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August 3, 2005
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Dear Regretting:
Transitional Living Space Opens
House honors former
Governor Barbara Roberts
M aking the transition from
a state psychiatric hospital to
a place called home has be
com e e a sie r, th an k s to a
house built by Cascadia.
Dedicated to the work of
form er Gov. Barbara Rob
erts. the house will hold 10
w om en and men who are
stepping out of the confines
o f a mental health facility and
into a more com fortable, safe
living environment.
More than 50 people, in
cluding state, federal and lo
cal officials, attended a July
28 dedication cerem ony with
Roberts, held at the new fa
cility at N ortheast 50lh and
K illingsw orth streets.
With two cousins in state
psychiatric hospitals and a son
with autism, Roberts holds is
sues of mental illness close to
her heart. She said she realizes
how difficult it is to transition
from a state hospital back into
a home, and feels proud to be
connected to services that help
smooth out the process.
“This is an amazing pro
gram and a distinct honor,”
Roberts said.
C ascadia develops and op
erates a variety of innovative
and stable housing options for
people with low income and
sp e c ia l n eed s th ro u g h o u t
M ultnom ah County.
P re s id e n t and C E O o f
Cascadia Leslie Ford said that
independent contractors, and
state and county officials did
an am azingjob developing the
site with a turnaround of only
90 days. About $250,000 was
used to make renovations to
the Barbara Roberts House.
For more inform ation, visit photo by K atherine B lackmore / T he P ortland O bserver
Former Oregon Gov. Barbara Roberts at the Cascadia transitional
w w w .cascadiabhc.org.
house on Northeast Killingworth Street named in her honor.
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It’s important because ev
eryone should have equal
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sources. If there isn’t di
versity in the work place
then obviously that means
that diversity is lacking in
other facets of life.
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