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Clatsop Behavioral Homeless: Longer stay eases burden
Healthcare debuts
new pharmacy
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By NICOLE BALES
The Astorian
A
new
pharmacy
designed for Clatsop Behav-
ioral Healthcare has opened
at the agency’s rapid access
center in Astoria.
Representatives
from
the agency and Genoa
Healthcare, which operates
the pharmacy, held a rib-
bon-cutting ceremony to
mark the grand opening on
Bond Street.
Amy Baker, the exec-
utive director of Clatsop
Behavioral
Healthcare,
Clatsop County’s mental
health and substance abuse
treatment provider, said the
agency pursued the partner-
ship because they needed
more assistance, down to
making sure their medica-
tions were bubble packed
correctly.
She said that while it may
seem small, it is import-
ant that people get the right
number of medications at
the right time. She said
that because the pharmacy
is integrated with the other
services Clatsop Behavioral
Healthcare provides, it helps
provide more curated care.
Mental health: Grants
help meet pressing needs
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“We do a good job for a
small service area to advo-
cate for ourselves,” Cheri-
lyn Frei, director of mission
integration and spiritual care
at Providence Seaside Hos-
pital, said. “They responded
with more dollars to be
placed against these high-
need health care issues that
we’ve identifi ed.”
For the 2022 grant cycle,
the seven organizations and
agencies to receive funding
include:
• Clatsop Community
Action, to help with rental
assistance and housing
support.
• Helping Hands Reentry
Outreach Centers, to assist
with general operations.
• The Harbor, to sup-
port survivors of domes-
tic and sexual violence
and the work of a housing
coordinator.
• Restoration House,
to assist with their capital
campaign for single-resi-
dent-occupancy units.
• Beacon Clubhouse, to
support general operations,
programs and services.
• HomeShare Oregon,
to enable them to have a
stronger presence in Clat-
sop County and alleviate the
housing crisis.
• Clatsop Community
College, to support their
Healthcare Diversity Schol-
arship fund.
These organizations and
their programs off er wrap-
around services that bol-
ster the health and wellness
of community members in a
holistic way.
“We don’t have the
expertise our community
partners have, and we don’t
pretend to,” Smith said.
“We are a partner and we
are a presence in the com-
munity and want to show up
as a partner in any way we
can.”
Frei added that the part-
nerships and grants help
build “the stamina and
health of the community,”
from the ground up. Not
only does it give Provi-
dence further reach, but it
also enables them to opti-
mize the organization’s
own health care resources
by reducing the num-
ber of emergency depart-
ment visits and reserving
the acute-care setting for
those in direct need of such
care. Meanwhile, partner-
ing agencies fi ll in essential
gaps that can’t be addressed
directly by the hospital but
that are equally important to
wellness.
Groups can apply annu-
ally for Providence’s com-
munity health grants by
invitation. Providence will
seek out agencies and orga-
nizations whose programs
and services align with the
top needs in the area.
“Being a small commu-
nity, we are fortunate that
we’re able to be a funder in
this space as well, because
we know applying for funds
and securing them can be
diffi cult,” Smith said.
Having some fi nancial
security ensures small but
valuable organizations in the
community can focus their
time and eff ort on sustaining
their own programs and ser-
vices, remaining dynamic
to external challenges, and
engaging in innovation.
They have one year from
the time they receive the
funds to use them, but they
also can apply for a no-cost
extension.
“We’re grateful to the
partners that we work with,”
Smith said. “The work they
do every day is so valuable
and so needed.”
Providence is working
on an updated needs assess-
ment, to be completed by
the end of 2022. They work
collaboratively with Colum-
bia Memorial Hospital —
as well as Clatsop County
Public Health Department
and the Columbia Pacifi c
Coordinated Care Orga-
nization — on identifying
needs in the area. During
the assessment, they speak
with government entities,
elected offi cials, commu-
nity organizations and other
stakeholders to identify the
top needs in the area.
According to Smith, the
collaboration ensures they
aren’t overburdening the
community and their part-
ners “by asking them the
same questions,” max-
imizing effi ciency and
resources.
Additionally,
she added, “We’ve real-
ized collectively identifying
the needs is going to allow
us to actually work toward
addressing them and having
a true outcome and impact
on them.”
“The site was left clean,”
Public Works Director Dale
McDowell added. “We
picked nothing up at all. All
we did was go out to mow
and get rid of sticker bushes
that are in the way — and
that’s about it.”
As the overnight camp-
ing ordinance heads toward
its third month, the city
continues to address home-
less camping legislation.
Additional revisions pro-
hibit overnight camping in
all of the city’s residential
areas.
The
revisions
also
restrict camping on pub-
lic property within aquatic
zones and wetlands.
While the ordinance
changes remove rules for
homeless camping in res-
idential areas, it sets rules
for camping on private
property in nonresiden-
tial zones. With the own-
er’s authorization, up to
six persons and up to three
total motor vehicles, RVs or
tents, in any combination,
may be used for camping in
any parking lot.
Applications for camp-
ing in private parking lots
would be referred to the
Planning Department, Kyle
said.
“If that business had
excess capacity of park-
ing than was required, then
they may use that and only
that portion towards it,” he
said. “But if they only had
suffi cient parking where the
code requires, they would
not be permitted to use it for
that purpose.”
Neighboring cities are
watching Seaside to see what
happens, Councilor Randy
Frank said. “We’ve sort of
been the people out in front
of all. Everyone worked on
it, a lot of people had testi-
mony. It’s nice to see how
the process worked out.”
Hood to Coast: More than 13,000 runners expected
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While more than 70% of
participants are from Oregon,
runners and walkers come
from around the world .
There are no route
changes in Columbia or Clat-
sop County this year, Floyd
said.
“We will not be using the
bridge over (U.S. Highway)
101,” he said. “We didn’t use
it in 2021, and we hired traffi c
control and fl agged it instead.
It worked really well.”
As a result of the Klas-
kanine Bridge construction
on Young’s River Road, cer-
tifi ed fl aggers will be posi-
tioned at Coastline Chris-
tian Fellowship Church and
Highway 202 to instruct and
assist race vehicles turning
around and to ensure local
access for neighbors and
residents.
General public race
Map charts runners’ path from the Timberline Lodge to Seaside.
related community ques-
tions or concerns can call the
event, toll free at 844-428-
8327 from Aug. 22 to Aug.
29. For emergencies, call
911.
Runners are anticipated at
the fi nish line from 7 a.m.
Saturday.
Music live from the
beach stage comes from
The Brian O’Dell Band and
the CJ Mickens Band.
From
9 a.m.
until
11 p.m., the Seaside Cham-
ber of Commerce will host
the beer, wine and spirits
garden.
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