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  1. New babies bring unique challenges to foreign-born moms

    In Multnomah County, foreign-born moms accounted for 1 in 4 babies in 2015 Adjusting to the physical changes and endless demands a baby brings into her life can be a struggle for any new mom. But for many foreign-born mothers, these challenges are more li ...

    4 Aug 2016 - Emily Green

  2. City, county pledge to invest additional $30 million to pay for housing and shelter beds

    The new investment will go to support "A Home For Everyone," a community partnership to end homelessness Mayor Charlie Hales and Multnomah County Chair Deborah Kafoury announced this morning a $30 million city and county commitment to support ne ...

    30 Sep 2015 - Israel Bayer

  3. City, county looking for landlords to house homeless veterans

    Despite veterans’ access to vouchers and funding, finding landlords willing to rent to them has been a challenge With approximately 360 Portland-area veterans still in need of housing, city and county officials are pleading with landlords to consider taki ...

    24 Jul 2015 - Emily Green

  4. SR Editorial: Proposed county budget makes smart connections

    For many years, the budget process for Multnomah County was a painful study in having to do more with less.  That is not the case for now. This year, Chair Deborah Kafoury’s 2016 proposed budget is $1.7 billion, with more than $90 million in expected new ...

    12 Jun 2015 - SR editorial board

  5. Let’s make things right on housing

    This year both the City of Portland and Multnomah County launched A Home For Everyone, a new plan to address housing and homelessness in our community. Mayor Charlie Hales and city housing commissioner, Dan Saltzman, along with Multnomah County Chair Debo ...

    17 Apr 2015 - SR editorial board

  6. It’s time to turn the urgency around housing into action

    The Home For Everyone board recently submitted recommendations to the City of Portland and Multnomah County. Home For Everyone is a plan to bring the community together to oversee an array of complex services to deliver the best outcomes for ending indivi ...

    26 Mar 2015 - Israel Bayer

  7. Gretchen Kafoury’s legacy one of action, change

    Gretchen Kafoury passed away of natural causes on Friday, March 13 at the age of 72. Like others, Street Roots was sad to hear the news, and overcome with emotion to not only honor, but to carry on her work. To say that Oregon lost a great leader seems in ...

    19 Mar 2015 - SR editorial board

  8. What will it take to end homelessness?

    Portland, like many cities throughout the United States, finds itself at a crossroads. How do we collectively tackle the housing crisis and begin to really put the resources needed into ending homelessness? Anna Griffin’s series on homelessness in The Ore ...

    18 Feb 2015 - Israel Bayer

  9. An inconvenient investment: Activists urge Mayor to divest from fossil fuels

    During a speech he delivered on World Environment Day 2013, Portland Mayor Charlie Hales urged the state to stop investing in fossil fuels. One month later, during a visit with environmental journalist Bill McKibben, he reaffirmed his commitment to steeri ...

    6 Feb 2015 - Emily Green

  10. Mult. Co. Sheriff to preserve in-person visitations

    This story was updated on March 3, 2015.  Multnomah County Sheriff Dan Staton says he will continue in-person, “through the glass” visiting for visitors to Multnomah County jails, bowing to pressure from public concerns over replacing all visits with vide ...

    27 Jan 2015 - Street Roots Staff

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