by | Oct 19, 2024 | CAHOOTS, community health
By Michelle Perin, CAHOOTS September 24, 2024: It was the morning of the march. I had flown over 2300 miles, and now I was looking for a place to sit and have my breakfast. The room was a bustle of activity—voices with shades of accents from all over the country....
by Gretchen Currie | Mar 2, 2021 | Crisis, suicide
Responding to someone in crisis can be difficult, and knowing someone is suicidal can be scary, especially when we’re not sure how to respond. For many of us, our natural reactions to crisis can quickly escalate a situation and make things worse. That’s why...
by Gretchen Currie | Jan 6, 2021 | CAHOOTS
By Ben Adam Climer and Brenton Gicker From the January 2021 edition of Psychiatric Times Download PDF CAHOOTS (Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets) is a mobile crisis-intervention program that was created in 1989 as a collaboration between White Bird Clinic...
by Gretchen Currie | Dec 7, 2020 | Help, NEST
At White Bird, our SOAR-trained Public Benefits Advocate provides assistance to eligible individuals in completing thorough, quality SSDI/SSI applications. The focus is on individuals who are homeless and at risk of homelessness who experience mental health and/or...
by Gretchen Currie | Nov 16, 2020 | CAHOOTS, Clinic News
In the annual Eugene Weekly Best of 2020, CAHOOTS won best non-profit and best service for the homeless. Ebony Morgan, program coordinator and RN won best healthcare worker. Thank you Eugene, we are humbled as ever. Let’s keep our hearts open and these vans...
by Gretchen Currie | Oct 29, 2020 | CAHOOTS
31 years ago the City of Eugene, Oregon developed an innovative community-based public safety system to provide mental health first response for crises involving mental illness, homelessness, and addiction. White Bird Clinic launched CAHOOTS (Crisis Assistance Helping...
