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 benefits t

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...

Shoppers can turn $20 on their Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card into $55 Photo courtesy of The Tigard Farmers Market A program...

Nurses at Legacy Mount Hood are Making Demands and Taking Charge Frontline nurses at Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center celebrate the...

Health care leader to take office Aug. 11, 2025 Shereef Elnahal, M.D., M.B.A. (OHSU) In a unanimous vote, the Oregon Health & Science...