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Religion is not of extreme importance and significance to the culture of Eugene. As students living in the city, there are many different ways you can get involved in your religion. The Trinity House is a home for Christian college-aged women. They provide a home for those who are interested in practicing and living with other women their age who share the Christian belief.

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Eugene is a city that struggles with a housing crisis. People who are experiencing homelessness are unable to afford any housing, and there is not much that the city does to help provide resources for them. Residents of the city struggle with finding affordable housing, especially with increasing rent. The housing market that the city faces is extreme, and many people can no longer afford to live in this city.

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The Forgotten Answer to the Affordable Housing Crisis

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Melissa McReynolds reclines in a fluffy black folding chair in her upstairs apartment at 10th and C streets in Springfield. Behind her, a mountain bike hangs vertically on the wall, freeing up valu...

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White Bird Clinic is an organization in Eugene to help gain control of the social, emotional, and physical well-being of their community. They do this by providing direct service to the community and educating them on the issues of the public.

White Bird Clinic has many different primary care services for the public including medical, dental, drug and alcohol treatment, counseling and crisis intervention, and a mobile crisis intervention program (CAHOOTS).

They make serving the marginalized people of Eugene their priority, and are funded by the HRSA Center Program.

Here is a video on White Bird Clinic and their mission.

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CAHOOTS (Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets) is a program that provides mobile crisis intervention 24/7. The goal of CAHOOTS is to aid assistance in mental health crisis, such as mental illness, depression, substance abuse, and poverty. Calls can be made to the non-emergency line where will be sent to aid and assist those in crisis.

CAHOOTS is program that was formed to help those in crisis instead of resulting to violence. "Eugene, Oregon developed an innovative community-based public safety system to provide mental health first response for crises involving mental illness, homelessness, and addiction," (Whitebirdclinic.org). They provide a team consisting of a medic and trained crisis worker to assist at the scene. CAHOOTS can provide welfare checks, suicide threats, and even help aid in de-escalating any scene of danger.

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31 years ago the City of Eugene, Oregon developed an innovative community-based public safety system to provide mental health first response for crises involving mental illness, homelessness, and addiction. White Bird Clinic launched CAHOOTS (Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets) as a community policing initiative in 1989.

The CAHOOTS model has been in the spotlight recently as our nation struggles to reimagine public safety. The program mobilizes two-person teams consisting of a medic (a nurse, paramedic, or EMT) and a crisis worker who has substantial training and experience in the mental health field. The CAHOOTS teams deal with a wide range of mental health-related crises, including conflict resolution, welfare checks, substance abuse, suicide threats, and more, relying on trauma-informed de-escalation and harm reduction techniques. CAHOOTS staff are not law enforcement officers and do not carry weapons; their training and experience are the tools they use to ensure a non-violent resolution of crisis situations. They also handle non-emergent medical issues, avoiding costly ambulance transport and emergency room treatment.

A November 2016 study published in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine estimated that 20% to 50% of fatal encounters with law enforcement involved an individual with a mental illness. The CAHOOTS model demonstrates that these fatal encounters are not inevitable. Last year, out of a total of roughly 24,000 CAHOOTS calls, police backup was requested only 150 times.

The cost savings are considerable. The CAHOOTS program budget is about $2.1 million annually, while the combined annual budgets for the Eugene and Springfield police departments are $90 million. In 2017, the CAHOOTS teams answered 17% of the Eugene Police Department's overall call volume. The program saves the city of Eugene an estimated $8.5 million in public safety spending annually.

CAHOOTS calls come to Eugene's 911 system or the police non-emergency number. Dispatchers are trained to recognize non-violent situations with a behavioral health component and route those calls to CAHOOTS. A team will respond, assess the situation and provide immediate stabilization in case of urgent medical need or psychological crisis, assessment, information, referral, advocacy, and, when warranted, transportation to the next step in treatment.

White Bird's CAHOOTS provides consulting and strategic guidance to communities across the nation that are seeking to replicate CAHOOTS' model. Contact us if you are interested in our consultation services program.

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31 years ago the City of Eugene, Oregon developed an innovative community-based public safety system to provide mental health first response for crises involving mental illness, homelessness, and addiction. White Bird Clinic launched CAHOOTS (Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets) as a community policing initiative in 1989.

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Many students attend the University of Oregon, a 4-year university. Eugene also houses a community college, Lane Community college. Eugene is not only a wonderful and beautiful city for families and adults to live in and enjoy, but also embodies the idea of a college town. The University of Oregon provides students with many different choices of programs and majors for undergraduates, but also has several graduate school programs for those who wish to further their education and degree.
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Eugene is known to be just as rainy as anywhere else in Oregon. Although we have lots of rain, we are still able to enjoy all the beautiful conifer and oak trees surrounding the city. With all these wonderful trees and buttes, this makes for many great opportunities to trek and enjoy nature, as many of the residents of the city enjoy and share with each other.

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The Museum of Natural and Cultural History is a museum located in Eugene through University of Oregon about the American natural history

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Eugene was settled by Eugene Skinner in 1846 and named "Eugene city" in the year 1853. Eugene's agricultural and lumber centre was able to grow tremendously due to the Oregon and California railroad in 1871.

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I currently live in Eugene, Oregon and have lived here for the past two years!