White Bird Clinic

It’s been nearly two months since CAHOOTS, Eugene’s groundbreaking street response program, shut down in the city after decades of service. Now, community members and former crisis workers are trying to bring the program back.

The mobile crisis intervention service CAHOOTS is essential and needs to be continued. That was the message from those who attended Thursday night’s town hall meeting held at the University of Oregon, following the elimination of CAHOOTS services in Eugene earlier in the week.

On Monday, the City of Eugene and White Bird Clinic announced that mobile crisis response service CAHOOTS would no longer serve Eugene due to contract, and funding issues.

White Bird’s CAHOOTS program, which provides services to people in crisis, will no longer serve the city of Eugene.

Lane County plans to expand its mobile crisis intervention program. This comes as a similar service operated by White Bird Clinic is dramatically scaling back.

White Bird Clinic plans to dramatically reduce its mobile crisis intervention service, CAHOOTS, early next month. The nonprofit has also announced deep cuts to its crisis hotline.

CAHOOTS workers say they could face layoffs from White Bird Clinic next month.

Jeremy Gates, the executive director of White Bird Clinic, has left his role after more than two years.

Former staff from White Bird Clinic's shuttered Front Rooms department have started their own homeless services in downtown Eugene.

White Bird Clinic shut down its Front Rooms department in Eugene last week, ending the program after over five decades.

White Bird Clinic plans to shut down its Front Rooms department in Eugene next month, and lay off the staff members working there.

Eugene’s White Bird Clinic says its newest facility fills a gap in community services when it comes to treating addiction.