Employment/Training'''
''424 NE 22nd Avenue'' ''Portland, Oregon 97232''
''EmploymentServices@AlbertinaKerr.org'' ''https://www.albertinakerr.org/idd/project-search/''
Albertina Kerr empowers people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and mental health challenges to lead self-determined lives in their communities. Their employment programs and services include:
'''Work Assessment''' Albertina Kerr provide a person-centered approach to their employment services to help job seekers identify strengths, skills, desires, and work goals in an effort to prepare a report that can assist the job seeker as well as the job developer in finding community employment. They have contracts with Multnomah, Washington, Lane, Marion, and Clackamas Counties; Brokerages, and Vocational Rehabilitation to provide these services.
Individual Customized Supported Employment Services include:
* Referral to Vocational Rehabilitation and coordination of services
* Job Club and related pre-employment activities
* Resume development; Mock interviews; Interview clothing; etc.
* Customized/person centered Job Development
* Job placement and onboarding services
* Job Coaching, both initial and long term support
'''Group Supported Employment''' Services include:
* Hourly employment in an integrated community business setting
* Screening, training and managing the employees
* Ongoing supervision of employees including performance management
* Payroll
* Providing liability insurance that covers all of our employees and job coaches
* Onsite job coaching for all employees
'''Project Search''' is a nine-month unpaid internship program that provides employability training for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The program occurs onsite in partnership with local businesses who are committed to integrating the
interns into their workplace culture. Interns spend 3 months working in 3 different departments in host business. They spend the first hour of their six hour day in a classroom learning valuable job skills, such as: team building, workplace safety, self- advocacy, financial literacy, and more. Each intern works on a fully integrated team. A mentor offers advice and feedback in real-time to the intern while they work together. Two skills trainers are on-site to work with the interns, focusing on mastering difficult tasks and building any job aids or accommodations they may need. The day ends in the classroom for journaling and a daily debriefing, focusing on successes and challenges of the day with a plan for the following day. For more information email: ''ProjectSearch@AlbertinaKerr.org'' .
'''Skills Training''' : Hands on training program designed to help individuals develop the skills needed to achieve maximum independence to accomplish their ADL, IADL, and health-related skills goals.
'''Education'''
'''Portland Community College (PCC)’s Alcohol and Drug Counseling Program''' prepares students to become alcohol and drug counselors working in an agency setting. Once admitted to the program, students take classes to meet the educational requirements and complete practicum to meet the supervised experience requirement for the Mental Health and Addiction Certification Board of Oregon (MHACBO) certification exams to become a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC). Degree options include an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) in Addiction Counseling and an Addiction Studies Certificate.
PCC’s Addiction Counseling program is the largest addiction counselor education resource in the state. PCC designed the program for working students by providing afternoon and evening classes. PCC also routinely updates their curriculum to be current with the professional standards of the industry through direct contact with local agencies.
Obtaining work experience in an addiction treatment or prevention facility is an essential element of the PCC program. The major addiction treatment facilities in the Portland metro area utilize PCC practicum students.
''https://www.pcc.edu/programs/addiction-counseling/overview/''
While in the program, students must:
* Agree not to abuse alcohol or drugs.
* Agree to abstain from any alcohol or illicit drug use if you are in recovery.
'''Clark College’s Addiction Counselor Education Program''' includes theories and principles that teach students practical methods to work within a continuum of care with both patient and external support systems. Students will learn to develop the necessary skills to treat clients in multiple areas, including individual and group counseling settings. In addition to classroom theory, students receive exposure to real- world work settings with participating local agencies.
Clark College also provides training for successful completion of the Washington Chemical Dependency Professional State Exam. Day and evening classes, full or part- time enrollment, and transfer options are available.
Degrees and Certificates available include: AAS-Addiction Counselor Education, CP- Addiction Counselor Education, and AA-Addiction Counselor Education.
''https://www.clark.edu/academics/programs/health-care-and-biosciences/aced/''