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NW Health Foundation’s new president talks health care, fluoride and social justice

By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer As the new president of the Northwest Health Foundation, Nichole Maher is both a fresh face and an old soul. At only 33, she comes to the organization already with 10… more →

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NW Health Foundation’s new president talks health care, fluoride and social justice — 3 comments

rocketpoetry wrote 8 months ago: By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer As the new president of the Northwest Health Foundation, Nichole M … more →

Tags: Street Roots, NW Health Foundation, Nichole Maher

Oregon’s great health care experiment: State puts $240 million on the line with coordinated care — 1 comment

rocketpoetry wrote 9 months ago: By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer Starting in September, the Portland metropolitan area’s largest pr … more →

Tags: Street Roots, Healthcare, Oregon Health Plan, CCO, Coordinated Care, Oregon Health Authority, Janet Meyer, legacy health, Medicaid

Teens run court in an effort to keep young offenders out of the juvenile justice system

rocketpoetry wrote 9 months ago: By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer Off to one side of the Fairview City Council’s chambers, 10 teenag … more →

Tags: Street Roots, Youth Peer Court

Oregon hold ’em: Mediation efforts ramp up for foreclosure victims — 1 comment

rocketpoetry wrote 11 months ago: By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer Housing and consumer advocates are eagerly counting down to July 1 … more →

Tags: Street Roots, Janet Byrd, foreclosure, foreclosures Oregon, Oregon Community and Housing Services

Extra! Extra!

rocketpoetry wrote 11 months ago: Street Roots will have about 80 vendors filing through the office for a new edition of the newspaper … more →

Tags: Street Roots, Vendors, Homeless, Bicycle Transportation Alliance

New federal guidelines for low-income housing cut out explicit tenant protections regarding bed bugs — 1 comment

rocketpoetry wrote 11 months ago: By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s new landlord gui … more →

Tags: Street Roots, Public Housing, HUD, housing, bed bugs, Housing and Urban Development, Tenants

Neighborhoods grapple with remnants of the foreclosure crisis: empty homes — 1 comment

rocketpoetry wrote 11 months ago: Foreclosed, vacant and boarded up, this house on North Buffalo Street is one of hundreds in post-for … more →

Tags: Street Roots, foreclosure, Bureau of Developmental Services, We Are Oregon, Angus Maguire

Portland Children’s Levy first budget reductions cut deep

rocketpoetry wrote 1 year ago: By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer For the first time in its history, the Portland Children’s Levy ha … more →

Tags: Street Roots, Deborah Kafoury, Outside-In, Janus Youth Programs, Kathy Oliver, portland children's levy, naya, Native American Youth Family Center, community cycling center

Making right from wrong: Oregon Youth Authority

rocketpoetry wrote 1 year ago: By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer In small, dormitory-like facilities across Oregon, the Oregon Yout … more →

Tags: Street Roots, Health Care, Oregon Youth Authority, Fariborz Pakseresh

Health care reform bills omit sociological, psychological services — 1 comment

rocketpoetry wrote 1 year ago: By Amanda Waldroupe Staff Writer A patient’s housing and sociological condition can have a direct ef … more →

Tags: Street Roots, housing, health-care reform

‘Unemployed need not apply’ ads targeted by state lawmakers

rocketpoetry wrote 1 year ago: By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer Need a job to get a job? According to some companies, that’s how i … more →

Tags: Street Roots, Jefferson Smith, Salem, National Employment Law Project, Marsha Warren, Brain Boquist, Urban League of Portland, Midge Purcell

Is turning manufactured housing parks into resident-owned cooperatives a key to preserving Oregon’s stock of affordable housing? — 1 comment

rocketpoetry wrote 1 year ago: By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer To hear Travis Blythe and Dan Fountain talk about the Vida Lea Mob … more →

Tags: Street Roots, Manufactured housing Oregon, CASA of Oregon, Casa

Another political casualty: Needle exchange programs rely on local support after the feds bail on funding

rocketpoetry wrote 1 year ago: By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer For the second time in two years, Congress is reversing its policy … more →

Tags: Street Roots, Outside-In, Multnomah County Health Department, needle exchange, Kathy Oliver

Extra! Extra!

rocketpoetry wrote 1 year ago: Winter in Portland has finally caught up with us, especially the hard-working men and women out sell … more →

Tags: Street Roots, Homelessness, extra! extra!, needle exchange

Making Portland’s complex food deserts grow green — 2 comments

rocketpoetry wrote 1 year ago: Fresh vegetables are the star at the new Village Market, a nonprofit grocery store serving low-incom … more →

Tags: Street Roots, Janus Youth Program, North Portland, Alberta Simmons Plaza, Village Market, fork, New Columbia, Multnomah County Health Department, USDA

Just what the legislature ordered: Oregon races the clock to restructure its low-income health care system — 3 comments

rocketpoetry wrote 1 year ago: By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer Autumn Bolds begins the day’s huddle by telling Dr. Rachel Solotar … more →

Tags: Street Roots, Central City Concern, NW Health Foundation, Oregon Health Plan, ohp, House Bill 3650, Health Transformation Bill, LifeWorks NW, Oregon Health Policy Board

Candidate interview: Mary Nolan — 1 comment

rocketpoetry wrote 1 year ago: By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer Oregon Rep. Mary Nolan has been a name in politics for more than a … more →

Tags: Street Roots, Mary Nolan, Street Roots candidate interviews

A very gendered experience: Survey reveals startling statistics about the health and experiences of homeless women — 12 comments

rocketpoetry wrote 1 year ago: By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer Karen Creed’s walk is a limp. As she moves down the concrete path … more →

Tags: Street Roots, Join, homeless women, Rose Haven

Portland's "War on Drugs" Impact Area — 7 comments

rocketpoetry wrote 1 year ago: By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer People accused of possessing, dealing or using drugs are being exc … more →

Tags: Street Roots, ACLU of Oregon, Mayor Sam Adams, war on drugs, Portland Drug Impact Area, Portland Drug Free Zones, Drug-Free Zones, Chris O'Conner


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