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Peer respite award paused after justice department lawyers open investigation
by
Jake Thomas
|The Lund Report Premium
August 8, 2023
 
Black Mental Health Oregon was one of three nonprofits selected to open and operate a "peer respite center." The new facilities will offer people in mental health crisis a place to stay for up to two weeks. Most offer residents their own bedrooms. | SHUTTERSTOCK
Editor's note: The initial version of this article inadvertently failed to disclose that an advocate quoted in this article had a

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Black Mental Health Oregon was one of three nonprofits selected to open and operate a "peer respite center." The new facilities will offer people in mental health crisis a place to stay for up to two weeks. Most offer residents their own bedrooms.