PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon launched a new program on Friday that connects eligible Oregon Health Plan members with rent assistance and other housing benefits — aiming to help Oregonians with ...

The Central Oregon Guardian Assistance Program was established as a non-profit organization in August of 2023 in Bend. COGAP provides pro bono and low-cost guardianship services to Central Oregonians ...

Dr. Sejal Hathi visited an affordable housing project for farmworkers in March, 2024, in Lebanon as part of her statewide "listening tour." ...

Oregon is the first in the nation to roll out rental assistance as a statewide Medicaid benefit for eligible OHP members, according to the Oregon Health Authority. People would need to have a ...

Beginning Nov. 1, Oregon’s Medicaid program takes on a new approach to improving overall health via housing benefits. Qualifying Oregon Health Plan members will be eligible for six months of rent ...

Oregon Medicaid advisers, alarmed by the turbulent rollout of a new rent assistance benefit, pressed state health officials this week for answers over delays they acknowledged have left thousands of ...

Calli Ross’s son Tennyson was assigned a number this summer. It’s 136. So was Paige Hall’s son James. He’s 156. And Shasta Kearns Moore’s son Malachi is 1,151. Shasta Kearns Moore helps lead the group ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon is taking critical steps to ensure children have access to vital nutrition during the summer months by declaring its intention to operate the Summer Electronic Benefit ...

Rural Oregon medical professionals told Gov. Tina Kotek on Wednesday that cuts to food and Medicaid programs would hurt more than just those that use the service. Hospitals might have to cut programs ...

Federal budget cuts are impacting food assistance programs in Oregon. The full extent of the cuts and their impact on those in need is still unknown. Oregon lawmakers have been asked to increase ...

Calli Ross’s son Tennyson was assigned a number this summer. It’s 136. So was Paige Hall’s son James. He’s 156. And Shasta Kearns Moore’s son Malachi is 1,151. The numbers, which top out at 1,349, ...