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2012 Legislative Update

Community members participate in a January forum on health care transformation With the 2012 legislative session adjourning on this week we wanted to updated you on the outlook for Community Mental Health and Addictions services.  The 2012 legislative session resulted … Continue reading

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Empower Oregon Forum on Addictions and Mental Health Services in Transformation

A big thank you to all that braved the threat of snow last week to be part of our forum on mental health and addictions issues in transformation.  We had a great turnout of consumers, front-line workers, family members, students, … Continue reading

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Stand Up for Quality Addictions and Mental Health Services

In response to the ongoing efforts to transform Oregon’s health care system Empower Oregon will be hosting a forum on January 17th bringing together key decision makers with mental health and addictions consumers, advocates, and front-line workers about the importance of … Continue reading

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Support Workers at CODA, Inc

Thanks to the many people that supported CODA workers a few weeks ago when you heard from Rebecca. The remaining goal in negotiations for these addictions therapists is to decrease the rate of turnover at CODA. Currently, over a third of … Continue reading

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Why are Quality Services Important to You? Share your story.

Last month the Oregon Health Authority finished a series of community meetings across the state to hear from community members about what they would like to see in the transformation of the Oregon Health Plan.  Workers, consumers, and family members … Continue reading

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