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Portland Street Medicine provides street-based medical care to Portlanders who are facing unstable housing or are sleeping on the streets. Portland Street Medicine is a coalition of volunteer medical providers, social workers, care coordinators, and concerned neighbors dedicated to reaching Portland’s unhoused community members. Their clinic is the streets. They meet people where they live, in tents, in camps, in forests, under bridges, wherever humanity seeks shelter. Portland Street Medicine collaborates with community health care partners to improve access to primary care, and behavioral and addiction services that are appropriate and culturally sensitive. Portland Street Medicine seeks collaboration with any community organization or health system eager to clinically extend and enhance their street outreach efforts. +
Portland Street Response, a program within Portland Fire & Rescue, assists people experiencing mental health and behavioral health crises. The program is currently responding citywide.
Portland Street Response services can be requested by calling 911. 911 dispatchers will have a list of questions they will ask to determine which responder is most appropriate to send: Police, Fire, Portland Street Response, or AMR ambulance service. If the call fits the criteria for Portland Street Response, dispatchers will alert the team and send them to the call.
Currently, Portland Street Response will be dispatched when a caller reports:
* A person who is possibly experiencing a mental health crisis; intoxicated and/or drug affected. This person is outside of a publicly accessible space such as a business, store, public lobby, etc.
* A person who is outside and down, not checked.
* A person who is outside and yelling.
* A person who needs a referral for services, but does not have access to a phone line.
The call meets the previous criteria – AND
* There are no weapons seen.
* The person is '''not''' in traffic/not obstructing traffic.
* The person is not violent towards others (physically combative, threatening violence, assaulting).
* The person is not suicidal.
* The person is not inside of a private residence. +
Vet Centers are community-based counseling centers that provide a wide range of social and psychological services, including professional counseling to eligible Veterans, service members, +
'''Employment//Training''' ''PO Box 14921'' ''Portland, Oregon 97293'' ''https://www.pdxwit.org/''
PDXWIT empowers tech professionals in Portland and beyond by offering community and skill-building events, mentorship, scholarships, and access to job opportunities.
As a BIPOC-led organization committed to advancing inclusion in the technology industry, PDXWIT believes that centering the most marginalized in our community is the first step in shaping a better tech future for all.
PDXWIT seeks to build a better tech industry by creating access, dismantling inequities and fueling belonging. They are focused on advancing inclusion in Portland’s technology industry and in reducing the imbalances that exist today so that everyone is represented and skilled in an industry that is shaping the future of humanity.
PDXWIT has partnered with more than 75 tech companies in Portland and beyond to bring together thousands of people looking to break into the industry or advance their careers. Their work centers on historically marginalized communities. All PDXWIT events and programs are free and open to everyone. +
A non-profit organization that provides education, vocational training, and leadership development to low-income young adults. +
'''Education/Training''' ''4816 SE 92nd Avenue'' ''Portland, Oregon 97266'' - ''https://pybpdx.org/''
Portland YouthBuilders (PYB) offers programs of high school completion, vocational training, counseling, and support.
'''YouthBuild''' is PYB’s flagship program of academics, vocational training courses, counseling, career development, and long term support. The program runs year-round and students attend full-time, five days a week.
The YouthBuild program is for those ages 17-24 who want to finish high school and learn a trade. As a fully accredited high school, PYB is able to offer students in their YouthBuild program a choice between finishing high school with a GED or a high school diploma. Professionally trained tutors help provide additional one-on-one support as needed.
YouthBuild students spend half of their time each month in the classroom. Case management, counseling, and their relationship-based model of teaching help to ensure that students receive individualized programming that meets their specific needs and goals. On average, over 75% of YouthBuild students finish high school each year and advance to college, an apprenticeship, or start their career. Through PYB’s long term support program students who continue their studies at college or in a certificate program can receive ongoing support from their PYB teachers and counselor to help them reach their educational goals.
PYB’s Youthbuild program offers two separate vocational training programs, one in construction and one in technology:
:Youthbuild’s construction students learn all aspects of residential construction and give back to the community by building affordable homes for local low-income families. The students receive hands-on training on real constructions jobsites as they prepare to enter the construction industry. Construction training courses that take place in the classroom and on the jobsite.
:Youthbuild’s technology students learn how to code and the learn the ins and outs of computer hardware and software. Tech students donate their time in the community by teaching adults how to safely use technology. Technology program teaches relevant software and hardware skills and students spend half their month at tech worksites, guided by expert staff.
:PYB’s Bridge program is for High School grads ages 18-26 who want to work in construction. It provides a direct path to employment in the construction industry. Over the course of nine weeks, Bridge students receive the training and support they need to enter an apprenticeship program and start their construction careers.
''For PYB’s YouthBuild program, call the admissions department at (503) 286-9350 or email'' ''apply@pybpdx.org''
''For PYB’s Bridge program, call their construction department at (503) 286-9350 ext 214 or'' ''email'' ''elle.goldstein@pybpdx.org''
PYB works with youth ages 17-24 with experiences with poverty, violence, drugs, hunger, and loss. They offer a program of high school completion, vocational training, counseling, and support. +
Weekly free community meal program; volunteer‑run. +
This is between 8th Ave. and Park Ave on NW Glisan. The location has changed several times over the years – best to confirm on the website.
Over the years, this has been an easy, barrier free way to do community service. Volunteers gather to feed Portland Homeless – rain or shine every Sunday. +
Day center +
A non-profit café and training program that provides culinary arts and job readiness training to at-risk youth and adults. +
'''Training'''
''8139 N Denver Ave.'' ''Portland, Oregon 97217''
#''https://poshinespdx.com/''
Po’Shines Café de la Soul is a Black-owned contemporary soul food restaurant with Cajun, Creole and low country flair. Po’Shines provides dining, concession sales, and catering services in the Portland metro area and Southwest Washington. It provides career development opportunities through its on-profit work force training program, Teach Me to Fish (TMTF).
The TMTF program is a comprehensive culinary education initiative designed specifically for the community. TMTF provides a well-structured environment that teaches not only culinary job skills, but also life skills that help individuals flourish. +
A provider of structured and supportive sober living homes +
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''Clackamas, OR, 97015''
#''https://premieresoberliving.com/''
Three recovery houses in Portland area. Required support meeting attendance, with live-in staff. More info on site. +
BestCare offers a range of treatment programs designed to address the many levels of addiction and mental health. This facility is the only Latino residential program in the state. Services include treatment for drug and alcohol addiction, outpatient care, domestic violence care, and treatment for pathological gambling. +
A health center that provides primary care and mental health services, with a focus on serving the LGBTQIA2S+ community. +
Prism Health offers a safe, affirming space for all members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer community to obtain medical and behavioral health care. Services include primary care, gender affirming care, HIV care, behavioral health and substance support, pharmacy, sexual health and PrEP. They accept most insurance including OHP. +
'''Education'''
''https://fsapartners.ed.gov/knowledge-center/library/dear-colleague-letters/2023-03-29/eligibility-confined-or-incarcerated-individuals-receive-pell-grants''
''https://www.bop.gov/resources/news/20230712_pell_grant.jsp''
''https://www.oregon.gov/doc/aic-programs/pages/education.aspx''
Pell Grants provide federal funding for students to pursue higher education. As of July 1, 2023, Pell Grants are once again available to adults in corrections, for the first time since 1994. Students incarcerated in Federal or State correctional facilities (and students who are subject to involuntary civil commitments) may now receive Pell Grants is they otherwise meet Pell Grant eligibility. Students must be enrolled or accepted for enrollment in an eligible PEP (Prison Education Program).
In Oregon, Chemeketa and Treasure Valley Community Colleges, Oregon State Correctional Institution, Oregon State Penitentiary and Santiam Correctional Institution, are Second Chance Pell sites under a federal pilot program. They currently offer associate transfer degrees for those incarcerated locally. Opportunities for bachelor’s degrees and technical training are now being considered for federal funding by Oregon community colleges and universities as well.
Oregon Senate Bill 270, which was signed into law in June 2023, allows prisoners to more easily access academic programs at any community college in Oregon, any distance learning program or any other higher education program that’s eligible.
Adults in Corrections who are eligible to take college-level courses may also do so at their own expense when the opportunity is available. Community partners include:
* Blue Mountain Community College
* Central Oregon Community College
* Chemeketa Community College
* Portland Community College
* Southwestern Oregon Community College
* Treasure Valley Community College
''https://www.oregon.gov/highered/research/Documents/Reports/SB-234-Report-Final-2021.pdf'' +
Prison Pipeline is a radio program dedicated to educating the public about the Oregon criminal justice system. Their goal is to present a unique understanding of the criminal justice system, address the root causes of crime, and challenge the status quo. Prison Pipeline seeks to promote awareness and activism in order to foster a safe, healthy, and just society. Tune in every Monday at 6:30 P.M. to hear their hosts Karen James, Adam Carpinelli, Emma Lugo, & Doug McVay explore the Oregon justice system with a variety of guests. Hosts rotate weekly. +
Prison Pipeline is a radio program dedicated to educating the public about the Oregon criminal justice system. Their goal is to present a unique understanding of the criminal justice system, address the root causes of crime, and challenge the status quo. Prison Pipeline seeks to promote awareness and activism in order to foster a safe, healthy, and just society. Tune in every Monday at 6:30 P.M. to hear their hosts Karen James, Adam Carpinelli, Emma Lugo, & Doug McVay explore the Oregon justice system with a variety of guests. Hosts rotate weekly. +