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State’s plan to pay $3 million for mental health centers sparks objections

Two groups with gaps in reporting and other issues will receive hefty grants to open long-awaited Oregon mental health respite centers, but advocates and state attorneys have concerns
by
Jake Thomas
|The Lund Report Premium
July 20, 2023
 
Known as "peer respite centers," the new facilities will offer people in mental health crisis a place to stay for up to two weeks. Most offer residents their own bedrooms. | SHUTTERSTOCK
Editor's note: The initial version of this article inadvertently failed to disclose that an advocate quoted in this

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Known as "peer respite centers," the new facilities will offer people in mental health crisis a place to stay for up to two weeks. Most offer residents their own bedrooms.
Known as "peer respite centers," the new facilities will offer people in mental health crisis a place to stay for up to two weeks. Most offer residents their own bedrooms.