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Committee hears evidence for expanding wait‑list emergency housing to link unhoused people to residential substance‑use treatment
Summary
House Bill 3,146 would fund expansion of a wait‑list emergency housing model pioneered in the Rogue Valley that provides temporary, low‑barrier housing and intensive case management to people waiting for residential treatment or withdrawal management. Sponsors asked for $10 million to stand up 4–8 projects and presented early outcome data.
Representative Pam Marsh and Senator Lisa Reynolds described a model developed in Jackson County to provide short‑term, low‑barrier housing for people who have been assessed as needing residential substance‑use treatment (or withdrawal management) but face long waits for available beds.
Lede/nut: Marsh said the problem is most acute for people who are motivated for treatment but are unhoused: without a safe place to wait they are difficult to locate when a bed opens. House Bill 3,146 requests $10,000,000 to develop…
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