Dedicated Mental Health Response Team in South Cities
A LifeWorks NW clinician has paired up with local law enforcement to aid in responses to crisis calls.
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Supported Employment Success Story
Patrick always enjoyed cooking. His first job was working with a larger-than-life personality who showed him the ropes of the restaurant business. Patrick threw himself into the industry and, while …
Hillsboro Children’s Relief Nurseries 5th Anniversary
Congratulations, Hillsboro-Main Street Children’s Relief Nursery (CRN)! This is the CRN’s 5th anniversary, and they have done an amazing job over this time. In 2011, the site was an asset …
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Great News for LifeWorks NW, Oregon’s Behavioral Health
“This has been a difficult time for communities and the behavioral health organizations that serve them with mental health, addiction and preventions services,” says Mary Monnat, CEO of LifeWorks NW, …
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Circle of Security Supports Families
Children’s Relief Nursery-Gladstone is excited to have received a grant from Oregon Parenting Education Collaborative (OPEC) in Clackamas to expand on their Circle of Security work. The grant, written by …
Grant Supports Day Treatment Summer School
Our Tigard Day Treatment programs are excited about a $25,400 grant toward offering summer school this year. The grant was written by the NWRESD Day Treatment principal, Bethany Bowers. NWRESD …
Gambling Success Story
This is National Gambling Awareness Month, and one of LifeWorks NW’s Gambling Therapy clients wanted to share her great success story. A client we will call Helen came to LifeWorks …
CCBHC Success Story
Less than two years ago, a consumer we’ll call Tom, came to LifeWorks NW for help. When he first came to us, he was suffering with Schizophrenia and depression, and …
Supported Education Success Story
“I think a lot of people feel like in society we’re discriminated against if you have a mental illness,” says Delia (not her real name). “I think letting go of …
Supported Employment Success Story
Jason Bourgeois, a LifeWorks NW Supported Employment specialist at our Milwaukie-International Way site, recently celebrated the success of a client dealing with Bipolar 1. We’ll call Jason’s client Mercedes. “I …
Supported Education Success Story
Klue first came to LifeWorks NW for drug treatment. After completing drug and alcohol treatment, he was referred to the LifeWorks NW Hillsboro-Walnut Rehab program and now lives in a …
Please Restore Behavioral Health Lifeline
Opinion Editorial run in Portland Business Journal on 12/12/20: Gov. Brown, please restore crucial behavioral health lifeline By Mary Monnat, LifeWorks NW, & Derald Walker, Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare Earlier this …