Community partnership provides essential food support to local families in need Event attendees and volunteers Portland Trail Blazers center Duop Reath joined UnitedHealthcare and Boys and Girls Clubs of Portland Metro to deliver holiday food boxes to 100 families and shoot hoops with kids at the Blazers Club in Northeast Portland.   Trading three-point field goals for high-fives, Reath and Blazers Club kids—the only Boys & Girls Club in the nation partnered with an NBA franc

Legacy Executives Refuse To Bargain Ahead of Strike Frontline healthcare workers from ONA, OFNHP and AFT show their support for advanced practice providers (APPs) at Legacy Health who are preparing for a strike. Photo Courtesy of ONA   The Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) has filed an unfair labor practice charge against Legacy Health  for illegally refusing to meet with advanced practice providers (APPs) and come to a fair contract agreement to prevent a strike. While Legacy

Police Officer and Author Releases Powerful Memoir on Healing, Strength & Softness Portland native, author, and community advocate Rashida Saunders Portland native, author, and community advocate Rashida Saunders is set to release her debut memoir, Permission to Break: A Memoir of Strength, Suppression, and Softness, a raw and deeply personal reflection on what it means to survive, heal, and reclaim one’s voice. Saunders, a current Portland Police Bureau officer and founder o

Supporting Families Impacted by Federal Shutdown City of Gresham Assistant City Manager Larry Morgan (left) hands a check to SnowCap Operations Manager Jeremy Wilbeski (right), a donation to support SnowCap's mission to deliver food and resources to families in need in Gresham and East County. With the need for accessible food for struggling families greater than ever, the City of Gresham is partnering with Snowcap Community Services to ensure families in need have access to

Farmers Market Fund Expands SNAP Access Farmers Market 2024 (Photo Courtesy of Keri Friedman) Farmers Market Fund (FMF) announced that it will be offering a temporary, adapted program to connect Oregonians with SNAP to fresh, locally grown produce at over 40 farmers markets and farm stands across the state. This adaptation comes as over 750,000 Oregonians are experiencing a delay in their SNAP benefits due to the federal government shutdown. This program, called Emergency Dou

A California’s SNAP benefits shopper pushes a cart through a supermarket in Bellflower, Calif., Feb. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Allison Dinner, File) (AP) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has posted a notice on its website saying federal food aid will not go out Nov. 1, raising the stakes for families nationwide as the government shutdown drags on. The new notice comes after the Trump administration said it would not tap roughly $5 billion in contingency funds to keep benefit

Residents Learn About New Federal Rules ODHS began mailing notices to Oregonians whose SNAP benefits will change or end due to new federal rules The Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) began mailing notices Oct. 15, 2025, to people in Oregon who applied for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits between July 4 through Sept. 30, 2025, and whose food benefits will change or end due to new federal changes from the U.S. Congress and the President. D

Health Leader Honored for Recovery Work Anthony Jordan, Multnomah County Interim Behavioral Health Division Director, with Fora Health CEO Devarshi Bajpai. (Image credit: Fora Health) Anthony Jordan, Interim Behavioral Health Division Director at the Multnomah County Health Department, is the recipient of this year’s Fora Health Samuel C. Wheeler Freedom Award. The award was presented at the 2025 Hope and Freedom Gala on Oct. 4, an evening dedicated to celebrating the power o

Crisis support team now easier to reach Portland Street Response's founding team. (Photo Courtesy of Portland Street Response) Portland...