;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
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