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Updates: Christmas letter from Kris Moore, Executive Director Outreach Update Newsletter December 2007 and more updates to follow soon! Thank you for visiting and please check back. |
Outreach in Burnside is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization serving the disabled poor in Portland’s Old Town Chinatown neighborhood. Sister Maria Francis began this work in 1982 under the name of St. Francis’ Outreach. We incorporated in 1986 as Outreach Ministry in Burnside, and use the simpler Outreach in Burnside as our business name. All of these reflect our work and commitment to people with multiple disabilities live independently with dignity. |
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Most Members of Outreach live with dual diagnosis, a combination of addiction and mental illness. Some have dementia, brain injuries, or developmental disabilities. Most have been mandated to have a representative payee to manage their money, mostly from Social Security or the VA.
Outreach has never had government funding, nor direct ties to any denomination. Its strength comes from literally hundreds of individuals who support Outreach. Our daily operations are conducted by a small, dedicated team of six persons, three full-time and three part-time, who uphold the dignity, respect and health of the Members, and function as a community that is family.
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