Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare Inc

Programs: Residential and supported housing services - the organization has been providing residential services and supported housing services to individuals with serious mental illness and cooccurring substance abuse disorders since its inception. Currently, the organization provides residential and supported housing to more than 300 individuals in both secure and nonsecure facilities, in single room occupancy facilities, and in apartments. An example is raingarden, a state-of-the-art complex at villebois in wilsonville. Raingarden is a 'green,' open-design building for persons who have been chronically institutionalized and are now able to hold their own leases. Continuation on schedule oduring their stay in residential and supported housing, people participate in skillsbuilding and education for eventual successful independent living, such as symptom management, community participation, relationship building, medication education and self-administration, and wellness skills including nutrition, basic cooking, physical exercise, tobacco cessation, and meditation. Evidence based practices are used, such as seeking safety, sanctuary (self), traumainformed care, peer wellness services, cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, and specific resources for people with schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder, and other symptom complexes. All of these programs serve persons with complicated treatment issues such as chronic mental illness, histories of institutionalization or homelessness, criminal history, severe medical conditions, and alcohol and drug abuse. These individuals are served with the goal of moving to greater independence and integration within the community. For those with coexisting serious physical medical conditions, physician and nursing staff are regularly available to all programs.

outpatient mental health and addiction services - the organization serves more than 12,000 adults and children annually through outpatient mental health and addiction programs located in multnomah, clackamas and lane counties. These programs are offered to individuals and families throughout the age spectrum, from childhood to older adults. The organization's treatment approach is based on the behavioral health recovery management (bhrm) model for addictive and mental health disorders that emphasizes consumer driven, strengthsbased recovery services with a focus on longterm wellness. The organization's programs assist individuals to increase independence and self-efficacy by continuation on schedule outilizing evidence based practices in individual, group, and family therapy, including trauma informed care, peer wellness services, dialectical behavioral therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, relapse prevention, posthospital reentry, and a variety of skillsbuilding and wellness curricula offered in group and individual settings. Outpatient services include a broad array of specialized programs including mental health, substance abuse, integrated mental health and addictions, and gambling treatment. Intensive case management and assertive community treatment (act) is provided in both multnomah and clackamas counties.

crisis services - the organization provides crisis services for multnomah county and the city of portland through an array of programs, affecting more than 5,000 people each year. Project respond is a 24/7 mobile crisis response team that works closely with individuals who are experiencing an emotional crisis. This program often works in conjunction with multnomah county's crisis line, 911, and portland police. The urgent walkin clinic is a seven day per week clinic that serves anyone who enters to help resolve urgent needs. This clinic is staffedcontinuation on schedule owith master's level counselors, psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, and registered nurses. The organization also has two crisis respite facilities that provide an alternative to, or stepdown from, hospitalization in a homelike setting. Access to these facilities is through multnomah and clackamas counties, as well as through local hospitals.

behavioral health and criminal justice interface; homeless services and independent housing; low-income property management and development; special programs.