The Unity Center and Providence Portland plan to add 17 sobering beds between them for people in acute states of crisis involving drugs and mental health symptoms.
PORTLAND, Ore. — A proposal passed Wednesday by the Portland City Council to fund new sobering beds in the city represents one aspect of a larger, long-awaited plan to fill major gaps in the metro area’s services for people suffering from mental illness and addiction.
The Portland ordinance allocates $335,000 to the Unity Center for Behavioral Health in the Lloyd District in order to overhaul its facilities and create nine sobering beds for acute mental health episodes related to
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