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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/'' +
Crisis psychiatric care for youth, +
'''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/''
<span style="font-size: 140%;">Inpatient Treatment Program Locations</span>
'''Redmond Residential Treatment''': Redmond Residential Treatment center offers short-term, high-intensity drug and alcohol treatment, detox, and intensive outpatient treatment for those who require a lower level of care, including those facing legal issues from their substance addiction such as DUI.
'''Klamath Falls Residential Treatment''': Klamath Falls residential facility offers detox and short-term, high-intensity drug and alcohol treatment designed to help you get clean as quickly as possible. During treatment you’ll have access to their full medical staff and caring counselors.
'''Madras Latino Residential Treatment'''
<span style="font-size: 140%;">Outpatient Treatment Program Locations</span>
'''Bend Outpatient Treatment''': Bend outpatient treatment center offers intensive treatment, outpatient treatment, and non-pharmacological approaches to pain management.
'''Redmond Outpatient Treatment''': Redmond Outpatient Treatment center offers the first level of treatment for those who require a lower level of care, including those facing legal issues from their substance addiction such as DUI. The time commitment for this level of treatment is usually five hours or less a week.
'''Madras Outpatient Treatment''': The outpatient program in Madras provides assessment, individual and group counseling, and drug-testing for adults and adolescents. The outpatient alcohol/drug clinical team includes certified clinicians, recovery mentors, and Native American Outreach Specialists. They are a state certified DUII treatment provider in Jefferson County and the contracted Oregon Health Plan provider. They offer many different types of treatment groups, including education, relapse prevention, and DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) groups. Our team also closely coordinates with our mental health team when participants have co-occurring disorders.
'''Prineville Mental Health Services''': The Prineville facility offers services for intellectual and developmental disabilities, general case management, alcohol and drug assessments, individual and group counseling, and drug testing.
Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other so that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. There are no dues or fees for membership. They are self- supporting through their own contributions. AA is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization, or institution. Their primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety. +
This church provides a variety of services to its community, but specific information about regular public hygiene services is not readily available. +
The Woodstock Clothing Closet offers Free clothing for anyone who has a need.
Available upon request, Monday–Friday, when someone is in the office. Ring the front doorbell to see if someone is available.
Available from Cultivate Initiatives or Woodstock Pantry every Saturday, noon–2 p.m.
Woodstock Pantry: From SE Woodstock Ave., turn onto SE 40th Street and enter the All Saints’ parking lot on SE Knight Street. Cars - line up and stay in your car. Walkups - line up on the sidewalk. +
All Saints Episcopal Church provided hot meals every Saturday, between 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Indoor dining in the Parish Hall - 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Takeout meals - noon–12:30 p.m. All are welcome.
Groceries provided weekly on Fridays and Saturdays, between noon–2 p.m. to anyone who needs them. Drive-through or walk-up pantry.
From SE Woodstock Ave., turn onto SE 40th Street and enter the All Saints’ parking lot on SE Knight Street. Cars - line up and stay in your car. Walkups - line up on the sidewalk. +
All Saints Episcopal Church - Food Boxes, Pantries, and Meals +
Temporary and Day Labor Employment - Employment And Education +
Methadone Treatment - Other Addiction Treatment and Support +
A temporary shelter village providing pods and supportive services for people experiencing homelessness. +
A clinic providing psychiatric and mental health services. +
Amenda Clinic merges the physical, emotional, and spiritual experiences of being human with evidence-based care, acceptance, and creativity to expand their clients’ capacity to show up and live their fullest life. Through ancient herbal medicine, naturopathy, genetics, functional lab work, pharmaceutical intervention, counseling, flower essences, and any other therapies that honor the mind-body connection, they help clients heal, achieve their goals for well-being, and live their life at full capacity. This is patient-led integrative care that honors clients’ experiences and supports the outcomes clients desire while leveraging the expertise of innovative providers across specialties to achieve true collaborative healing.
Common conditions Amenda Clinic sees in patients include depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar disorder, ADHD, psychosis, schizophrenia, OCD, eating disorders, and addictions of all kinds. However, Amenda Clinic also considers itself diagnosis neutral. This means that they don’t think people can easily be fit into a neat diagnostic category but that there can be helpful reasons to have a diagnosis. Amenda Clinic works with people at nearly every stage of life, from adolescence to elderly. They celebrate gender, racial, and cultural diversity. Some of their providers have additional training in working with queer and trans-identified people. +
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Oregon works in courts, in the legislature and in communities to protect and advance civil rights and liberties. They are committed to centering the individuals and intersectional communities historically disenfranchised by institutions and systems: Black people, Indigenous people, people of color, gender non-conforming people, people with disabilities, LGBT+, low-income people, immigrants, incarcerated people, refugees and all other historically-targeted groups.
ACLU of Oregon works in partnership and collaboration with communities and organizations across the state to respond to civil liberties and civil rights issues involving criminal justice, the death penalty, free speech, immigrants’ rights, LGBTQ+ rights, national security, police practices, prisoners’ rights, privacy & technology, racial justice, religious freedom, and reproductive justice. +
'''Employment/Education/Training'''
''Main office: 717 N. Killingsworth, Portland, Oregon 97217''
''https://www.portlandoic.org/''
''email contact:'' ''info@portlandoic.org''
Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center (POIC) + Rosemary Anderson High School (RAHS) provide alternative education, mentoring, family outreach, employment training, and placement. POIC + RAHS serve more than 3,000 students, work trainees, and families annually (80% are Black or Latinx). Their major programs include Rosemary Anderson Schools, Work Opportunities Training, Community Healing
Initiative, Youth Services, and Community Safety. They reconnect alienated at-risk youth and adults affected by poverty, family instability, and homelessness to education, career training, and culturally-specific wraparound programs, including services for families impacted by the criminal justice system.
POIC + RAHS offer paid training for construction and the trades. POIC's 12-week program prepares adults for careers in construction and the trades. Trainees are paid during this hands-on learning experience and receive classroom instruction, industry- recognized certifications, career exploration, and planning. The curriculum is recognized by the OSATC (Oregon State Apprenticeship and Training Council). Graduates receive continued support from full-time staff with apprenticeship and job placement with 95% of graduates being placed in jobs.
POIC + RAHS c areer coaches and mentors give trainees tools and resources to help them become job-ready or to help them transition to college. Internships and pre- apprenticeship program provide underserved youth and adults the opportunity to be part of a diverse and inclusive workforce. Additional POIC employment resources include: paid internships involving short-time positions that can lead to full-time employment in sought-after fields; career coaching ; tech career rep training ; and youth employment, connecting youth with training and paid internships in construction, healthcare, tech, manufacturing, and more.
Must be between the ages of 18-24, have your high school diploma/GED (or are actively engaged in a GED program), and ready to commit to an intensive training program.
'''School locations''' :
#''North Campus'' ''717 N. Killingsworth'' ''Portland, Oregon 97217''
#''New Columbia Campus'' ''4610 N. Trenton'' ''Portland, Oregon 97203''
#''East Campus'' ''2208 SE 182nd'' ''Portland, Oregon 97233''
#''Lents Campus at Wattles Boys & Girls Club'' ''9330 SE Harold St.'' ''Portland, Oregon97266''
#''Middle School Campus at Regence Boys & Girls Club'' ''4430 N. Trenton'' ''Portland, Oregon 97203''
Job Corps - Employment And Education +
A non-profit, no-kill rescue that operates a free-roam shelter for cats and a foster program for dogs, specializing in helping animals with medical or behavioral challenges. +
Animal Aid provides a collection of resources for low-cost and emergency veterinary services in Portland, Oregon and national financial assistance programs. It is not a comprehensive list of all services available, but a guide to some of the options available. Contact each organization directly for the most up to date information.
''https://www.animalaidpdx.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Veterinary-Financial-Services_last-updated-7-2019.pdf'' +