PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN ) – After months of planning, Multnomah County leaders have decided on a location in Southeast Portland for a permanent sobering center.
Chair Jessica Vega Pederson and Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards joined Heather Mirasol, the director of Multnomah County Health Department’s Behavior Health Division, to share plans for the upcoming Sobering and Crisis Stabilization Center on Thursday.
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The new center, located at 1901 SE Grand Avenue, will house up to 50 beds with sobering and withdrawal management services. Leaders said they chose this space because it met evaluation criteria — including space for services, a central location with access to hospitals, and no schools nearby.
“We know the real value of expanding our behavioral health continuum of care and providing sobering and stabilization resources for everyone who needs a new way forward,” Vega Pederson said. “This center is critical to our successful partnership with law enforcement and will expand options for engagement in our shared work to provide safer streets and a better pathway away from them.”…