Central City Concern’s Puentes program recently received a $262,000 grant from Multnomah County Addictions & Mental Health to provide continued community based and culturally specific mental health services to Latino individuals and families. The County identified the need for expanded culturally-specific services in a Communities of Color in Multnomah County: An Unsettling Profile report; it [...]
A Complex Case
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left: Jennifer Wilcox, Program Manager at Central City Concern, and Eddie Black, Veteran and motivational speaker.
Central City Concern hosted the Third Annual Veterans’ Picnic Celebration in Washington Park on Saturday, June 26th that attracted 50 Veterans from six different branches of the military. The picnic is sponsored by CCC friend, WWII & Korean War Veteran Hal [...]
In mid June, Central City Concern will join the Housing Authority of Portland (HAP), Multnomah County, the City of Portland and the State of Oregon in celebrating the opening of the Martha Washington Hotel at 1115 SW 11th Avenue in downtown Portland. Vacant for several years, the stately 1923 hotel had been owned by Multnomah [...]
Nearly 40 Central City Concern staff and clients gathered on a rainy, chilly Sunday afternoon for the 8th annual NAMI Northwest Walk. NAMI – National Alliance on Mental Illness – is a nonprofit organization providing self-help, support and advocacy for consumers, families, and friends of people with mental illness. Central City Concern has participated in [...]
Executive Director Ed Blackburn and Chief Operating Officer Traci Manning share news about a major federal grant with City Council. CCC received a $8.9 million federal stimulus grant to build a new healthcare facility in Portland, Oregon.
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