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A non-profit that provides scholarships, laptops, and mentorship to people who are incarcerated or formerly incarcerated, to help them pursue higher education. +
'''Education''' ''1752 NW Market Street, #953'' ''Seattle, Washington 98107'' ''https://www.prisonscholars.org/'' ''outreach@prisonscholars.org''
The Prison Scholar Fund is committed to providing educational opportunities, professional development, transitional support, and advocacy for those impacted by incarceration. The Prison Scholar Fund believes that incarcerated individuals deserve a second chance at a better life. That’s why they help incarcerated individuals get access to the education they need to transform their lives.
Distance Education The Prison Scholar Fund’s core program provides access to postsecondary distance education. These courses are generally paper-based, which students can complete independently without any type of institutional support. For a list of schools that provide paper-based courses ''https://www.prisonscholars.org/what-we-do/for-prospective-scholars/''
Students apply for funding by submitting an application for scholarship support. The Prison Scholar Fund only accepts requests for applications that are received directly from potential student themselves. Incarcerated student interested in receiving an application can send a request to their mailing address with a Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope (SASE):
'''Application Requests''' ''Prison Scholar Fund'' ''1752 NW Market St. #953'' ''Seattle, WA 98107''
Or by downloading and completing the form and submitting on their own: ''https://www.prisonscholars.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/PSF-App-Request-Form-191214.pdf''
The Prison Scholar Fund also provides transition support through their Digital Navigation and Workforce Development Reentry Support Program which offers in- person digital literacy courses in the Seattle area that can also be accessed full remotely. as well as with fully remote access. ''https://www.prisonscholars.org/what-we-do/transition/'' ''outreach@prisonscholars.org'' ''Phone: (206) 734-5425'' +
Prison & Beyond is a seminar presented by U.S. Pretrial Services that provides important information about federal prison life and how to prepare for success, in and after prison. This panel seminar addresses the following topics: sentencing, designation, Bureau of Prisons, types of facilities, programs for inmates, prison survival tips, panel questions and more. The seminar is presented multiple times per year to help individuals prepare for serving their federal sentences. Family members are welcome to attend. To learn more about upcoming dates and to register email ''Joanna_GarciaAvalos@orpt.uscourts.gov'' . +
Locations in Morrow County, Grant County, Gilliam County, Wheeler County and Umatilla County.
Free treatment and counseling services are available to any Oregon resident who either has a gambling problem or knows someone who does. Treatment is free, confidential, and it works. You can make an appointment with our Problem Gambling Counselor, Chris Olwine, who serves Gilliam, Grant, Morrow and Umatilla counties by calling ''541-'' ''676-9161 ext. 1716'' during normal business hours.
''After hours, please call 1-877-MY-LIMIT (1-877-695-4648)'' 24-hour line toll-free or you can live chat, text or email at Oregon Problem Gambling Resource, ''https://www.opgr.org/'' ''.'' +
The OHSU Intercultural Psychiatric Program provides culturally sensitive mental health services to immigrant and refugee communities. They offer individual and group therapy as well as psychiatric evaluations, medication management, and case management in collaboration with primary care providers, and various community
services. The team of counselors who speak many different languages work alongside psychiatrists to provide interpretation, cultural insight, and basic skills training. +
'''Education'''
''https://www.pdx.edu/liberal-arts-sciences/higher-education-prison''
''1721 SW Broadway, Cramer Hall 117'' ''Portland, Oregon 97207''
''Nahlee Suvanvej, Director'' ''Email:'' ''nahlee@pdx.edu'' ''or'' ''psuhep@pdx.edu''
''Phone: (503) 725-6640'' ''Location: University Studies, Cramer Hall 117V''
''Sam Wilson, Rebound Coordinator'' ''Email:'' ''PSURebound@pdx.edu''
''Phone: (503) 725-6127'' ''Location: Rebound Hub, Cramer Hall 169''
Portland State University (PSU)’s '''Higher Education in Prison (HEP)''' program seeks to expand rigorous, quality higher education at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility and to support justice-impacted students’ post-release.
The HEP program allows students to work towards a degree while experiencing incarceration and to be able to matriculate to the PSU campus upon release, while receiving the supports needed to be successful. Through its HEP program, PSU seeks to provide a degree pathway for women, trans- identified and gender non-conforming adults in custody (AICs) as the first higher education degree pathway for incarcerated women in Oregon.
'''PSU Rebound Peer Support Specialists''' PSU Rebound recognizes that students returning to higher education after incarceration need dedicated resources on campus to help them transition to and successfully navigate college. PSU Rebound Peer Support Specialists are available to connect with prospective and current students returning to education after experiencing incarceration. They help students and prospective students
with admission to PSU, accessing legal services, counseling, tutoring, computer literacy, mentorship, employment, housing, transportation and food security. +
'''The Intercultural Psychiatric Program (IPP)''' provides culturally sensitive mental health services for immigrant, refugee, and ethnic communities with an emphasis on individuals and families whose first language is not English. With over 1300 active clients, IPP serves individuals and families from Afghanistan, Bosnia, Cambodia, Congo, Central and South America, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Laos, Liberia, Myanmar, Rwanda, the former Soviet Union, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Somalia, Vietnam, and other countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Central and South America. Many members of these communities have experienced the effects of war, political oppression, economic upheaval, violence, displacement, and loss of family members. IPP staff includes 16 counselors and 8 part-time physicians offering services in over 15 languages including Amharic, Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, Cambodian, Farsi, Kurdish, Laotian, Mai Mai, Mien, Oromo, Russian, Somali, Spanish (Central and South American), Swahili, and Vietnamese.
'''Adult Mental Health Program''' The IPP Adult Mental Health Program offers culturally and linguistically appropriate services including individual therapy, group therapy, medical management, case management, and supportive and socialization services. The program serves individuals with the full range of psychiatric diagnoses.
'''Torture Treatment Center of Oregon''' IPP’s Torture Treatment Center serves victims of torture and severe war trauma from Afghanistan, Bosnia, Central and South America, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Somalia, Sudan, and other parts of Africa. The Torture Treatment Center of Oregon is a national leader in research and knowledge building in the effects of torture and trauma on adults, children, and families. +
Pathfinders has been delivering programs in the Oregon prison system since 1993 under a contract with the Oregon Department of Corrections. The goal of Pathfinders programs is to prepare criminal justice-involved individuals to re-enter society and avoid recidivism. Their cognitive programs focus on psychological skills development that provides offenders with the tools for changing negative behaviors through restructuring thought processes.
Pathfinders’ '''Corrections Programs''' include:
'''Parenting Inside Out.''' Parenting Inside Out (PIO) is an evidence-based, cognitive- behavioral parent management skills program created for incarcerated parents.
'''Cognitive-behavioral restructuring'''
* Moving On – A gender responsive curriculum for women who are at risk.
* Prevention and Intervention programming for the segregation population
* Free Your Mind – CORE
* Free Your Mind in Prison – prevention program
* Free Your Mind in Segregation – intervention program
People who are currently incarcerated can contact Pathfinders at 833-269-8633.
Pathfinders’ '''Community Corrections Programs''' Pathfinders delivers programs and services for justice system-impacted individuals in partnership with community corrections agencies in Marion County and Jackson County.
'''Marion County''' As part of the transition from Jail to Community (TJC) Program at the Marion County Transition Center, Pathfinders offers evidence-based cognitive- behavioral programs focused on building cognitive and trauma coping skills. They provide both individual and group services to help participants prepare for release and success in the community. Program goals include reducing criminal activity, increasing positive behavior and employability, enhancing prosocial motivation, support and self- esteem, and motivating clients to embrace a crime free lifestyle. The Pathfinder Network is a service provider for the Marion County Reentry Initiative, a program of the Marion County Sheriff’s Office Community Corrections Division.
'''Jackson County''' In collaboration with Jackson County Community Justice, The '''Resilience & Recovery Project''' is a peer support program for justice involved individuals. The R&R project provides an opportunity to build individual, social and community resources for long term resilience, recovery, and successful completion of supervision and reintegration into the community. Participants in the R&R project are offered ongoing and drop-in support and service navigation, peer support groups, classes and workshops, resilience and recovery action planning and more. Email ''jcpeers@thepathfindernetwork.org'' or call 541-231-0765.
DHS’ '''Independent Living Program (ILP)''' helps youth who are, or were, in foster care to become self-sufficient adults. It gives them an opportunity to learn valuable skills necessary to make a successful transition from state or tribal custody to living on their own in the community. Services provided through the Independent Living Program help build skills for youth to live on their own, obtain funds for continuing education, and assistance with housing. +
'''Reentry Enhancement Coordination Program (REC)''' REC was designed to close gaps by surrounding men and women transitioning from prison with supportive services in the community. REC serves men and women who have severe addictions and have completed drug and alcohol treatment during their incarceration. The individuals are linked to comprehensive assistance in securing housing, treatment, and employment when they return to the community. Similarly, individuals who are released from prison early on Short Term Transitional Leave (STTL) as part of Oregon’s Justice Reinvestment Program receive the same menu of comprehensive services in the community. REC and STTL provide 90 days of intensive supervision, outpatient treatment, supportive housing and support finding employment. Counselors, mentors, and employment specialists work with parole officers to help individuals transition back to the community successfully. +
The '''Community Partners Reinvestment Project (CPR)''' is a collaborative transition program that seeks to meet the developmental and transitional needs of men ages 18 to
25 returning to the community after incarceration. CPR’s programming includes client- motivated behavioral changes, reducing criminal thinking, returning to school, employment, housing, family relations and parenting issues, assistance with resources, and more. CPR’s mentors have first-hand experience with many of the challenges faced by CPR participants and they can relate to and provide insight to clients as well as serve as positive role models.
'''GIFT (Gang Impacted Family Team) and HEAT (Habilitation, Empowerment,''' '''Accountability, Therapy)''' are programs under CPR that work with the Portland gang community, including affected family members. GIFT/HEAT are culturally-specific and these programs work to educate young men to address how the choices they make impact not just themselves, but their families and their communities. +
A non-profit organization that helps people connect to health care services and navigate the health care system. +
Project Access NOW seeks to improve the health and well-being of the community by creating access to care, services, and resources for those most in need. Project Access NOW works to fill these gaps by partnering with care providers, hospitals, clinics, and other community-based organizations to address the health care system’s limitations. The majority of their clients are immigrants, people of color, and/or speak English as a second language.
Project Access NOW seeks to:
* Connect low-income, uninsured clients to the donated primary and specialty care they need.
* Pay health insurance premiums for people who qualify for coverage under the Affordable Care Act but can’t afford the expenses necessary to access their care.
* Connect low-income people being discharged from the hospital to resources such as transportation, car seats, and temporary housing to help them get home safely and more easily access follow-up care.
Project Access NOW programs include their '''Donated Care Program''' for residents of Multnomah, Clackamas, or Washington County (contact their Donated Care team at
'''Insurance Enrollment and Payment Support Team''' , and '''Community''' '''Assistance Program (CAP)''' to connect individuals in need to resources that help them successfully transition from a hospital back into the community following major medical interventions. Project Access NOW also employs '''Community Health Workers''' to assist clients with navigating complex medical systems. +
An event that brings together service providers to offer a variety of resources to people experiencing homelessness. +
503-395-3976
''info@projectlemonadepdx.org'' ''https://www.projectlemonadepdx.org/''
Project Lemonade provides services to meet the needs of the foster youth community and teens aging out of care. From kindergarten to college, Project Lemonade provides the resources, opportunities and connections youth in foster care need.
Project Lemonade programs includes:
'''Project Lemonade Store''' , located in the Lloyd Center. Open year-round, the Project Lemonade Store is a welcoming retail environment for youth ages 5-24 to shop in person or virtually, free of charge, for new and on-trend clothing, shoes and accessories.
The '''L+EARN Internship''' provides youth ages 16-24 with a hands-on 12-week paid internship working at the Project Lemonade Store.
The '''WISH program''' provides grants up to $400 to offset the cost of activities associated with educational and enrichment goals.
The '''Inspire Network''' is a membership group providing supports for teens and young adults in foster care.
The '''Fill the Gap Scholarship''' is here to support youth with foster care experience in reaching their educational goals. While youth in foster care may have their tuition covered, costs outside of tuition like housing, transportation and books can be a financial barrier to success.
Project Lemonade partners with the Oregon Department of Human Services, statewide & local nonprofits, private funders and a vast network of community members. +
Project Lemonade - Youth Support Services +
A non-profit organization that provides support to families and individuals in need +
Project Patchwork works with parents and individuals, in early recovery, who are transitioning from residential treatment to the community. Project Patchwork provides housing for 6 months. Parents can bring children, of any age, into the program (although, the behavior of the children can be a consideration). Clients need to be on OHP. Ms. Hall will meet clients in inpatient programs to sign them up for one of Project Patchwork’s 23 apartments.
The houses and apartments are fully furnished with beds, toddler beds, cribs, new mattresses, sheets, and cleaning supplies. Some of the apartments are reserved for women and babies coming directly from birthing hospitals through Project Nurture (a program for pregnant women battling substance abuse). One of their houses is
exclusively for women and their babies. Project Patchwork also works with single fathers. They recently had a couple move into one of their apartments.
Project Patchwork offers “wrap-around” services which include case management, peer support, housing navigators, daycare, assistance with getting IDs, and referrals to culturally specific community resources. If a resident returns to use, they are not immediately terminated. In some instances the resident returns to inpatient treatment.
Residents take part in weekly meetings, are on geo-locators (in order to abide by curfews), and share in doing household chores. +
Project Pooch is a nonprofit organization that provides opportunities for youth at the MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility to develop the personal and vocational skills they need to become responsible, productive members of the community. The program accomplishes this by teaching youth to care for and train shelter dogs for adoption. The youth work with their dogs daily and practice the principles of positive reinforcement and behavior modification. As the trainers manage their dogs, they learn how to manage their own behavior. They also earn school credits, develop good work habits, and acquire valuable occupational skills.
The relationships, emotional support and mutual trust established between the trainers and dogs are pivotal to the success of the program. This bond helps the youth and the dogs develop the self-confidence and hope they need to build future relationships.
Youth develop responsibility, patience, and compassion for all life as they learn to train dogs and manage a kennel, and help dogs find their forever homes. +
Project Red was conceived by Ellen Wirshup in partnership with the Alano Club of Portland as an initiative to remove barriers to overdose prevention supplies and trainings, with a focus on restaurants, bars, strip clubs, entertainment venues, Community based organizations, workers and artists in Portland, Oregon. Project red also collaborates nationally with service industry and entertainment venues and workers, and touring artists, connecting them with local harm reduction organizations and resources and, if requested, supports and services for those in or seeking recovery from substance use or mental health disorders. Narcan can be obtained from: ''https://nextdistro.org/naloxone'' . +