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Northwest Mental Health company history timeline

1989

When she started at an internship in 1989, the Legislature had just passed SB 5400, known as the Mental Health Reform Act, to continue steps toward community care by establishing local treatment centers and clinics.

1990

Population peaks in about 1990 with 600+ people with mental illness and addiction.

1995

1995 Holladay Park Medical Center begins to lease ward space to the state.

1997

1997 New Avenues for Youth opened.

1998

1998 Oregon MED releases a highly critical ‘performance audit’ Multnomah County’s mental health services.

2003

2003 Kendra James is killed during traffic stop by PPB officer.

2004

2004: Changed name to LifeWorks NW, merged with Project Network

2008

2008 All Portland police officers finish crisis intervention classes with civilian trainers.

2010

2010 Telecare opens the Crisis Assessment and Treatment Center (CATC, pronounced “Cat-See”). It has limited availability and does not take police custody admissions.

2012

The projected loss in Medicaid match funding for Oregon in 2012 is $156 million.

2013

2013 Brian Lindstrom and Jason Renaud release the documentary “Alien Boy: The Life and Death of James Chasse,” detailing the police-caused death of a man with schizophrenia.

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