New program will help incarcerated people go directly to shelters, not the streets
When an unsheltered person is released from prison or the Oregon State Hospital, they might spend their first night scrambling to find a meal and a safe place to sleep in Salem.
With a new state grant, the Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency hopes to soon help more people go straight from incarceration to a shelter where they’ll continue to get the mental health treatment that started before their release.
“If somebody is released from…
