[Comm-partners] Tuesday Tidbits - Mental and Physical Health

Tue May 13 16:45:33 PDT 2025

Hello District 5 Self-Sufficiency/Oregon Eligibility Partnership/Child Welfare Staff and Community Partners,

Tuesday Tidbits are short, specific info bites you can use and share to increase collective knowledge of Lane County's wide-ranging community resource landscape.
Below you will find Mental and Physical Health resources being offered in and for our local community.

[cid:image004.jpg at 01DBC426.6D6D69D0]C.O.R.E. (Community Outreach through Radical Empowerment) has a new program, Milkweed & Honey, a new culturally rooted program offering doula services and peer-led case management for young people (ages 16–29). Milkweed and Honey is a fiscally sponsored project under CORE. Milkweed  & Honey was founded by Nessa Bauer who has years of experience working in the field as a peer, and as a full spectrum doula.
Milkweed & Honey is co-housed alongside CORE’s existing services.
Milkweed & Honey’s offers

  *   Doula Support: Culturally responsive care for young adults reproductive health journeys (pregnancy, loss, termination, reunification, birth control, etc.) .
  *   Peer Case Management: Housing, benefits, education, resource and systems navigation rooted in meeting you where you are at.
How to Refer
To make it easier. Milkweed and Honey and CORE are both under the same Services Request Form<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1IQ1JaN8ZLF-ONiI-pHWN1BQRIHVrH_S9JpJGTioDM8E/edit>.

  *   QR codes (go straight to our request form)
  *   Direct links: <http://goog_1186237844/> Website<https://coreeugene.org/> (Milkweed section coming soon) | Facebook<https://link/> | Instagram<https://link/>
  *   Email info at coreeugene.org<https://mailto:info@coreeugene.org/>
  *   Main Line: (503) 877-5320
Reminder: Both programs are small. Please feel free to reach out with questions.

[cid:image006.jpg at 01DBC426.6D6D69D0]Lane County Health and Human Services created an easy-to-read, printable Outdoor Air Quality Guide Poster to help parents, caregivers, and educators quickly assess outdoor safety for young children using the Air Quality Index (AQI).
📊 Color-coded and clear, this guide makes it simple to know when it’s okay to run, jump, and play outside—and when it’s time to take it indoors.
🖨️ Download the poster and help protect little lungs: https://bit.ly/4jaWsqt

[cid:image008.jpg at 01DBC426.6D6D69D0]Oregon Family Support Network is offering a virtual training, Family Led Crisis Planning, on June 10, 2025 at 9:00am.
“Person & Family-Centered Planning” is not just a catchy new phrase in the mental health world for families. During this training, we will highlight the importance of family members having active participation and an active role in the design of their mental health crisis plan. Together we will focus on how the family and youth perspective, lived experience and culture can guide effective crisis planning within all 12 life domains.
Register Here<https://jf76p6iab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001WLDwh2Xe8sad3Wcv6VxyrwIqBxA5oMqWR-fBaXEEaqQ1MekRJ5sH0F1KV-2Ve5XpO749KrUHDZEXK2ILUEWLb4_C2V0eCzP0Gx_qOb8-z-kE9_JeX_WURFKQU5WgUQaejRee8z5jwa--0pIQyKRE70pgQ6hQAANtJWYYOAuo2hQydRqMnIQDjV_eP3RCAC-fE-Yx-fhkOg6Mf22m9h4lWtfhrvxT4Eo-AklI6_JdFJMAGK53yqmrP-OazydZT1180m3Drx22SDLwlbcbZBoSan_SJW-EgueuiV4Ql1Zkg-vfll5Wq0lGGNH8pz4bhkxGgazzjEBQ387Onm3_1WSg_funmNDPKy_68yK_T18kvI9H7G6Q4Aj3m_yQ7ESvnW-aHj6sWE5SndXTnZeUqvFe4g==&c=o2ECvObwC1KQTwesNKRsHCOnQ33qtX77AI7gClcf7YJXeQoOBPV_EA==&ch=_Z9iojmJiYLR3uFYBRXK0jgKZ8Cn85l8nzO31-rreaqK1Pd2zaNQFQ==>

[cid:image010.png at 01DBC426.6D6D69D0]<https://www.instagram.com/p/DJV7VLLO9mu/?igsh=Z3V0eHAwOW5kMDJm>QUEER/TRANS COMMUNITY YOGA

WHEN: Sundays at 10am, starting May 18th
WHERE: The Lavender Network, 440 Maxwell Rd, Eugene

All bodies and abilities are welcome! No experience is necessary, come as you are. Please bring your own mat.

Suggested donation $5 - $12, no one turned away for lack of funds ❤

See QT Community Yoga Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/p/DJV7VLLO9mu/?igsh=Z3V0eHAwOW5kMDJm> for more information!

[cid:image011.png at 01DBC425.745679E0]<https://www.flourishtherapy.org/services>FLOURISH THERAPY
Subsidized Therapy for the LGBTQIA+ Community
At Flourish Therapy, we are committed to expanding access to affordable, culturally competent, evidence-based behavioral and mental health services for LGBTQIA+ individuals, couples, and families.
Flourish Therapy is a clinical care program that provides individual, couples, family and group counseling for all age groups, including short- and long-term counseling, crisis intervention, parent intervention, and support services with a focus on quality care for LGBTQIA+ clients and their families.
Telehealth only at this time. Read more about available services here<https://www.flourishtherapy.org/services>.
Does not currently take OHP, however offers services affordably on a sliding scale: We offer therapy that is culturally competent and affordable. One-third of our clients pay less than $25 per session. We also provide more than 400 sessions of free mental health treatment each month to clients who are unable to afford the cost of therapy.
www.flourishtherapy.org<http://www.flourishtherapy.org/>

[cid:image015.png at 01DBC425.E51D0540]<https://www.nihb.org/global-recognition-of-indigeneity-in-health-a-landmark-moment-for-indigenous-people/>WHO RECOGNIZES INDIGENEITY AS SOCIAL DETERMINANT OF HEALTH
For the last few years, NIHB has worked alongside Indigenous peoples and advocates globally to call for the recognition of Indigeneity as a social determinant of health. Last week, for the first time, World Health Organization (WHO)’s latest World Report on Social Determinants of Health Equity acknowledged that Indigenous people face distinct social determinants of health – shaped by colonization, land loss, and cultural suppression.
This acknowledgement gives policymakers, agencies, and health systems a framework to finally respond to Indigenous health needs with cultural safety and accountability, and validates what Indigenous peoples and advocates have said all along – our health is tied to culture, land, and community.
Check out this link<https://www.nihb.org/global-recognition-of-indigeneity-in-health-a-landmark-moment-for-indigenous-people/> learn more and read the report.

Please email D5Communications at odhsoha.oregon.gov<mailto:D5Communications at odhsoha.oregon.gov> with your questions, comments, suggestions, or requests.

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Warmly,

Tricia Merrick (Pronouns<https://www.mypronouns.org/>: she/her/hers)
Oregon Department of Human Services – Self-Sufficiency Program
Community Partnership Coordinator
D5 Equity and Inclusion Committee Co-Chair
101 30th St., Springfield, OR 97408
Cell Phone:  541-321-5235
Oregon Child Abuse Hotline Number:  1-855-503-SAFE (7233) *24/7
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Vision: Safety, health and independence for all Oregonians
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