In line with Street Roots' campaign, Wheeler earmarks $500,000 in contingency funds for an alternative first response to crises on the streets Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler recommended $500,000 for Portland Street Response in his proposed city budget re ...
1 May 2019 - SR editorial board
Commonly accepted practices are preventing good renters from getting into housing in Portland Across our city, too many people are homeless or unstably housed. What we don’t need are insurmountable barriers to housing that target people of color and those ...
19 Apr 2019 - SR editorial board
DIRECTOR’S DESK | If there's no funding for a compassionate response to crises on the streets, then support of the plan goes nowhere We’ve heard a tremendous response to the Portland Street Response plan published in our March 15 edition. The grounds ...
29 Mar 2019 - Kaia Sand
A better response to people on Portland's streets might be the linchpin to creating the space for more effective policing Without the political will to comprehensively address Portland’s houseless crisis, the Portland Police Bureau will continue to s ...
22 Mar 2019 - SR editorial board
Not every crisis is a crime Endorse our plan for a new system of first responders – teams of firefighter-EMTs and peer support specialists with training in de-escalation who can respond with compassion to 911 calls about people struggling with homelessne ...
22 Mar 2019 - Street Roots
Street Roots takes a deep look at ways the region could feasibly, quickly and effectively address the crises on our streets in a compassionate and responsive way Costly police resources are dispatched again and again to handle low-priority calls for servi ...
15 Mar 2019 - Emily Green
Portland knows its response to street homelessness is inadequate, but does it know how to fix it? Portland knows it has a problem: Every day, costly police resources are dispatched again and again to handle low-priority calls for service involving people ...
15 Mar 2019 - Emily Green
These are the teams that address concerns and complaints related to people experiencing homelessness These are the teams called upon to solve public safety concerns and medical issues that arise among people experiencing homelessness in Portland. These te ...
15 Mar 2019 - Emily Green
Street Roots lays out a feasible plan for the future of crisis and nuisance intervention in public spaces With input from various public officials and agencies, as well as from Street Roots’ position as an organization that works with people experiencing ...
15 Mar 2019 - Emily Green
Portland Fire & Rescue's CHAT program could be a starting point for developing a new model Of the programs described in this special report, only one has indicated interest in taking on the task of becoming a street response team similar to Eugen ...
15 Mar 2019 - Emily Green