Tag Archives: Non-Profit Organizations

NIH funding in Oregon rose to near $428 million last year

After two years of decline, Oregon enjoyed a welcome uptick in coveted research grants and funding from the National Institutes of Health last year. The number of grants awarded to state universities, startups and nonprofits grew by 3% to 789 in 2023 and the amount of funding rose 4.6% to $427.6 million, according to the […]
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Oregon nonprofits get grants from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott – OPB’s Think Out Loud

Three nonprofits in Oregon and one nonprofit in Southwest Washington will receive funding from billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. The Pacific Northwest organizations were recently selected along with hundreds of other nonprofits across the country and are sharing a pot of about $640 million in grant money. Jackson Street Youth Services works with young people at […]
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Long-delayed Oregon program for people in mental distress nears reality

After years of delay, Oregon health officials have selected a full slate of nonprofits to operate a statewide program for people experiencing intermediate psychiatric distress. Oregon lawmakers in 2021 approved $6 million to set up four peer respite centers around the state, residential settings where people facing a mental health crisis can stay for up […]
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Concerns grow over quality of care as investor groups buy not-for-profit nursing homes

For-profit companies, including private equity groups and real estate investment trusts, are snapping up struggling not-for-profit nursing homes, many of which were operated for decades by Lutheran, Catholic, Jewish, and other faith-based organizations. For-profit groups own about 72% of the roughly 15,000 nursing homes in the United States, which serve more than 1.3 million residents. […]
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Turf fields may have ‘forever chemicals.’ Should kids be playing on them?

State Library Ed. Note: If you cannot access this story via the link below, state employees can access this Washington Post story HERE via the State Library’s subscription to the US Newstream database. Alternatively, state employees can contact us for access: LibraryHelp.SLO@slo.oregon.gov or 503-378-8800. Researchers are conducting studies to determine whether PFAS and other chemicals detected in turf can end up […]
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Marijuana research in Michigan goes at glacial pace under FDA, DEA rules

State Library Ed. Note: If you cannot access this story via the link below, state employees can access this Washington Post story HERE via the State Library’s subscription to the US Newstream database. Alternatively, state employees can contact us for access: LibraryHelp.SLO@slo.oregon.gov or 503-378-8800. The effort underscores the challenges of studying potential health benefits and consequences of marijuana when it is […]
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Opinion | Medical debt jubilees are good. Governments should do something better.

State Library Ed. Note: If you cannot access this story via the link below, state employees can access this Washington Post story HERE via the State Library’s subscription to the US Newstream database. Alternatively, state employees can contact us for access: LibraryHelp.SLO@slo.oregon.gov or 503-378-8800. Politicians shouldn’t just adopt our “debt jubilee” tactic. It’s their job to fix the law and prevent […]
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As Medicaid Shrinks, Clinics for the Poor Are Trying to Survive

State Library Ed. Note: If you cannot access this story directly from the source, state employees can access this New York Times story HERE via the State Library’s subscription to the US Newstream database. Alternatively, state employees can contact us for access: LibraryHelp.SLO@slo.oregon.gov or 503-378-8800.

New lawsuit accuses St. Charles Health of charity care violations

The new suit filed by a Bend resident hopes to win class-action status against the Central Oregon health system. A new lawsuit claims that St. Charles Health System routinely sent poor patients to a debt collector instead of helping them access the free care they were legally entitled to. The litigation is the latest in […]
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