August 10, 2025 • 29 mins
The Oregon State Fair will be a foody's delight this year. Fire danger remains high in Oregon and the Oregon Department of Forestry has new air attack resources. Oregon's Governor marked the signing of four bills to improve behavioral health in the state.
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Welcome to Local Voices. I'm brad Ford. This week, preparations
are underway for the Oregon State Fair, and we'll tell
you how to get deals. Wildfire danger is heating up
again in Oregon. At the Department at Forestry has new
air attack resources. Plus Governor Tina Kotek marked the signing
of four behavioral health bills this week. The Oregon State
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Fair is a great experience because there's so much to do.
The fair runs August twenty second through Labor Day. Alex
Hasenstab joins us on Local Voices. Alex, what'll people find
it the Oregon State Fair?
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Traditional fair things, carnivals, food vendors, tons of shows, tons
of attractions and games. But I think one thing that
we're really highlighting is all the things that are not
necessarily traditional fair. Like, we have a ton of food vendors,
and we're really proud to host a diverse array of foods.
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So you know, we'll have the corn dogs and funnel cake,
but you can also try things like a Korean corn
dog and spam fries, and so we just am really
excited to have a bunch of new and exciting food
and that's also our theme for this year. It's Flavors
of Fun, So we're really highlighting just this awesome, awesome
array of vendors that we're going to have this year.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Awesome a state fair for foodies. That's great.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Yes, very excited.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Tell us about Mattress Firm Friday. What's that?
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Okay? So Mattress Firm Friday, that first Friday. It's the
opening day of the fair on August twenty second, and
thanks to our sponsor Mattress Firm, admission is five dollars
at the gate. So admission at the gate is usually
twelve dollars for adults and ten for kids, so it's
a really good deal. It's just a great way to
open the fair with you know, really affordable tickets.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Absolutely are there deals on parking.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
So there is a way to get free parking. One
of our other sponsors, Will is offering free parking if
you make a purchase at any of their Oregon stores.
So if you need anything from Wilco, go in there,
make a purchase and ask about this deal. And it's
only available while supplies lass. But it's definitely just a
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great way to cut down on the cost of parking.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
So if you buy tickets early, can you get discounts.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Yes, we definitely encourage people to go online and buy
their tickets early, with the exception of that first opening Friday.
It's a lot cheaper to get your tickets ahead of
time online. So we're looking at two dollars off of
adult in child admission, and then you can also get
two dollars and fifty cents off of round trip fare
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lift tickets, and then it's about a ten to fifteen
dollars discount if you buy your Carnival Wrisk bands ahead
of time. So it's definitely worth it to go to
our website and get all of your tickets ahead of time.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Now, if you've got a bunch of people going, can
you get discounts if you buy them in in packs
or bundles.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
Yeah, we have a couple of ticket bundles. So first
we have the family four pack and that goes towards admission.
So if you can get two adults and two children's
tickets and it's twenty five dollars, and so that's for
children six to twelve, because children five and under are
actually free anyways. But it's just a great way for
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you know, families to kind of cut down on cost
and then another thing you can do if you were
planning on doing multiple days at the fair, you can
actually get an eleven day pass, so that's all eleven
days of the fair and it's twenty five dollars. So
that's a really great deal, especially if you live in
the area and we're planning on visiting the fair multiple times.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Terrific. Are there discounts for seniors?
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Yes, seniors get a great discount. It is three dollars
online or at the door every day of the fair,
and you can pre buy them right now. So that's
just a deal that goes through.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
The entirety of as a parent, what do you have
to pay for kids to get in? And are their
discounts Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
For sure, so kids six through twelve are ten dollars,
so that's compared to twelve dollars for adults, so a
little bit of a discount there. Kids ages five and
younger are free. And then also on Monday, August twenty fifth,
we have Kids Day which kids ages six through twelve,
so basically twelve and under get to go in for free. However,
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the one caveat is you do need one adult ticket
purchase to get that deal, so you know, if you
have two parents taking two of their kids, the parents
buy their tickets, kids get in for free on Monday,
August twenty fifth.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
H that's a great deal. Our kids love going to
see the animals. Will the animal displays four H that
kind of thing.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Be there, Yes, we'll have all our traditional animal displays
four H will be there. We have the horse shows,
we have FFA coming in, so there's just many opportunities
to see a bunch of agriculture animals, pigs, goats, horses.
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It's it's a really it's really awesome and they're very cute.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
That's absolutely true, and it's great to see the involvement
that kids have in raising the animals. How about vendors.
I know in past years there's been a big section
for vendors. Do you have that this year?
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Yeah, So we have so many vendors of all types.
It's it's really really cool to just hear about all
the different types of things that people can buy and
eat and enjoy. But one thing that we're doing this
year is we've rebranded a lot of our shopping areas.
You know, we have our mascot Sunny the Sunflower, and
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we've kind of renamed some of our shopping areas to
reflect our mascot. So some things that we're launching this year.
The Sunflower Patch, so this has kind of tradicially been
called the Garden, but it's been renamed the Green Acres
Landscape Sunflower Patch of Oregon, So that sort of area
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that was called the Garden is now called that. That's
the official name, But the Sunflower Patch is just it's
in that really nice green area and we'll have some
food vendors, some artists in there. We'll have a couple
of people having you know, farm to table items, so
food items that you don't necessarily consume there but you
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take home, like you know, a nursery with plants, and
you know. Our our ultimate vision for that in the
future is to have that really be a place to
just to just you know, get farm fresh goods. That's
that's the hope. But there's going to be just a
variety of things in that area that people can go
and check out. We also have the Sunflower Shops that's
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right outside of Columbia Hall, and that's a place where
people can get homemade gift shop items sort of like
Etsy style things, boutique items, vintage items, we're kind of
looking at that as being just this very you know,
boutique artsy area that people can shop at. We have
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the Sunnyside, which is a new feature, and that is
actually kid focused vendors, so you know, things like toys,
kids clothes. There's also a couple of attractions there, like
we're having bumper boats over there and a rock climbing wall,
and there's a couple of performances that happen there, like
our Pirate Parent comedy show, So that's like a little
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kids area that you can also do some shopping at.
And then we have the Sunflower Square, which is also
right outside of Columbia Hall, so it's that outdoor area
and that's where there's just going to be a lot
of home goods and we're also still have shopping inside,
so if you need to escape the heat a little
bit while you're there, you can go on head inside
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the Jackman Long Building for the Shop Expo, and that's
really sort of a miscellaneous shopping area, so so many vendors,
so much shopping to do, you know, so many local
artists that you can look at. It's it's going to
be a really great time.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
That sounds terrific. You know, the concerts in the Amphitheater.
The Amphitheater is such a great place to enjoy a concert.
Tell us about some of the performers that will be
there this year.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
So we've got eleven concerts at the Amphitheater this year
and just like all you know, just like every year,
just a really good variety of genres. So I really
think that there's something for everyone. So we have some
country artists coming in, Russell Dickerson, Winona Judd, We have
Dylan Scott performing. We have a lot of classic rock
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bands coming in for some of those classic rock fans,
So Cheap Tricks coming in. The Beach Boys are going
to be performing on Labor Day, and then we have
everything from contemporary gospel to traditional Mexican music. We've got
some hip up regged tone with Sean Paul and then
you know the millennials are going to love the All
American Rejects performing.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
Now, how does it work? I know that that you
can either sit on the grass or you can buy seats.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
What are the options and it can vary by concert.
Some concerts are standing room, but you can, you know,
you can purchase tickets, especially if you want to be
really close, if you want VIP seating, if you just
want to play a good view, or you want to
be like right up close to the stage. We definitely
encourage people to buy tickets. There's also a limited number
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of free seats at these concerts, but people start lining
up really early and they fell fast, so that's always
an option, but we definitely say, you know, if you
want to guarantee your seats, or want to avoid the line,
or just want really good seats, definitely purchase ahead of time.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
Anything else you want to highlight about the Oregon State.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
Fair, I guess just to kind of throw some numbers in,
I talked too all the new vendors. We have thirty
new well, we have like around thirty new food vendors
this year, and we're looking at more than nine food vendors.
We have a lot, a lot of food to try,
and it's it's just really cool to see all the
different types of cuisine that are going to be at
the Fair. I think that's that's really cool and just
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you know, kind of like a modern take on when
we think of typical fair food. We also have seven
new rides this year, so we have a total of
fifty five rides, which is more than Disneyland. So that's
kind of an exciting fact that we've been sharing and
another thing that I think would be fun to highlight.
It's part of our deals in discounts, but it's also
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just something new that we're launching this year is this
Sunny's three Dollars Tasty Tour. So on Wednesday, August twenty seventh,
from ten to four, we're going to have a select
number of food vendors that are going to be selling
three dollar bytes of food. So they'll kind of be
like smaller portions of the ideas that you can go
around and try a bunch of different types of food
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for a really affordable price, and that way you're getting
rather than just picking one vendor, you can be like,
I'm gonna try like three things today and it's you know,
it's very affordable. So that's something that we're launching this year.
We've already got a good number of food vendors saying
that they're going to participate, so we're really excited to
release that list soon.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
That sounds like a lot of fun tell us for
people that want to learn more about it. What's the website?
They can go to.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
You can visit Oregon Statefair dot org and you can
go there to learn more and also purchase concert tickets,
fair lift tickets, carnival tickets, and admission tickets.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
And tell us one more time, what are the dates
for the fair?
Speaker 2 (11:37):
The fair starts Friday, August twenty second and ends on
Labor Day, September first.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
Alex, thanks for joining us on Local Voices. That's Alex
hassen stap Or the Oregon State Fair again. It runs
on As twenty second through Labor Day. The carnival has
more rides than Disneyland. You can buy tickets and learn
more at Oregon Statefair dot org. This time last year,
wildfires were raging across Oregon. That's not the case this year,
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and fire officials are concerned you might let your guard
down and not be as fires safe. Jessica new Year
joins us on Local Voices. Jessica, how has this fire
season compared to previous years?
Speaker 3 (12:15):
This fire season, especially compared to last year, has been
actually quite tamed. We have experienced more fires in like
just the number of fires. We've experienced roughly about one
hundred more fires this year so far. But the acreage
were over twelve thousand acres burned on ODF protected land
right now, and compared to last year, we were at
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about two hundred and fifty thousand acres burned at this
time last year. So statewide, we've had one hundred and
ninety six three hundred and forty nine acres burned so
far this year compared to last year, we're in a
good spot. However, looking forward to the next couple of months,
we are expecting increased fire potential for the state. So
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we're definitely not out of the woods yet.
Speaker 1 (13:05):
Is the Department of Forustry concerned that people will become complacent.
Speaker 3 (13:09):
Yes, and especially with on the west side of the Cascades.
This week we experienced a bit of precipitation, which is great. However,
it's not enough to really move the needle, and so
what sometimes happens is that people see the precipitation and
they immediately think, oh see, we're good, and then may
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bring fire hazards onto the landscape before it's ready. So
we really want to encourage people to not become complacent,
not become confident. I would say that it's safe, be
sure to check your local fire regulations before bringing any
fire hazards onto the landscape, just to make sure that
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you're taking an extra step and protecting your area from
potential wildfire.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
It looks like temperatures will really heat up this weekend.
What are your expectations for the rest of the summer.
Speaker 3 (14:02):
I would say, just just going off of what the
Northwest Interagency Coordination Center has predicted, which is increased to
increase fire potential for the next two months, I would
say that we're anticipating it to be a busy August
and September. You know, hopefully it's this trend of where
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we are in the season stays, but we as an
agency are not taking our foot off the gas. We
know how quickly things can change and are prepared for
if those things change. So especially with the heat coming
this week, we're looking at the fuels, keeping an eye
out for any new human cause fired. We haven't seen
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any lightning coming up in the forecast, so again, just
making sure that people are informed and doing their part
will be the biggest prevention tool that we have, because
any fire that pops up will most likely have been
a human cause fire.
Speaker 1 (15:03):
What do you want us to think about to prevent wildfire?
Speaker 3 (15:06):
I think the biggest thing that they can keep in
mind is that all it takes is just a few
extra steps in your thought process, like checking your local regulations,
making sure that your toe chains aren't dragging, making sure
that it if you are allowed to have a campfire somewhere,
that you're keeping it small and being safe with the
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campfire and putting it out till it's out cold, making
sure there's no residual embers that could pop up, especially
with the heat coming, which could easily reignite those fires
if there's any live embers underneath. And so just taking
those few extra steps, which would not impact your life greatly,
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could make a huge impact on the state as a
whole by preventing the next large wildfire.
Speaker 1 (15:55):
Jessica, thanks for joining us on Local Voices. That's Jessica
new Year with the Oregon Depotment of Forest Rates discussing
this year's wildfire season and ways to prevent human caused wildfire.
Firefighters at Oregon that battle wildfires have new aviation resources.
Nick Heneman with the Oregon Department of for US Street
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joins us on Local Voices. Nick, what's involved in using
aircraft to find wildfires?
Speaker 4 (16:21):
So the general use of aircraft can be various uses.
One is to see what's going on on the ground
and that's what the air attack is in the coordination,
so kind of going from the big picture of coordinating
the resources. However, if there's maybe one airplane or often
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that folks on the ground called the fixed wing aircraft
or a helicopter referred to as a rotor wing, either
one of those could deliver retardant or water to the
fire to help either slow the fire or with the retardant.
Speaker 5 (17:04):
And to actually do douse parts of the fire with
the water drops to help our firefighters on the ground
get around it or if it's in a more difficult
to reach area.
Speaker 4 (17:18):
And then there's aircraft that are used in night flights
to on some of the larger fires. Two detect hotspots
and get a better view of how big is the fire,
what's the fire perimeter. And there's some use of drones
now as well to help with the determining what the
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fire perimeter is or where there's hot spots and where
crews are. So those are some of the different uses
in the firefighting realm.
Speaker 1 (17:50):
So Oregon recently got two air attack teams. What are
those tell us about those and what's their job.
Speaker 4 (17:58):
So the regional tech platforms and teams are a pilot
the crew and what they do is if you have
more than one aircraft working on the fire, meaning delivering
retardant or water, and you have crews on the ground,
you need to coordinate that for safety as the number
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one priority. And the air attack is basically air traffic
control tower in the air and it can see the
fire from the big picture and coordinate the other aircraft
that are delivering the water and the retardant to the fire,
as well as coordinating with folks on the ground to
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keep them safe as well.
Speaker 1 (18:44):
Yeah, how do they work with the crews on the ground.
Do the planes work? I would imagine they work together
with the crews that are building lines around the fire.
Speaker 2 (18:53):
Correct.
Speaker 4 (18:54):
And so you have radio communication air to ground radio communication,
and that's one of the keys in all of this
is having clear communication saying where's the effective drop going
to be? Is everybody cleared out of the way, and
making sure that the aircraft and the pilots flying those
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aircraft and the crews on the ground know what's going on,
what's coming to get those precise water delivery and retardant
delivery as well as keeping people out on the ground out.
Speaker 1 (19:29):
Of the way. So are the aircraft positioned around the
state or are they in one central location.
Speaker 4 (19:36):
We've got an air attack regional air attack platform on
the east side out of La Grande and one on
the west side out of Medford, and that way they
can get up in the air and get coverage on
either side of the state relatively quickly.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
So does he already Department of Forestry own its own
aircraft for fighting fires or do you contract with private suppliers?
It's a mixed of both. How has the increase in
aircraft resources helped in battling fires?
Speaker 4 (20:08):
The increased use of aircraft helps keep those fires small.
And we've seen more fires over the years, and the
fields are more receptive to and some of the weather
is pushed the fires more quickly. But having aircraft they
can get to a fire quickly and drop water on
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it or put the retardant gives us a huge advantage
to help slow or stop those fires and keep them
small so we can keep wildfire to a minimum.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
Great nick, anything else you'd like to add.
Speaker 4 (20:44):
One of the biggest things that all of us as
Oregonians can do to help limit wildfire and keep people safe.
Is be cautious when you're out in the in the
forest and enjoying organs beautiful forests to not let fires
get started.
Speaker 1 (21:03):
Nick, thanks for joining us on Local Voices. That's Nick
Henneman with the Oregon Department of Forestry, and a look
at how aircraft are used to fight wildfires, including new
air attack teams that coordinate the aircraft battling a fire.
This week, Oregon Governor Tina Kotech held a ceremony to
mark the signing of four bills involving behavioral healthcare. It
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was done at for A Health which provides substance use
disorder treatment with an evidence based and trauma informed approach
a host of the event of their facility in Portland.
Speaker 6 (21:33):
These four bills are about better approaches to how we
serve people who are in crisis. It's about more resources
for treatment and for supporting our workforce. And it's also
about prevention going upstream to take care of our young
people before their lives get a lot more difficult. And together,
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these bills are an important step to make sure we
can have an org in where people are healthier and safer.
This year is the legislative success us get us closer
to the vision of an organ where we focus on
more prevention and intervention, helping people get the.
Speaker 2 (22:10):
Care they need when they need it, no matter where
they live.
Speaker 6 (22:15):
This is a journey, and all of you have been
on this journey with us, and there is more to do,
and I'm thankful for everyone here who knows that what
it takes to keep going until we reach that better
future for everyone in our state. So of the four bills,
I'm going to start off and just mention them briefly.
House Buil two thousand and five, which is our very
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substantial policy bill for the session. When you take that
bill and you pair it with the sixty five million
dollars in investment in House Bill twenty fifty nine, which
focuses on treatment capacity, those two bills together are about
making a course correction here in our state about how
our system system can do a better job helping more
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individuals who are suffering from acute mental illness to make
sure they get the care they need. These bills will
lead to better outcomes for people in crisis, and they
will lead to better.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
Outcomes for all of our communities.
Speaker 6 (23:10):
Houspell twenty twenty four is the bill that focuses on
supporting our center workers who are in the field in
the mental health and addiction care field, making sure that
people can get the help they need. There is six
million dollars connected to that bill which will continue some
grants that are been very important for recruiting and retaining.
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When the first Lady and I were visiting providers around
the state on our one organ listing tour, we heard
time and time again about the struggle that we have
here in the state retaining the workers we need to
help Oregonians. And again I want to mention that our
Behavior Health Talent Council that is working really hard right now,
is going to be that next step of saying what
more can.
Speaker 2 (23:51):
We do to get people into the field. And you're
going to hear a little bit about that today.
Speaker 6 (23:54):
But stay in the field, because we can't do all
this work unless we have the people helping individuals and
the care they need. But at the end of the day,
we also have to focus on prevention, and so Housepel
thirty three twenty one is our focus on prevention. It
requires Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission to develop and implement
a statewide substance abuse Prevention Plan with a focus on
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our youngest Oregonians. The race of substance abuse, the rates
of overdose deaths for our youngest among us is unacceptable,
and we need to focus on prevention, and we are
going to do that with Houspill thirty three twenty one.
Speaker 2 (24:35):
It's going to allow us.
Speaker 6 (24:36):
To marshal all of our efforts towards prevention on data
driven solutions that will actually make things better for our
young people. And I'm very excited about the work that's
going to come from that bill.
Speaker 4 (24:46):
Hi.
Speaker 7 (24:46):
My name is Shelly Turner, and I'm a certified pure
support specialist, and I bring something to this work that
no textbook can teach, lived experience with mental health, addiction
and recovery. When someone's struggling and sits from across from me,
they see someone who's been in their shoes, they know.
I understand the shame, the fear, and the feeling that
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recovery is impossible. But working in this field, the lived
experience means confronting my own trauma every single day, which
is why I'm thankful for the steps forward the governor
is taking today. A statewide substance abuse prevention strategy for
youth to stop the cycle of addiction before it starts.
Increasing the number of residential behavioral health treatment beds across
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organs so people in crisis aren't stuck in a backlog
and we can provide care when they need it. The
most workforce improvements, including student tuition assistants, scholarships and stipends.
So many people with lived experience don't have access to
the resources to pay for higher education, but we're needed
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at every level in the bavioral healthcare system. These bills
recognize that people with lived experience aren't just part of
the solution, they're essential to it.
Speaker 8 (26:03):
My name is Julie Ibrahim and I'm the CEO for
New Narrative. We are a nonprofit mental health agency that
provides comprehensive mental health care, housing, continuum, and fair support
and services. I didn't start out as a CEO though,
many years ago. My career started in behavioral health as
a frontline counselor in Medford. Then I moved to Portland
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to do the same for New Narrative and I've been
with them for thirteen years. I've worked with crisis centers,
residential programs, and community based care, and I've seen up
close the urgent needs that this legislation addresses. Every day,
Oregonians in acute mental health crisis face an impossible reality.
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There are simply not enough beds available when they need
immediate care. Families wait in emergency rooms for hours, sometimes days,
hoping for an opening at a residential treatment facility. Individuals
ready for recovery from substance use disorders can't access withdrawal
management services during that very small window when they're ready
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to change. These investments represent so much more than funding
their hope. They're the promise that when someone reaches their
breaking point, we'll have a place for them to heal.
When someone is ready to begin recovery, we'll have the
capacity to meet them where they're at. Over the next
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two years, the state isn't just adding beds, They're building
the workforce needed to staff them effectively and ensure geographic
equity so rural communities aren't left behind. They are prioritizing
projects that can move quickly because people in crisis can't wait.
Speaker 9 (27:59):
Hi, everyone, I'm a volunteer at youth Line, a help
support and crisis line staff by team and young adult
volunteers who's pursuing a career in the mental health field.
While I may not know exactly where the future will
take me, I do know that building the behavioral health
workforce is essentially to building a brighter future for us
on on the youth line, the hope is to allow
youth and crisis to connect with peers who understand what
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they're going through. Through the training, mentorship, and experience, I've
gained a youth line, I've developed valuable insight into the
behavioral health field. It's really important that we invest in
the behavioral health field, as it will allow more young
people to discover as a passion and help it become
a more viable career for them in the future. I
feel like these bills will help improve the future of
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young people in our state. On the crisis lines, I've
seen that preventative care truly matters and helps our support
go so much further. We want youth to get the
help they need before they're in a crisis situation and
need our help. The Statewide Substance Abuse Prevention Strategy for
Youth adds an extra layer of support that allows us
to assist in stopping the cycle of addiction before it starts.
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I believe this bill will allow youth to have the
ability to access preventative care so that if they do
experience crisis, they have coping strategies already in place. Thank you,
Governor Kotech for caring about the mental health needs of
youth in our state, as it is essential for building
a healthier future for us.
Speaker 1 (29:16):
All this week, Ooring and Governor Tina Kotech held a
ceremony to mark the signing of four bills involving behavioral
healthcare that were passed this year by the legislature. The
event was held at for A Health, which provides substance
use disorder treatment with an evidence based and trauma informed approach.
It was hosted to their facility in Portman. Thanks for
listening to Local Voices, I'm Brad Boord. You can hear
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past episodes on the iHeartRadio app under the podcast tab.
Local Voices is a public affairs presentation from iHeartRadio.
Welcome to Local Voices. I'm brad Ford. This week, preparations
are underway for the Oregon State Fair, and we'll tell
you how to get deals. Wildfire danger is heating up
again in Oregon. At the Department at Forestry has new
air attack resources. Plus Governor Tina Kotek marked the signing
of four behavioral health bills this week. The Oregon State
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Fair is a great experience because there's so much to do.
The fair runs August twenty second through Labor Day. Alex
Hasenstab joins us on Local Voices. Alex, what'll people find
it the Oregon State Fair?
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Traditional fair things, carnivals, food vendors, tons of shows, tons
of attractions and games. But I think one thing that
we're really highlighting is all the things that are not
necessarily traditional fair. Like, we have a ton of food vendors,
and we're really proud to host a diverse array of foods.
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So you know, we'll have the corn dogs and funnel cake,
but you can also try things like a Korean corn
dog and spam fries, and so we just am really
excited to have a bunch of new and exciting food
and that's also our theme for this year. It's Flavors
of Fun, So we're really highlighting just this awesome, awesome
array of vendors that we're going to have this year.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Awesome a state fair for foodies. That's great.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Yes, very excited.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Tell us about Mattress Firm Friday. What's that?
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Okay? So Mattress Firm Friday, that first Friday. It's the
opening day of the fair on August twenty second, and
thanks to our sponsor Mattress Firm, admission is five dollars
at the gate. So admission at the gate is usually
twelve dollars for adults and ten for kids, so it's
a really good deal. It's just a great way to
open the fair with you know, really affordable tickets.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Absolutely are there deals on parking.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
So there is a way to get free parking. One
of our other sponsors, Will is offering free parking if
you make a purchase at any of their Oregon stores.
So if you need anything from Wilco, go in there,
make a purchase and ask about this deal. And it's
only available while supplies lass. But it's definitely just a
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great way to cut down on the cost of parking.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
So if you buy tickets early, can you get discounts.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Yes, we definitely encourage people to go online and buy
their tickets early, with the exception of that first opening Friday.
It's a lot cheaper to get your tickets ahead of
time online. So we're looking at two dollars off of
adult in child admission, and then you can also get
two dollars and fifty cents off of round trip fare
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lift tickets, and then it's about a ten to fifteen
dollars discount if you buy your Carnival Wrisk bands ahead
of time. So it's definitely worth it to go to
our website and get all of your tickets ahead of time.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Now, if you've got a bunch of people going, can
you get discounts if you buy them in in packs
or bundles.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
Yeah, we have a couple of ticket bundles. So first
we have the family four pack and that goes towards admission.
So if you can get two adults and two children's
tickets and it's twenty five dollars, and so that's for
children six to twelve, because children five and under are
actually free anyways. But it's just a great way for
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you know, families to kind of cut down on cost
and then another thing you can do if you were
planning on doing multiple days at the fair, you can
actually get an eleven day pass, so that's all eleven
days of the fair and it's twenty five dollars. So
that's a really great deal, especially if you live in
the area and we're planning on visiting the fair multiple times.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Terrific. Are there discounts for seniors?
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Yes, seniors get a great discount. It is three dollars
online or at the door every day of the fair,
and you can pre buy them right now. So that's
just a deal that goes through.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
The entirety of as a parent, what do you have
to pay for kids to get in? And are their
discounts Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
For sure, so kids six through twelve are ten dollars,
so that's compared to twelve dollars for adults, so a
little bit of a discount there. Kids ages five and
younger are free. And then also on Monday, August twenty fifth,
we have Kids Day which kids ages six through twelve,
so basically twelve and under get to go in for free. However,
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the one caveat is you do need one adult ticket
purchase to get that deal, so you know, if you
have two parents taking two of their kids, the parents
buy their tickets, kids get in for free on Monday,
August twenty fifth.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
H that's a great deal. Our kids love going to
see the animals. Will the animal displays four H that
kind of thing.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Be there, Yes, we'll have all our traditional animal displays
four H will be there. We have the horse shows,
we have FFA coming in, so there's just many opportunities
to see a bunch of agriculture animals, pigs, goats, horses.
(05:07):
It's it's a really it's really awesome and they're very cute.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
That's absolutely true, and it's great to see the involvement
that kids have in raising the animals. How about vendors.
I know in past years there's been a big section
for vendors. Do you have that this year?
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Yeah, So we have so many vendors of all types.
It's it's really really cool to just hear about all
the different types of things that people can buy and
eat and enjoy. But one thing that we're doing this
year is we've rebranded a lot of our shopping areas.
You know, we have our mascot Sunny the Sunflower, and
(05:44):
we've kind of renamed some of our shopping areas to
reflect our mascot. So some things that we're launching this year.
The Sunflower Patch, so this has kind of tradicially been
called the Garden, but it's been renamed the Green Acres
Landscape Sunflower Patch of Oregon, So that sort of area
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that was called the Garden is now called that. That's
the official name, But the Sunflower Patch is just it's
in that really nice green area and we'll have some
food vendors, some artists in there. We'll have a couple
of people having you know, farm to table items, so
food items that you don't necessarily consume there but you
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take home, like you know, a nursery with plants, and
you know. Our our ultimate vision for that in the
future is to have that really be a place to
just to just you know, get farm fresh goods. That's
that's the hope. But there's going to be just a
variety of things in that area that people can go
and check out. We also have the Sunflower Shops that's
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right outside of Columbia Hall, and that's a place where
people can get homemade gift shop items sort of like
Etsy style things, boutique items, vintage items, we're kind of
looking at that as being just this very you know,
boutique artsy area that people can shop at. We have
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the Sunnyside, which is a new feature, and that is
actually kid focused vendors, so you know, things like toys,
kids clothes. There's also a couple of attractions there, like
we're having bumper boats over there and a rock climbing wall,
and there's a couple of performances that happen there, like
our Pirate Parent comedy show, So that's like a little
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kids area that you can also do some shopping at.
And then we have the Sunflower Square, which is also
right outside of Columbia Hall, so it's that outdoor area
and that's where there's just going to be a lot
of home goods and we're also still have shopping inside,
so if you need to escape the heat a little
bit while you're there, you can go on head inside
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the Jackman Long Building for the Shop Expo, and that's
really sort of a miscellaneous shopping area, so so many vendors,
so much shopping to do, you know, so many local
artists that you can look at. It's it's going to
be a really great time.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
That sounds terrific. You know, the concerts in the Amphitheater.
The Amphitheater is such a great place to enjoy a concert.
Tell us about some of the performers that will be
there this year.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
So we've got eleven concerts at the Amphitheater this year
and just like all you know, just like every year,
just a really good variety of genres. So I really
think that there's something for everyone. So we have some
country artists coming in, Russell Dickerson, Winona Judd, We have
Dylan Scott performing. We have a lot of classic rock
(08:44):
bands coming in for some of those classic rock fans,
So Cheap Tricks coming in. The Beach Boys are going
to be performing on Labor Day, and then we have
everything from contemporary gospel to traditional Mexican music. We've got
some hip up regged tone with Sean Paul and then
you know the millennials are going to love the All
American Rejects performing.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
Now, how does it work? I know that that you
can either sit on the grass or you can buy seats.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
What are the options and it can vary by concert.
Some concerts are standing room, but you can, you know,
you can purchase tickets, especially if you want to be
really close, if you want VIP seating, if you just
want to play a good view, or you want to
be like right up close to the stage. We definitely
encourage people to buy tickets. There's also a limited number
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of free seats at these concerts, but people start lining
up really early and they fell fast, so that's always
an option, but we definitely say, you know, if you
want to guarantee your seats, or want to avoid the line,
or just want really good seats, definitely purchase ahead of time.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
Anything else you want to highlight about the Oregon State.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
Fair, I guess just to kind of throw some numbers in,
I talked too all the new vendors. We have thirty
new well, we have like around thirty new food vendors
this year, and we're looking at more than nine food vendors.
We have a lot, a lot of food to try,
and it's it's just really cool to see all the
different types of cuisine that are going to be at
the Fair. I think that's that's really cool and just
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you know, kind of like a modern take on when
we think of typical fair food. We also have seven
new rides this year, so we have a total of
fifty five rides, which is more than Disneyland. So that's
kind of an exciting fact that we've been sharing and
another thing that I think would be fun to highlight.
It's part of our deals in discounts, but it's also
(10:34):
just something new that we're launching this year is this
Sunny's three Dollars Tasty Tour. So on Wednesday, August twenty seventh,
from ten to four, we're going to have a select
number of food vendors that are going to be selling
three dollar bytes of food. So they'll kind of be
like smaller portions of the ideas that you can go
around and try a bunch of different types of food
(10:57):
for a really affordable price, and that way you're getting
rather than just picking one vendor, you can be like,
I'm gonna try like three things today and it's you know,
it's very affordable. So that's something that we're launching this year.
We've already got a good number of food vendors saying
that they're going to participate, so we're really excited to
release that list soon.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
That sounds like a lot of fun tell us for
people that want to learn more about it. What's the website?
They can go to.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
You can visit Oregon Statefair dot org and you can
go there to learn more and also purchase concert tickets,
fair lift tickets, carnival tickets, and admission tickets.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
And tell us one more time, what are the dates
for the fair?
Speaker 2 (11:37):
The fair starts Friday, August twenty second and ends on
Labor Day, September first.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
Alex, thanks for joining us on Local Voices. That's Alex
hassen stap Or the Oregon State Fair again. It runs
on As twenty second through Labor Day. The carnival has
more rides than Disneyland. You can buy tickets and learn
more at Oregon Statefair dot org. This time last year,
wildfires were raging across Oregon. That's not the case this year,
(12:04):
and fire officials are concerned you might let your guard
down and not be as fires safe. Jessica new Year
joins us on Local Voices. Jessica, how has this fire
season compared to previous years?
Speaker 3 (12:15):
This fire season, especially compared to last year, has been
actually quite tamed. We have experienced more fires in like
just the number of fires. We've experienced roughly about one
hundred more fires this year so far. But the acreage
were over twelve thousand acres burned on ODF protected land
right now, and compared to last year, we were at
(12:39):
about two hundred and fifty thousand acres burned at this
time last year. So statewide, we've had one hundred and
ninety six three hundred and forty nine acres burned so
far this year compared to last year, we're in a
good spot. However, looking forward to the next couple of months,
we are expecting increased fire potential for the state. So
(13:03):
we're definitely not out of the woods yet.
Speaker 1 (13:05):
Is the Department of Forustry concerned that people will become complacent.
Speaker 3 (13:09):
Yes, and especially with on the west side of the Cascades.
This week we experienced a bit of precipitation, which is great. However,
it's not enough to really move the needle, and so
what sometimes happens is that people see the precipitation and
they immediately think, oh see, we're good, and then may
(13:31):
bring fire hazards onto the landscape before it's ready. So
we really want to encourage people to not become complacent,
not become confident. I would say that it's safe, be
sure to check your local fire regulations before bringing any
fire hazards onto the landscape, just to make sure that
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you're taking an extra step and protecting your area from
potential wildfire.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
It looks like temperatures will really heat up this weekend.
What are your expectations for the rest of the summer.
Speaker 3 (14:02):
I would say, just just going off of what the
Northwest Interagency Coordination Center has predicted, which is increased to
increase fire potential for the next two months, I would
say that we're anticipating it to be a busy August
and September. You know, hopefully it's this trend of where
(14:26):
we are in the season stays, but we as an
agency are not taking our foot off the gas. We
know how quickly things can change and are prepared for
if those things change. So especially with the heat coming
this week, we're looking at the fuels, keeping an eye
out for any new human cause fired. We haven't seen
(14:48):
any lightning coming up in the forecast, so again, just
making sure that people are informed and doing their part
will be the biggest prevention tool that we have, because
any fire that pops up will most likely have been
a human cause fire.
Speaker 1 (15:03):
What do you want us to think about to prevent wildfire?
Speaker 3 (15:06):
I think the biggest thing that they can keep in
mind is that all it takes is just a few
extra steps in your thought process, like checking your local regulations,
making sure that your toe chains aren't dragging, making sure
that it if you are allowed to have a campfire somewhere,
that you're keeping it small and being safe with the
(15:28):
campfire and putting it out till it's out cold, making
sure there's no residual embers that could pop up, especially
with the heat coming, which could easily reignite those fires
if there's any live embers underneath. And so just taking
those few extra steps, which would not impact your life greatly,
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could make a huge impact on the state as a
whole by preventing the next large wildfire.
Speaker 1 (15:55):
Jessica, thanks for joining us on Local Voices. That's Jessica
new Year with the Oregon Depotment of Forest Rates discussing
this year's wildfire season and ways to prevent human caused wildfire.
Firefighters at Oregon that battle wildfires have new aviation resources.
Nick Heneman with the Oregon Department of for US Street
(16:15):
joins us on Local Voices. Nick, what's involved in using
aircraft to find wildfires?
Speaker 4 (16:21):
So the general use of aircraft can be various uses.
One is to see what's going on on the ground
and that's what the air attack is in the coordination,
so kind of going from the big picture of coordinating
the resources. However, if there's maybe one airplane or often
(16:47):
that folks on the ground called the fixed wing aircraft
or a helicopter referred to as a rotor wing, either
one of those could deliver retardant or water to the
fire to help either slow the fire or with the retardant.
Speaker 5 (17:04):
And to actually do douse parts of the fire with
the water drops to help our firefighters on the ground
get around it or if it's in a more difficult
to reach area.
Speaker 4 (17:18):
And then there's aircraft that are used in night flights
to on some of the larger fires. Two detect hotspots
and get a better view of how big is the fire,
what's the fire perimeter. And there's some use of drones
now as well to help with the determining what the
(17:42):
fire perimeter is or where there's hot spots and where
crews are. So those are some of the different uses
in the firefighting realm.
Speaker 1 (17:50):
So Oregon recently got two air attack teams. What are
those tell us about those and what's their job.
Speaker 4 (17:58):
So the regional tech platforms and teams are a pilot
the crew and what they do is if you have
more than one aircraft working on the fire, meaning delivering
retardant or water, and you have crews on the ground,
you need to coordinate that for safety as the number
(18:19):
one priority. And the air attack is basically air traffic
control tower in the air and it can see the
fire from the big picture and coordinate the other aircraft
that are delivering the water and the retardant to the fire,
as well as coordinating with folks on the ground to
(18:42):
keep them safe as well.
Speaker 1 (18:44):
Yeah, how do they work with the crews on the ground.
Do the planes work? I would imagine they work together
with the crews that are building lines around the fire.
Speaker 2 (18:53):
Correct.
Speaker 4 (18:54):
And so you have radio communication air to ground radio communication,
and that's one of the keys in all of this
is having clear communication saying where's the effective drop going
to be? Is everybody cleared out of the way, and
making sure that the aircraft and the pilots flying those
(19:16):
aircraft and the crews on the ground know what's going on,
what's coming to get those precise water delivery and retardant
delivery as well as keeping people out on the ground out.
Speaker 1 (19:29):
Of the way. So are the aircraft positioned around the
state or are they in one central location.
Speaker 4 (19:36):
We've got an air attack regional air attack platform on
the east side out of La Grande and one on
the west side out of Medford, and that way they
can get up in the air and get coverage on
either side of the state relatively quickly.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
So does he already Department of Forestry own its own
aircraft for fighting fires or do you contract with private suppliers?
It's a mixed of both. How has the increase in
aircraft resources helped in battling fires?
Speaker 4 (20:08):
The increased use of aircraft helps keep those fires small.
And we've seen more fires over the years, and the
fields are more receptive to and some of the weather
is pushed the fires more quickly. But having aircraft they
can get to a fire quickly and drop water on
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it or put the retardant gives us a huge advantage
to help slow or stop those fires and keep them
small so we can keep wildfire to a minimum.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
Great nick, anything else you'd like to add.
Speaker 4 (20:44):
One of the biggest things that all of us as
Oregonians can do to help limit wildfire and keep people safe.
Is be cautious when you're out in the in the
forest and enjoying organs beautiful forests to not let fires
get started.
Speaker 1 (21:03):
Nick, thanks for joining us on Local Voices. That's Nick
Henneman with the Oregon Department of Forestry, and a look
at how aircraft are used to fight wildfires, including new
air attack teams that coordinate the aircraft battling a fire.
This week, Oregon Governor Tina Kotech held a ceremony to
mark the signing of four bills involving behavioral healthcare. It
(21:24):
was done at for A Health which provides substance use
disorder treatment with an evidence based and trauma informed approach
a host of the event of their facility in Portland.
Speaker 6 (21:33):
These four bills are about better approaches to how we
serve people who are in crisis. It's about more resources
for treatment and for supporting our workforce. And it's also
about prevention going upstream to take care of our young
people before their lives get a lot more difficult. And together,
(21:55):
these bills are an important step to make sure we
can have an org in where people are healthier and safer.
This year is the legislative success us get us closer
to the vision of an organ where we focus on
more prevention and intervention, helping people get the.
Speaker 2 (22:10):
Care they need when they need it, no matter where
they live.
Speaker 6 (22:15):
This is a journey, and all of you have been
on this journey with us, and there is more to do,
and I'm thankful for everyone here who knows that what
it takes to keep going until we reach that better
future for everyone in our state. So of the four bills,
I'm going to start off and just mention them briefly.
House Buil two thousand and five, which is our very
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substantial policy bill for the session. When you take that
bill and you pair it with the sixty five million
dollars in investment in House Bill twenty fifty nine, which
focuses on treatment capacity, those two bills together are about
making a course correction here in our state about how
our system system can do a better job helping more
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individuals who are suffering from acute mental illness to make
sure they get the care they need. These bills will
lead to better outcomes for people in crisis, and they
will lead to better.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
Outcomes for all of our communities.
Speaker 6 (23:10):
Houspell twenty twenty four is the bill that focuses on
supporting our center workers who are in the field in
the mental health and addiction care field, making sure that
people can get the help they need. There is six
million dollars connected to that bill which will continue some
grants that are been very important for recruiting and retaining.
(23:30):
When the first Lady and I were visiting providers around
the state on our one organ listing tour, we heard
time and time again about the struggle that we have
here in the state retaining the workers we need to
help Oregonians. And again I want to mention that our
Behavior Health Talent Council that is working really hard right now,
is going to be that next step of saying what
more can.
Speaker 2 (23:51):
We do to get people into the field. And you're
going to hear a little bit about that today.
Speaker 6 (23:54):
But stay in the field, because we can't do all
this work unless we have the people helping individuals and
the care they need. But at the end of the day,
we also have to focus on prevention, and so Housepel
thirty three twenty one is our focus on prevention. It
requires Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission to develop and implement
a statewide substance abuse Prevention Plan with a focus on
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our youngest Oregonians. The race of substance abuse, the rates
of overdose deaths for our youngest among us is unacceptable,
and we need to focus on prevention, and we are
going to do that with Houspill thirty three twenty one.
Speaker 2 (24:35):
It's going to allow us.
Speaker 6 (24:36):
To marshal all of our efforts towards prevention on data
driven solutions that will actually make things better for our
young people. And I'm very excited about the work that's
going to come from that bill.
Speaker 4 (24:46):
Hi.
Speaker 7 (24:46):
My name is Shelly Turner, and I'm a certified pure
support specialist, and I bring something to this work that
no textbook can teach, lived experience with mental health, addiction
and recovery. When someone's struggling and sits from across from me,
they see someone who's been in their shoes, they know.
I understand the shame, the fear, and the feeling that
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recovery is impossible. But working in this field, the lived
experience means confronting my own trauma every single day, which
is why I'm thankful for the steps forward the governor
is taking today. A statewide substance abuse prevention strategy for
youth to stop the cycle of addiction before it starts.
Increasing the number of residential behavioral health treatment beds across
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organs so people in crisis aren't stuck in a backlog
and we can provide care when they need it. The
most workforce improvements, including student tuition assistants, scholarships and stipends.
So many people with lived experience don't have access to
the resources to pay for higher education, but we're needed
(25:52):
at every level in the bavioral healthcare system. These bills
recognize that people with lived experience aren't just part of
the solution, they're essential to it.
Speaker 8 (26:03):
My name is Julie Ibrahim and I'm the CEO for
New Narrative. We are a nonprofit mental health agency that
provides comprehensive mental health care, housing, continuum, and fair support
and services. I didn't start out as a CEO though,
many years ago. My career started in behavioral health as
a frontline counselor in Medford. Then I moved to Portland
(26:26):
to do the same for New Narrative and I've been
with them for thirteen years. I've worked with crisis centers,
residential programs, and community based care, and I've seen up
close the urgent needs that this legislation addresses. Every day,
Oregonians in acute mental health crisis face an impossible reality.
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There are simply not enough beds available when they need
immediate care. Families wait in emergency rooms for hours, sometimes days,
hoping for an opening at a residential treatment facility. Individuals
ready for recovery from substance use disorders can't access withdrawal
management services during that very small window when they're ready
(27:15):
to change. These investments represent so much more than funding
their hope. They're the promise that when someone reaches their
breaking point, we'll have a place for them to heal.
When someone is ready to begin recovery, we'll have the
capacity to meet them where they're at. Over the next
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two years, the state isn't just adding beds, They're building
the workforce needed to staff them effectively and ensure geographic
equity so rural communities aren't left behind. They are prioritizing
projects that can move quickly because people in crisis can't wait.
Speaker 9 (27:59):
Hi, everyone, I'm a volunteer at youth Line, a help
support and crisis line staff by team and young adult
volunteers who's pursuing a career in the mental health field.
While I may not know exactly where the future will
take me, I do know that building the behavioral health
workforce is essentially to building a brighter future for us
on on the youth line, the hope is to allow
youth and crisis to connect with peers who understand what
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they're going through. Through the training, mentorship, and experience, I've
gained a youth line, I've developed valuable insight into the
behavioral health field. It's really important that we invest in
the behavioral health field, as it will allow more young
people to discover as a passion and help it become
a more viable career for them in the future. I
feel like these bills will help improve the future of
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young people in our state. On the crisis lines, I've
seen that preventative care truly matters and helps our support
go so much further. We want youth to get the
help they need before they're in a crisis situation and
need our help. The Statewide Substance Abuse Prevention Strategy for
Youth adds an extra layer of support that allows us
to assist in stopping the cycle of addiction before it starts.
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I believe this bill will allow youth to have the
ability to access preventative care so that if they do
experience crisis, they have coping strategies already in place. Thank you,
Governor Kotech for caring about the mental health needs of
youth in our state, as it is essential for building
a healthier future for us.
Speaker 1 (29:16):
All this week, Ooring and Governor Tina Kotech held a
ceremony to mark the signing of four bills involving behavioral
healthcare that were passed this year by the legislature. The
event was held at for A Health, which provides substance
use disorder treatment with an evidence based and trauma informed approach.
It was hosted to their facility in Portman. Thanks for
listening to Local Voices, I'm Brad Boord. You can hear
(29:38):
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