To the passerby, a homeless camp sweep may seem like a heartless way for the police to force homeless people out of sight without doing much to find a sustainable solution. But the relationship between the police and the homeless population is much more complex and so are the many
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Blanchet Farm is Helping Men Rebuild Their Lives
Blanchet Farm in Carlton, Oregon which is operated by nonprofit Blanchet House in Portland has been offering a program to men struggling with addiction and homelessness since 1962. Danny Welch has been living at the farm for a year. He’s learned carpentry, worked on his sobriety thanks to therapy pigs
Some may be wondering why we made a mad dash to Oregon
It was a last minute trip for sure. But, when the grace of God opens a door, you walk through it. Our second oldest son, Dylan Thomas, has struggled with addiction for years now. It has been a maddening, scary, lonely journey that none of us, including him, wants to
“You can end up in a bad position pretty fast”
After successfully graduating from JobCorps’ Culinary Arts program Christian slept on the couch of a friend’s apartment in Gresham. He found a job washing dishes at a prestigious athletic club in downtown Portland. It required him to take the MAX train everyday which was an expense he hadn’t planned for.
Off the Street, Back to Blanchet
It was the early 90s in Portland. Jessica Carroll had a mohawk, a methamphetamine addiction, and most nights slept under the SW Clay St. overpass. 17-years-old, homeless and hungry she would often eat at the Blanchet House of Hospitality. “It was a place I could always go to eat,” says
Farm resident Danny Welch speaks to OPB’s Dave Miller
The Blanchet Farm Residential Program provides housing, food and peer support for men in recovery from addiction. Listen here: http://bit.ly/2xEVmzc
Where some go when there is no place to go
Men struggling with addiction are finding refuge at the Blanchet House, a nonprofit in Portland, Oregon, that vows it will ‘never give up’ on them.
Pigs at Blanchet Farm Aid Veteran’s Recovery
After serving two tours in Afghanistan, Airborne Paratrooper Lindsey Stolz, was diagonsed with PTSD. He also struggled with drinking and drugs. The VA helped him find treatment programs but he continued to relapse. “If I knew that a place like Blanchet Farm existed, I would have come sooner. The things
All In: Dedicating a Year to Serving Portland’s Homeless and Low-Income Populations
Until a month ago, I had never been to the Northwest. It called to me as a distant concept—the mountains and coast, the coffee culture and music scene, the quirkiness and earthiness (even before I knew I was moving to Portland, my ideas of the region were decidedly Portland-centric).
Father and Son Reunited
In early 2017, JP checked into a DePaul Treatment Center having reached the “bottom of the barrel.” He was suffering with acute alcoholism and was unable to take care of his 10-year-old son Connor, whom he had full custody of. After a short stay at DePaul, JP came to live