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Dan Field, Kaiser Permanentes executive director of Community Health & External Affairs, will lead the city-county partnership effective April 28.

The joint city-county homeless service agency has a new director.

In Multnomah County, a major barricade between getting unhoused people off the street and into permanent housing is a lack of available property. While past ballot measures have created funds to build new housing for people leaving homelessness, the number of available apartments doesn't meet the current need across the metro region. To address this dearth of available public housing, Multnomah County officials are turning to the private market for support. On Wednesday, county leaders...

GOOD MORNING, SUNDAY! It's the perfect time to catch up on some of the great reporting and stories the Mercury churned out this week! (PRO TIP: If you despise being "the last to know," then be one of the first to know by signing up for Mercury newsletters! All the latest stories shipped directly to your email's in-box... and then... YOUR HEAD.) • Exit Interview With Outgoing JOHS Director Shannon Singleton Outgoing JOHS Director Singleton...

Marc Jolin, the director of the Joint Office of Homeless Services (JOHS) is stepping down from his role leading the department shared by both the city of Portland and Multnomah County. Jolin joined JOHS as its inaugural director in 2016, a few years after taking the helm of the county's A Home for Everyone initiative, a committee made up of regional leaders and social service experts convened in 2014 to collaboratively address the region's homeless...

Shannon Singleton, a longtime housing and homelessness policy advisor at the state and local levels, has announced her plan to run for Multnomah County Chair in the May 2022 primary race. In a Tuesday press release, Singleton said that she sees the chair's office as the "best position to make the most impact on homelessness, mental health and moving people to permanent housing." Singleton, a trained social worker, currently serves as Governor Kate Brown's Director...

After six months at the helm of the Joint Office of Homeless Services (JOHS), interim director Shannon Singleton has announced she'll be stepping down by the end of November. In a press release, Singleton explained that she chose to accept a job at a public affairs firm called Espousal Strategies instead of pursuing the permanent director position at JOHS. Her last day at the government agency will be November 24. Singleton, who has a long...

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Shannon Singleton, the interim director of the Joint Office of Homeless Service (which will be referred to as both JOHS and the Joint Office in this story), announced earlier this month that she would be stepping down from her temporary role to join Espousal Strategies, a public affairs firm that consults government agencies, organizations, and other clients on lobbying work, campaign strategies, and civic engagement. Singleton, a trained social worker, had a brief six months...

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