Coordinated Houseless Response News Today

Over the course of a week in January, social welfare providers and volunteers spread out across Central Oregon as much as possible to perform the annual census of the regions

The regional Coordinated Houseless Response Office, which was created by lawmakers in 2022, could shift from Deschutes County’s umbrella to Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council’s.

We are now seeing what happens when the City and the County “go their own way” without the coordination of the other.

Bend is closing its largest houseless camp. Service providers hope it provides a roadmap for providing "surge support" for future crises

Following a highly competitive national recruitment, Deschutes County and partnering cities Bend, La Pine, Redmond and Sisters have hired Cheyenne Purrington as Central Oregon's first Houseless Strategies and Solutions Director. Cheyenne Purrington, who will start on Sept. 19, will lead the newly created Coordinated Houseless Response Office. The Office will streamline the work of dozens of local organizations serving our regional houseless population as well as enable a community-wide appr...