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Legal limbo: Safety Net of Oregon’s payee trials continue

Munro entrusted a $130,000 inheritance to Safety Net of Oregon, a now shuttered Portland nonprofit that ... inheritance to Safety Net for safekeeping. In April, Safety Net was shut down by the Social Security ... pay the recipient’s rent, bills and other necessities. Safety Net was the state’s largest payee ...

7 Aug 2014 - Jake Thomas
When the safety net breaks, Portland's most vulnerable are left to pick up the pieces

The walls at Safety Net of Oregon, a nonprofit that once helped disabled people manage their ... behavior to staff. There’s also a sign stating that Safety Net will be shutting down April 1. “P.S. This is ... not an April fool’s joke,” the sign concludes. A client walks into Safety Net’s office on April 1. ...

10 Apr 2014 - Jake Thomas
City looks to cut the safety net

moves industrial machinery. Without the basic safety net, Sorvisto says he would be “strung out on drugs ... back on the streets. “Last year the community rallied to protect $4.6 million in safety net funding, ... choices.” City of Portland portland city budget Portland Safety Net Jake Thomas Raymond Thornton Clark ...

18 Mar 2013 - Jake Thomas
Feds serve warrant on local payee service

Nearly 1,000 disabled and low-income clients of Safety Net of Oregon are wondering how they will ... warrant was based on allegations that Safety Net was mismanaging clients’ funds. Speaking outside of the ... nonprofit organization’s office on Morrison Street in inner Southeast Portland, Meredith said Safety Net ...

12 Mar 2014 - Jake Thomas
Judge orders immediate restraining order against Social Security to protect disability clients

investigation. Earlier this month, Safety Net of Oregon was served with a federal search warrant on allegations ... that it was mismanaging clients’ funds. Safety Net serves as the representative payee, which is an ... SSA was required by law to assign the former clients of Safety Net to another payee service. “These ...

26 Mar 2014 - Jake Thomas
Clackamas Co. lawsuit alleges misuse of funds intended for disabled caregivers

Roots reported on a federal investigation into Oregon’s largest payee service, Safety Net, and it’s ... Safety Net of Oregon David Cheveallier Jake Thomas Print ...

6 Dec 2014 - Jake Thomas
Multnomah County chair rips Social Security's handling of nonprofit closure

the Social Security Administration served a warrant on Safety Net of Oregon on allegations that it was ... mismanaging the funds of its clients. Safety Net serves as a representative payee, an individual or ... are unable to handle their own money. Beginning April 1, Safety Net will cease operations, forcing its ...

15 Mar 2014 - Jake Thomas
Breaking: Oregon Law Center, Disability Rights Oregon file lawsuit against Social Security Administration

Security Administration Office of the Inspector General served a federal search warrant on Safety Net of ... Administration (SSA) also decertified Safety Net, leaving about 1,000 people, many with severe disabilities to ... federal court, the complaint states that SSA's efforts to alert Safety Net's clients through ...

24 Mar 2014 - Jake Thomas
Gaps in oversight leave clients vulnerable in nation’s multi-billion-dollar payee system

about 1,000 clients of Safety Net of Oregon, recently had to scramble to find a new payee after the ... Security Administration for it’s handling of clients following the Safety Net of Oregon closure. Joondeph ... payees. In April, Safety Net of Oregon, a nonprofit that served as a representative payee was ordered to ...

8 May 2014 - Jake Thomas
Street Roots receives five awards, three firsts, for journalism

chemical use during the Vietnam War. Thomas received top honors for his coverage of the safety net and ...

12 Jun 2015 -