Video highlights a pilot Bike Patrol program in Multnomah County’s Department of Community Justice. Starting in Spring 2010, four uniformed probation officers ride bicycles to maintain contact with their most hard-to-reach clients, particularly the homeless. Bicycles are more practical because these offenders tend to congregate in places that are hard to reach by car and may be too distant to reach on foot. Bike patrols concentrate in downtown Portland, near transitional housing and homeless s...
The third video in our new innovation series shows how families can use an on-line search tool, developed by Multnomah County Aging and Disability Services and Information Technology, to find an Adult Care Home to meet the specific care needs of an elderly or disabled family member. The Find A Home website is: findahome.multco.us
Episode 2: "Early Ballot Scanning"
Health centers based in public schools provide services that help improve student health and academic performance. Students describe the benefits of health centers in a short video produced by youth themselves. The video was created by VoiceBox Media, a micro-enterprise that teaches video production and media literacy to youth. VoiceBox Media is a program of Multnomah County’s Commission on Children, Families and Community (www.co.multnomah.or.us/ccfc). School based health centers are a progra...