A jail no more
The former Wapato Correctional Facility is transformed into homeless shelter and services center.
Multnomah County Commission Chair Deborah Kafoury is proposing to spend $150 million next fiscal year to reduce homelessness, including creating more shelter capacity and supportive services. That does not yet include any funding for the county s former unused Wapato Jail, which is currently sheltering and serving the homeless, even as it is still being transformed into the Bybee Lakes Hope Center.
The remote North Portland facility opened last October with 76 shelter beds and 56 residential treatment beds. An additional 220 beds are under construction, along with medical facilities, an industrial-strength laundry, a covered kennel and a Victory Garden that includes 120 fruit trees. All of the work and operational costs have so far been paid by private donors and grants that support the vision local developer and philanthropist Jordan Schnitzer had for the pro
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Dr. Melissa Simonson Encourages All Northland Residents to Receive the COVID Vaccine When Available
December 11, 2020
DULUTH, Minn. – At Essentia Health in Duluth, capacity is stretched thin with both COVID patients and the normal patient population.
Dr. Melissa Simonson, section chair of hospitalist services at Essentia Health, says over the last two weeks they have seen a slight improvement in the number of COVID patients.
Right now, 20-25 percent of regular medical patients are COVID positive, and 30-35 percent of ICU patients are COVID positive.
“Despite the stability that we’ve seen over the past few weeks, we still are within that window of a Thanksgiving surge we are anticipating,” said Dr. Simonson.