Portland makes long-awaited strides toward replacing sobering station shuttered in 2020

The Unity Center and Providence Portland plan to add 17 sobering beds between them for people in acute states of crisis involving drugs and mental health symptoms.

PORTLAND, Ore. — A proposal passed Wednesday by the Portland City Council to fund new sobering beds in the city represents one aspect of a larger, long-awaited plan to fill major gaps in the metro area’s services for people suffering from mental illness and addiction.

The Portland ordinance allocates $335,000 to the Unity Center for Behavioral Health in the Lloyd District in order to overhaul its facilities and create nine sobering beds for acute mental health episodes related to

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