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Clatsop Behavioral Healthcare reports holiday gift event, new outreach hire and restarted advisory committee for developmental disabilities services
Summary
Clatsop Behavioral Healthcare’s developmental disabilities program resumed advisory committees, added an outreach coordinator and contracted an on-site Spanish interpreter after a holiday gift event drew strong community interest.
Laurie Moore, director of the Developmental Disabilities program (the Community Developmental Disabilities Program) at Clatsop Behavioral Healthcare, briefed the council on recent work including a county gift event, staffing growth and restarting required advisory committees.
Moore described Decky's Heroes, a local foundation event that provided a $150 Fred Meyer gift card to every Clatsop County resident with an intellectual or developmental disability. “It was a huge wonderful shopping event…people were so happy and appreciative,” Moore said. Clatsop Behavioral Healthcare staff helped with registration and shopping; the foundation coordinated and funded the event.
Moore said the program hired an enhanced service coordinator, an outreach position named Carrie, to improve community outreach and connections with schools and employment providers. The program also contracted an in-person Spanish-language interpreter to improve access for Spanish-speaking families; Moore said the service replaces phone-only interpretation previously available. Moore said the program will restart required advisory committee meetings next week and that committee membership will include parents, supported individuals, employment providers and education representatives.
Moore provided basic 2024 service data: 47 applicants were screened; 30 were found eligible; the remainder were either ineligible or did not respond after eligibility determination. She also said the program has grown from about six or seven staff when she started to 13 employees today.
Council members and attendees thanked staff and volunteers for the Decky's Heroes event and raised questions about accessibility and feedback. Moore said families should contact their service coordinator or the CDDP office if they need accommodations at future events and that staff will incorporate suggestions into planning. Moore also said the program will use the advisory committee as a forum for ongoing feedback.
