Last week, the Multnomah County Health Department proposed a violence prevention plan that may prove to be a safer alternative to the school resource officers program that was discontinued last term. The department is applying for a three-year, $1 million grant from the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance. Representatives for the health department said it would partner with school districts, student health centers, and community-based organizations, largely to prepare teachers and school staff to teach students about violence prevention, including lessons on risk assessment, intervention and anti-bullying.
Services Available for Victims and Survivors of Community Violence in Multnomah County Published: 29 July 2021
Multnomah County’s Victim and Survivor Services Unit works with survivors of crime connected to probation and parole. Over the past year and a half we have encountered an increase in violence. The number of incidents of community violence domestic violence, sexual violence, trafficking, person-to-person violence and gun violence is devastating.
Countless news stories have highlighted tragic loss and violence that tears at the seams of our community.
The impacts are life changing not only for a survivor, but also their family, friends and the neighborhoods they live in.
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The effort to recall Ted Wheeler
A Portland group fights with forms in hand to oust the embattled mayor
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Petitioners working on the campaign to recall Ted Wheeler visited parks, grocery stores and MAX lines to gather signatures for their cause on July 1.
Total Recall PDX, founded by Portland lawyer Alan Kessler in Nov. 2020, is a political action committee intent on getting Wheeler out of office.
Total Recall’s reasoning for starting a campaign against Wheeler is based mainly on the mayor’s alleged political and fiscal malfeasance. Audrey Caines, an environmental and social activist who joined Total Recall PDX in May 2021, is heading the recall efforts as campaign manager.
Violence survivors receive support in Multnomah County
The team helps give survivors updates in their cases. It also provides housing, home security, transportation, household utilities, food and groceries. Author: Galen Ettlin Updated: 5:10 PM PDT July 16, 2021
MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. A program serving violence survivors in Multnomah County is getting a boost.
Multnomah County s Department of Community Justice (DCJ) recently received an additional $93,000 to help reach survivors and notify them of updates in their cases.
Last year, the DCJ s Victim and Survivor Services Unit helped 485 people who had been impacted by some sort of violence. Multnomah is one of seven counties in the state that provides survivor and victim services post-conviction.