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Wyden takes in local need to readdress mental health


PENDLETON — A growing consensus among local officials that mental health services in the Umatilla County are in need of change sparked a recent meeting with Sen. Ron Wyden.
“As you listened to the speakers, you heard in their voices this tremendous compassion and desire to mobilize a fresh strategy,” Wyden said. “And the big challenge is there haven’t been the dollars.”
The group that met with Wyden at the Umatilla County Courthouse Saturday, May 29, in Pendleton included county, city, law enforcement, education, mental health and tribal officials. They discussed student counseling, establishing a team of professionals to support law enforcement’s response to mental health-related calls, helping American Indian and Hispanic residents, finding housing for those experiencing homelessness and the county’s meager supply of mental health and addiction treatment facilities. ....

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