;AHO< Phitlr* h> Ihirl l.ucv Kingsley and Tom Akins .ire in CAHOOTS to help out on the i it\ s puhlii satetx problems CAHOOTS is an acronym for Crisis Assistance Helping Out On I'he Streets CAHOOTS Continued from Pa^e I Some confusion between the ‘111 desk .uid the van mcr "what calls belong to whom." and a lark ol spai e in the lai gene area to house people in need of alcohol or drug treat menl has slowed the program down at times. I)ritz said The construe lion of a new so tiering station at the Mm kle\ House detoxification (enter ti()5 U fourth Ave should help "Kiglit now we are never sun1 that we liavr a lied for sontfonf,' I)ritz saili The program i ould lie cx panded beyond the streets ot tlif i 11\ ami into homes and dormitories; si enes ot domestn disputes tor whir It the police are annul expensive and some times inappropriate prolilem solvers. Dritz said \ more ettii lent response i on Id i ome from the human sen ires s\ stem lie said Now u lien not spec if it .ills dispatched. the van is free lu roam Kugene's hot spots.' as identified from poln e re< ords "We arc patrolling parks downtown, by the mission not in <i police way but looking lor people who need help I frit/ said I AIK )( ) I N is one part ot lui gene s ( ommunitv Response Team, whirh also unhides juvenile outrear h mental health and substam e abuse pri igranis Homeless ( onlmut'd from Pam1 1 gram Medicaid is a federal stale program th.it helps pay lot health i are lor the needs. aged visually impaired and disabled and tor loss income lamilies s\ dh i hildren I he loss s\ as partially due to the lai k of stalling for the tacil its The Legislature designated .in additional $2 7 million lor an ini lease in stalling loi state hospitals "Hopefully this (funding! is the beginning to getting Medi caid ba< k " Sand said The fact is that bet au.se ol a shortage of housing, loss wages and poor job skills there are more homeless people on the streets And mans ol them are mentally ill. I 'nger said Mans of the stale's homeless are people who were released too fails' from state mental in st itutions "Fart ot the problem is that mans ot the mentally ill don t meet tile criteria tor t are in the state's hospitals, Marsha Snort land said, nurse manager for the Psychiatric and Bellas mini Medic ine Division ol Sa c red Heart (ienernl Hospital "Mans people just tall through the < rat ks." Snortland said "In order to c|ualiis tor state hospital < are people must either be a danger to them selves, or others or i annul care lor the niseis es In some c ases. Snortland said, people might qualify for help, but are too paranoid or afraid to gel the help they need Getting help for a mental ill ness is <1 long process Snortland said the hospital might see people tsso or three times m a sis month period Mental illness is not like get ling the flu. she added It's not something one gets over in a Looking tor a good dear7 ~ Check the Emerald ADS vv irk With winter mi the w.n Mershel Hloimi i .ise ni.uwigei tin the White Hint I linii s 1 luineless fn>)i-i I is i imi enieii With wtl.lt W ill happen to the homeless pupil Lit mu It's going to get vert hill'd w hen it gels cold Hloum s.ild stressing the f.n t th.it for peu pie with meiit.il h.indii aps who don't le.irn qilii kiy it vv ill be even harder It s llltt !( lilt III (ll'.ll IV lltl problems fui people vv 1111 dis abilities llloom said "It’s hard In six lalize In dire# I \ iHirsell. 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