Pets can be integral to surviving homelessness. Providing hope, connection and companionship in difficult circumstances. With a smile on her face, Julie holds her small dog close. They live together in a Portland shelter. “She is my life,” Julie said. “I ...
5 Jun 2024 - Ellen Clarke
2023 Point in Time count reveals 4,857 unsheltered women across Oregon Editor's note: This story contains descriptions of intimate partner violence. Alana’s friends warned her when she moved from Salem to Portland with her boyfriend. The couple had b ...
6 Mar 2024 - Ellen Clarke
An increasing number of older Oregonians end up on the streets while local and state initiatives seek to mend a faltering safety net The intersection of poverty and aging is a precarious place. This is the liminal space where homelessness and serious heal ...
3 Jan 2024 - Ellen Clarke
The Atomic Orchard Experiment aims to honor what people do as workers and as Portlanders Jeff Woodward, a boots-on-the-ground frontline worker with the Mental Health and Addiction Association of Oregon, spends his days bringing harm reduction supplies out ...
21 Dec 2022 - Ellen Clarke