Making significant changes to strengthen Cascadia

Oregon's largest nonprofit provider of mental health and addictions treatment services, founded in 2002.

Diverse workforce of more than 1,000 employees, with more than 90 facilities in five Oregon counties.

More than 100 clinical programs provide treatment for mental illnesses and addictions, and housing, seeing more than 6,500 clients each month.

More than 750 units of housing for people with disabilities.

Client age ranges from birth to late 90s, with near equal numbers of males and females.

Common clinical client concerns are depression, alcohol abuse or dependence, psychotic spectrum (which includes schizophrenia and bipolar disorder), amphetamine abuse or dependence, and post traumatic stress disorder.

Cascadia struggles with many financial and operational matters; but major changes to our executive management, and to the way we do business, means that our clients will continue to receive solid, available, and consistent services.

Together with our collaborators in county and state government, and with the cooperation of our community partners, we’ll continue to provide a web of support for Oregonians with serious mental illness and addictions.

We serve the people of Multnomah, Washington, Marion, Clackamas, and Lane Counties, striving to contribute to an individual's best possible health, and freedom from addictions.

Many challenges remain. We’re streamlining the organization, focusing on those activities that are a good fit with our core mission. We’re placing fresh new leadership in positions where they can effect change. We’re instituting state of the art new business practices including new electronic billing and medical records software. We’re doing what it takes to be successful.

We're knitting a safety net which is far from complete, yet fully in use. People facing mental illnesses and addictions in our community have good reason for hope, and we're part of it.

Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare: Putting compassion to work.

April 23, 2008: Cascadia Board of Directors announces the appointment of
Derald Walker as Cascadia's new Chief Executive Officer: News release

Having an emergency? Need fire, police, or medical assistance? CALL 911

If you're having a mental health crisis and need help, call:
  Multnomah County Call Center: (503) 988-4888
  Washington County Crisis Line: (503) 291-9111
  Marion County Crisis Line: (503) 585-4949
  Clackamas County Crisis Line: (503) 655-8401

For information about Cascadia's services, call Cascadia Access, Information and Referral: (503) 674-7777