Lillian Mongeau
Journalist and Editor at Freelance
Homelessness and Mental Health Reporter at Oregon Live (The Oregonian)
I’m listening. Homelessness and Mental Health Reporter @Oregonian | Alum: @SeattleTimes @OPB @hechingerreport | Questions? Tips? [email protected]
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3 days ago |
oregonlive.com | Lillian Mongeau
Dan Field, director of Multnomah County’s Homeless Services Department, will retire in mid-June after two years in his role. In an exclusive interview with The Oregonian/OregonLive, Field urged local leaders and elected officials to do a better job working together and to create more housing.
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1 week ago |
oregonlive.com | Lillian Mongeau
Twenty-two years ago, when he was 18, S. Jackson was convicted of robbery and assault after a roadside brawl over a cab fare. He pleaded guilty to throwing the first punch and taking back $30 he’d initially paid towards his fare. Then he spent three years in jail before completing a sentence reduction program and getting out two years early.
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1 week ago |
oregonlive.com | Lillian Mongeau
Jim Diegel, the former head of the St. Charles Health System in central Oregon, has been named interim superintendent of the Oregon State Hospital. Diegel’s appointment, first reported by The Lund Report, makes him the third interim superintendent of the state’s struggling psychiatric hospital in just over a year. Dolly Matteucci, the hospital’s last permanent superintendent, served in that role from 2018 until she retired in 2024.
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2 weeks ago |
oregonlive.com | Lillian Mongeau
A Multnomah County program that helped 293 clients clear their records of past misdemeanors and a handful of felonies last year – paving the way for better access to housing and jobs – is slated to be cut. The legal program is one of seven that county Chair Jessica Vega Pederson may cut or vastly reduce to save $2.8 million in her proposed budget for the next fiscal year. Three eviction prevention programs would be cut entirely.
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2 weeks ago |
oregonlive.com | Lillian Mongeau
The number of homeless people in Multnomah County has grown steadily in recent years. Exact figures have long been hard to come by, in part because it’s very difficult to count people who don’t have a steady address or consistent access to government identification. A few months ago though, county officials released new figures from their recently completed by-name list count.
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