Emily Green

Invisible wins: How $1.4 billion has transformed Portland area homeless services One family’s story shows how the 2020 tax can work as promised, even as the overall homeless count continues climbing across the metro area.

One family’s story shows how the 2020 tax can work as promised, even as the overall homeless count continues climbing across the metro area.

With two landmark bills, Oregon charts new course on youth drug prevention After a decade of failing to equip vulnerable youth with tools to fight addiction pressures, state officials must now craft a statewide strategy for prevention, treatment and recovery for Oregonians u...

Journalism matters. Advocacy matters. Sometimes they work in parallel to move the needle. Our reporting at The Lund Report last year showed just how far behind Oregon had fallen, and parents pushing for change after personal tragedy refused to give up.
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I reported on this program a while back. At that time, the volunteer advocates in the program were shown to reduce the amount of time a foster child spends in the system by 7.5 months, and more than 90 percent of children who had an advocate didn't return to foster care.

Advocates for Oregon foster kids hit by funding cuts from Trump administration, Congress The Trump administration and Congress have cut funding to Oregon programs that provide volunteer advocates for foster children.

CASA of Oregon is one of the most underrated but high impact organizations in our state. This is a devastating loss for foster kids. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Volunteers are needed at severe weather shelters tonight. More info, sign up here: multco.us/info/volunte...

Lies, damned lies — and Measure 110 statistics? Both sides of Oregon’s drug decriminalization debate are citing statistics to draw opposite conclusions, sometimes irresponsibly

Both sides of the debate around Measure 110 have marshaled numbers that show why Oregon should, or shouldn’t, go back to criminalizing drug possession. But their statistics are often used out of context or misleadingly.

Most Oregon kids don’t get science-backed drug prevention A statewide analysis reveals that among the state’s 197 public school districts, substance use prevention programs often lack scientific support and can be little more than a chapter in a textbook

What are Oregon schools doing for addiction prevention? In a state in crisis, we wanted to know. Turns out, no one knew.
So, for the past 6 months, with OPB and UO's Catalyst Journalism Project, we've investigated. Today, our series rolls out. www.thelundreport.org/content/most...

Hundreds of millions are being siphoned out of Oregon Health Plan With more withdrawals on the horizon, some health leaders say it’s time to halt the flow of profits being pulled out of the state’s health program for low-income Oregonians

A must-read from The
Lund Report today: Regional Oregon Health Plan insurers paid out more than $300 million in dividends to the companies that own them. Some say those taxpayer dollars should have gone back into the communities those organizations serve. www.thelundreport.org/content/hund...