CAHOOTS, eug and More in Letters to the Editor
Save CAHOOTS Help! We must save CAHOOTS! It is unconscionable to me that the city of Eugene and our entire surrounding community could allow CAHOOTS … Continue reading
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CAHOOTS in Crisis
White Bird Clinic announced a drastic reduction in the crisis services’ hours amid staff lay offs
CAHOOTS Eugene and Springfield’s premiere crisis response program that provides mobile intervention in mental and medical crises, is itself in crisis due to a budget … Continue reading
CAHOOTS and HOOTS Demand a Fair Contract
Crisis intervention groups CAHOOTS and HOOTS fight for higher wages and better benefits with White Bird after bargaining for over a year
On April 5, roughly 100 people rallied at Kesey Square to support the CAHOOTS and HOOTS union in their efforts to negotiate a new contract … Continue reading
CAHOOTS, HOOTS Unanimously Vote to Unionize
Workers at White Bird’s popular programs look at next steps in union process after successful vote
Workers at White Bird’s crisis response programs CAHOOTS and HOOTS are on the same page when it comes to voting on unionizing. The two groups … Continue reading
CAHOOTS-like Program Funding Goes to Biden’s Desk
Included in the massive COVID-19 relief package is a provision to support CAHOOTS-like programs
On March 10, the House passed the COVID-19 relief package without a single Republican vote. In the legislation in the American Rescue Plan on the … Continue reading
CAHOOTS Bill in House COVID-19 Relief Package
Sen. Ron Wyden’s bill, if passed, would expand CAHOOTS-like programs throughout the U.S.
Surrounded by CAHOOTS staff and local and state politicians, Sen. Ron Wyden announced he had re-introduced a mental health bill that would increase federal money … Continue reading
CAHOOTS Makes ‘The Daily Show’
Eugene’s de-escalation nonprofit talks with Comedy Central’s late night politics show
CAHOOTS’s most recognized year ever continues. When Black Lives Matter-related protests were at their peak during 2020, national media outlets looked to the White Bird … Continue reading
Not Even CAHOOTS Can Help
I hope the governor called in CAHOOTS at the Capitol. It sounds like there were about 200 mentally disturbed protesters who were claiming that the … Continue reading
Activists Host Bake Sale for CAHOOTS
Proceeds will go toward White Bird's fundraiser to expand the mobile crisis services program
As cities throughout the U.S. look to CAHOOTS as an alternative to the police, a group of local activists are hosting a bake sale to … Continue reading
Coping in These Dark Times in Letters to the Editor
Define Satire I’m sure I’m not the only reader who is pleased to see “This Modern World” return as a regular feature of the Weekly, … Continue reading