Sign up now to receive emergency notifications via text message, phone call or email. Lane County is able to send you emergency alerts via text message, email, pager, or voice call (in extreme cases), based on your preferences. It is important that they collect this contact information because many households no longer utilize traditional land-based […]
Senator Ron Wyden will meet with White Bird CAHOOTS staff at CAHOOTS headquarters at 970 W 7th Ave in Eugene to discuss how this groundbreaking program can be a model for a national policing reform package and how Congress can best support the work. “The Justice in Policing Act of 2020 takes a vital first […]
Voting When Houseless Houseless U.S. Citizens Have a Right to Vote Voters must provide a residence address on the voter registration form, but this address may be any definable location in the county that describes their physical location. This could be the White Bird’s Front Rooms program (must be a registered client), a shelter, park, […]
EUGENE, OREGON – White Bird Clinic is partnering with the Community Center for the Performing Arts/WOW Hall to offer COVID-19 vaccinations. A team of volunteers will allow White Bird to vaccinate up to 800 people each week. White Bird has opened a vaccination clinic at the WOW Hall in order to scale up vaccinations and […]
Home > Services > Mental Health Counseling If you are seeking new patient services, please complete this confidential online intake form:       Intake Form Individual, Couples and Family Mental Health Counseling This therapy is for adults wanting to clarify and explore issues in their lives, or for more in-depth healing and growth. Call for a […]
Home >Â Services >Â Helping Out Our Teens in Schools (HOOTS) HOOTS has their own hub! Visit our page to make a referral, learn more about our team and services, and access additional resources. HOOTS HUB Helping Out Our Teens in Schools (HOOTS) is an offshoot program from White Bird Clinic’s CAHOOTS and provides on-site integrated health […]
Luna Rasnack July 17, 1982 – May 15, 2018 Jeanette “Luna” Rasnack passed away May 15, 2018 in Eugene, OR. She will be remembered by many Birders and is mourned by her community in OR, where she has lived since 2009. She leaves behind her father Carl Rasnack (Deborah), sister Carla Waid (Bryan), brother Joseph Rasnack […]
EUGENE, Ore., Oct. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ —Â PenFed Credit Union’s Eugene Service Center today announced it presented a $4,000 donation to White Bird Clinic, a nonprofit organization that provides affordable and friendly medical care to indigent, homeless, low-income, and otherwise marginalized populations, such as community members who are employed but uninsured or underinsured. “White Bird Clinic’s […]
White Bird is developing an expanded Crisis facility adjacent to Eugene’s Whiteaker Neighborhood Download Press Release (PDF) EUGENE, OREGON – White Bird Clinic’s Crisis program will offer expanded walk-in services as well as a telephone crisis line from a renovated facility at 990 W 7th Ave. Construction started April 29th and is expected to be […]
White Bird Clinic’s Crisis program will offer expanded walk-in services as well as a telephone crisis line from our renovated facility at 990 W 7th Ave beginning August 1st. The new location improves access to White Bird services for community members in the Jefferson Westside and Whiteaker neighborhoods, as well as West Eugene. The new crisis […]
Does death make you uncomfortable & you prefer to avoid the topic altogether? Are you thinking more about death because of Covid-19? Are you leaving loved ones unprepared to make decisions by not discussing your end of life preferences? If you answered YES to any of the above questions, please join us for this free […]
White Bird Medical Clinic has partnered with Kaiser Permanente to develop a safe, COVID-19 screening and testing center for Lane County’s unhoused populations. The screening center will be located in White Bird’s primary care walk-in clinic, with construction planned to start February 2021. The new primary care walk-in clinic will offer on-demand acute care to […]
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 professional crisis workers seek out training and practice crisis intervention strategies […]
What is CAHOOTS? CAHOOTS (Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets) is a mobile crisis intervention team integrated into the public safety system of the cities of Eugene and Springfield. Free response is available for a broad range of non-criminal crises, including homelessness, intoxication, disorientation, substance abuse and mental illness problems, and dispute resolution. Non-emergency […]
In 1969, a group of student activists and concerned practitioners founded White Bird Clinic to provide crisis services and free medical care to counter-culture youth in Eugene. Having grown continuously for fifty years, White Bird now has ten programs, 200 staff members, and more than 400 volunteers. To celebrate our fiftieth, we’re growing our programs, […]
More Funding Critical as Health Centers Face Financial Uncertainty Due to Pandemic It was announced Tuesday that 30 Oregon Community Health Centers (CHCs) will receive more than $23 million in federal funds to help health centers detect, prevent, diagnose, and treat those dealing with COVID-19, as well as maintain or increase health capacity and staffing […]
Home >Â Services >Â Crisis Due to public health concerns, we have temporarily suspended walk-in crisis. Phone services will still be available to the community 24/7 at 541-687-4000 / 1-800-422-7558. CAHOOTS will continue to provide responses in Eugene and Springfield, and additional precautions are being taken to prevent disease transmission. Crisis Services Who We Are We are […]
Show you care this Valentine’s Day by getting your flu shot. We’ll be offering free vaccinations from 1-3pm on Wednesday, February 14th at our offices at 341 E. 12th Avenue. Look for us at the picnic tables out back. Influenza (flu) is a seasonal disease that can cause mild to severe illness. Most experts think […]
LOG IN to Patient Portal How to send a message Patient Portal allows you to send a secure message (like email) to your provider or their staff. (Mobile instructions coming soon) From the Patient Portal home screen: Hover over the MAIL menu item on the main menu and select “Compose Message”. Next to “Category”, select […]
LOG IN to Patient Portal If you are a White Bird Medical patient and would like to use Patient Portal, please mention it when you see us next. Enrolling In Patient Portal You must begin your enrollment while you are here for an appointment. After you are enrolled, you can access and manage your Patient […]
Eugene, Oregon – Oregon senators Wyden and Merkley have announced that White Bird Clinic in Eugene is a recipient of $275,000 in congressional directed spending funds contained in the fiscal year 2023 omnibus appropriations package. The funds support the expansion of White Bird’s mental health counseling department. The project will double the agency’s counseling capacity, […]
Community Partnership Outreach Program (CPOP) White Bird Clinic is a community partner in the Oregon Health Authority’s CPOP program. Through CPOP, our NEST program can help with navigation, signing up, or renewing health insurance. Many of our clients qualify for OHP (Oregon Health Plan, Oregon’s free Medicaid coverage), but if you are over the income […]
‘Healing House” is an excerpt from “FRONTLINE,” a  40,000-word original work of creative nonfiction on White Bird Clinic’s crisis intervention team, published in 1994 by Mark H. MassĂ©, who received his master’s degree with honors from the School of Journalism and Communication (SOJC) at the University of Oregon in 1994. After serving on the SOJC faculty, […]
Mental Health First Aid is an 8-hour course that teaches you how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders. The training gives you the skills you need to reach out and provide initial help and support to someone who may be developing a mental health or substance use […]
White Bird’s Stay Warm Drive Activates download press release EUGENE, OREGON – With the onset of cold weather, our most vulnerable community members who are living outdoors face freezing winter conditions. White Bird Clinic is sending out a call for any and all winter gear, particularly socks, warm gloves, blankets and sleeping bags. For those […]