Document Type
Report
Publication Date
12-2022
Subjects
Homelessness -- Oregon -- Portland, Homelessness -- Social aspects -- Case Studies
Abstract
Executive Summary Excerpt:
Overview of the Program Portland Street Response (PSR), a program within Portland Fire & Rescue (PF&R), assists people experiencing mental health and behavioral health crises. The program operates daily from 8 AM to 10 PM and responds to calls throughout the city of Portland. The team consists of mental health crisis responders, community health medics, community health workers, and peer support specialists. PSR is dispatched from the Bureau of Emergency Communications (BOEC) when a caller reports one or more of the following and the individual has no known access to weapons and is not displaying physically combative or threatening behavior:
- A person who is possibly experiencing a mental health crisis, intoxicated, and/or drug affected. This person is either outside or inside of a publicly accessible space such as a business, store, or public lobby
- A person who is outside and down, not checked
- A person who is outside and yelling
- A person who needs a referral for services but does not have access to a phone
Rights
© 2023 Portland State University Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/41830
Citation Details
Townley, G., & Leickly, E. (2022). Portland Street Response: Year Two Mid-Point Evaluation. Portland State University Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative.