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Clackamas County and Milwaukie officials outline stabilization center plans, stress transportation and discharge coordination
Summary
County and city officials described a 24/7 stabilization center at a former sheriff's facility, funded in part by a $4 million state grant, and said protocols for referrals, transport and follow-up are being refined with providers and public safety partners.
Clackamas County and Milwaukie officials on March 2025 presented details of a planned 24-hour stabilization center at a county-owned former corrections facility and said they are working on transportation, intake and discharge protocols before opening.
The city manager, Emma Sager, and Mary Rumbaugh, director of the Clackamas County Health, Housing and Human Services Division, described the project as two complementary components: a 23-hour stabilization program for people in acute crisis and a separate up-to-60-day housing-and-case-management stabilization program.
The project will be located at a sheriff's office facility at 9200 Southeast McBroad Avenue, Rumbaugh said. "Last session, we actually received $4,000,000 from the legislature, for the construction of the building," she said, and added that a coordinated-care organization has committed ongoing funding.
Why it matters: County and city officials said the…
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