-Number of hospitals that are part of the CareOregon Health Plan Provider Network: 51-Percentage of members of CareOregon Health Plan that are 19 and younger: 59%-Percentage of members of CareOregon Health Plan that do not speak English as their first lang ...
2 Dec 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Imagine for a moment that you were faced with the experience of being homeless and had nowhere else to turn. Where should I go? You find a local shelter, but a woman half your age at the counter lets you know that the shelter tonight is full. She takes yo ...
28 Nov 2013 - Israel Bayer
With three decades of experience housing Portland’s poorest residents, Susan Emmons is ramping up her message on how all of us can help end homelessness In 1978, downtown Portland had 5,183 apartments affordable to the city’s poorest citizens. Susan Emmon ...
27 Nov 2013 - Jasmine Rockow
Charles was homeless and looking rough. He was pushing a shopping cart and living under the Burnside Bridge when he was referred to Northwest Pilot Project. He was 56 years old. He had been an unofficial apartment building manager for fifteen years. He l ...
21 Nov 2013 - Susan Emmons