Rucker is the Integrated Health and Recovery Treatment case manager. But he used to be on the other side of the patient and case manager relationship. In a sterile hospital room in the depths of Oregon Health & Science University, Tyrone Rucker sat wi ...
1 Dec 2016 - Corinne Ellis
Art Rios will be honored at the National Health Care for the Homeless Council's national conference in Portland Art Rios has long been a visible member of downtown Portland’s homeless population and an outspoken advocate for people experiencing homel ...
19 May 2016 - Amanda Waldroupe
Owner pulls out of talk with city, which offered to buy the low-barrier, low-cost hotel as long as tenants could stay *This article was updated March 24, 2016, with additional details, including comments from representatives of Precision Property Manage ...
22 Mar 2016 - Joanne Zuhl
For Cuban Geovani Rodriguez, freedom means many things Geovani Rodriguez was 21 when he sailed away from Cuba on a homemade raft. He wasn’t afraid of the voyage, he says, even though his younger brother, Herminio, died when he left the island nation on a ...
7 May 2015 - Emily Green
This fall, Oregon voters could make the state the third in the country to legalize marijuana for recreational use. However, what that might mean for Oregonians depends on where they fall on the economic spectrum. If Oregon voters approve Measure 91, which ...
14 Oct 2014 - Jake Thomas
It could have happened in any town in any state. The checks were supposed to be deposited and used to pay for rent, utilities, food and other necessities for a disabled individual. The official report found otherwise. In 2012, an investigator from Columbi ...
8 May 2014 - Jake Thomas
The following is an excerpt from a speech by Nan Roman, president and CEO of the National Alliance to End Homelessness. The Alliance is a public education, advocacy, and capacity-building organization with a network of more than 10,000 nonprofit, public s ...
22 Apr 2014 - Nan Roman
The walls at Safety Net of Oregon, a nonprofit that once helped disabled people manage their federal benefits, are usually covered with collages and fake flowers. But now the plaster walls are bare except for a sign stating that there will be no tolerance ...
10 Apr 2014 - Jake Thomas
• Average income needed to afford a one-bedroom apartment in Multnomah County: $17,720 • Average annual Social Security payment for retired workers in Multnomah County: $12,861 • Number of hours per week a worker earning minimum wage must work to afford a ...
10 Feb 2014 - Street Roots Staff
A new type of business doing good in Portland The building is striking. Several stories tall and stretching roughly two city blocks, the metal-framed factory’s roof is covered with 4,830 navy blue solar panels. This 850-kilowatt array is the largest of it ...
6 Nov 2013 - Nathan Gilles