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  1. Safety Net won’t face criminal charges

    Federal investigators determine the nonprofit isn’t liable for mismanaging $1.4 million in disability benefits The federal investigation into nonprofit Safety Net of Oregon for mismanaging its clients’ disability benefits is closed and no criminal charges ...

    12 Nov 2015 - Emily Green

  2. A trip down the rabbit hole of homeless ‘services’ in the Portland metro area

    Jamie didn’t fit the profile for many agencies. She had a job. She had no addiction. She was mentally healthy. Ask Jamie what the highest point in her life was, and she will quickly answer that it was the day her son was born, six years ago. The lowest po ...

    1 Jun 2015 - Mary Metheney

  3. Sasha Abramsky talks poverty — American style

    The title of author Sasha Abramsky’s new book, “The American Way of Poverty,” might sound a bit patronizing to patriotic ears, given that Abramsky was born in Great Britain and attended Oxford University. But living now in his mother’s homeland of America ...

    28 Jan 2014 - Jay Thiemeyer

  4. Directors Desk: Team Street Roots is working on many fronts

    By Israel Bayer, Staff Writer Street Roots has been very busy on the homeless advocacy and policy front as of late. Street Roots, along with many of our partners are helping lead the, “We are the Safety Net” campaign. The campaign has worked very hard to ...

    17 May 2013 - Israel Bayer

  5. Jesse Beason talks Portland safety net

    The head of one of Portland’s leading housing programs talks about what hangs in the balance of this year’s budget negotiations By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer For the past five years, Jesse Beason has been a fighter in Portland’s affordable housing world, s ...

    11 Apr 2013 - Street Roots Staff

  6. Portland safety net swings in balance of city budget talks

    Portland safety net swings in balance of city budget talks City’s housing and homeless services play the competitive waiting game for coveted one-time appropriations By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer Looking at the housing and homeless landscape these days, Po ...

    28 Mar 2012 - Street Roots

  7. Editorial: A message from the trenches to state reps on budget cuts

    Editorial: A message from the trenches to state reps on budget cuts The new state budget punches a hole in the safety nets for the most vulnerable Oregonians. Street Roots breaks down a sampling of the programs being hit hardest, including support for the ...

    9 Jul 2010 - Street Roots

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