Oregon Health Authority (OHA) And The Eastern Oregon Center For Independent Living (EOCIL) Invite The Media To A Ribbon-cutting Ceremony -05/29/24
May 29, 2024
Media Contacts: Larry Bingham, Oregon Health Authority, 971-239-6499, Larry.Bingham@oha.orergon.gov
Kirt Toombs, Eastern Oregon Center for Independent Living, 208-230-0198, ktoombs@eocil.org
PORTLAND, Ore. – Oregon Health Authority (OHA) and the Eastern Oregon Center for Independent Living (EOCIL) invite the media to a ribbon-cutting ceremony with OHA Director Sejal Hathi, M.D., MBA, at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 30, at 322 SW 3rd St., Pendleton.
Dr. Hathi will help EOCIL celebrate the opening of a remodeled facility that will provide emergency and transitional housing to people who are houseless and receiving treatment for substance use disorder or harmful substance use. The remodel features two ADA units to address a need for housing for people with disabilities.
Project supporters and funders will join EOCIL staff, clients and community members at 4 p.m. to tour the facility and enjoy food from a vendor onsite. The ribbon-cutting ceremony and brief remarks will take place at 4:30 p.m.
The project also expands EOCIL’s harm-reduction services by investing in mobile and facility-based access to peer counseling, safe use supplies, naloxone, and access to HIV testing, telehealth, PrEP and safe sex supplies. In addition, the expansion provides enhanced service coordination and links to other support until the individual is ready to access substance use treatment.
The $500,000 project was funded in collaboration with EOCIL, the Measure 110 Oversight and Accountability Council, Umatilla Behavioral Health Regional Network (BHRN) partners, Eastern Oregon Coordinated Care Organization (EOCCO) and OHA’s HIV Care and Treatment program.
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