Portland and PSU Resources and Other Interesting Stuff

PSU-specific Resources 

• Basic Needs Hub (503-725-6762) A place to begin looking for general resources, including General Student Emergency Fund, SNAP Assistance/STEP Program, food assistance, housing services, utility bill funds, transportation, hygiene products, etc. 

• Portland State Food Pantry (pantry@pdx.edu) Food and other connects. 

• Student Legal Services (503-725-4556) Semi-comprehensive, free legal consultation for students. Cannot defend students against the University. Immigration-related, intimate partner abuse-related services offered. Monday – Friday, 9 – 5, SMSU M343.

Crisis Intervention

• Project Respond (503-988-4888) A response team providing an array of crisis, specialized, and culturally aware services. Project Respond focuses on helping an individual and/or family regain a sense of control over thoughts, feelings, and events. 

• Portland Street Response (911) Assists people experiencing mental health and behavioral health crises. Call 911 and specifically request PSR anywhere in Portland.

• Trans Lifeline (877-565-8860) Grassroots hotline with a policy against non-consensual active rescue. Offers direct emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis—for the trans community, by the trans community.

• Lines for Life (988/800-273-8255) 24-hour crisis line, offers help to individuals and loved ones in crisis or when needing confidential help for drug addiction, alcohol abuse, thoughts of suicide, and other mental health issues.

• Línea de Prevención del Suicidio y Crisis: Lifeline (988/888-628-9454) 24/7 Apoyo gratuito y confidencial en español: Preguntas generales sobre la salud mental, depresión, suicidio, y recursos de salud comunitarios.

• National Runaway Safeline (800-786-2929) 24-hr hotline offering support in finding shelter, food, medical assistance, counseling for runaway & houseless youth. Also provides mediation between family and free bus tickets home. Text: 66008

• Call to Safety (888-235-5333) Comprehensive domestic violence crisis line, follow-up advocacy, support groups, community outreach & PDX Bad Date Line.

• Violencia Domestica y Sexual: Proyecto UNICA (503-232-4448) Una línea para ayuda en crisis, planificación de seguridad, abogacía de vivienda, y grupos de apoyo.

• Домашнее насилие: POCC Программа помощи жертвам домашнего насилия (503-777-3437) Круглосуточная кризисная линия и помощь в кризисных ситуациях

Immigration Support

• Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition (888-622-1510) Call if you see an Immigration/ICE raid in the area. Volunteer or donate to their efforts here. Para reportar redadas de la migra en el área de Portland y sus alrededores. Llame si usted ve que una redada de la MIGRA o ICE está ocurriendo. 

• Immigration Psychology Access Team (971-323-3258): A nonprofit org dedicated to providing these efficient, professional, and cost-effective psychological evaluations of trauma for overall health or specifically for immigration cases.

• Equity Corps of Oregon (888-274-7292) Ongoing legal support, including immigration. 

Mental Health Services

• Non-carceral mental health support resources (external site)

• Mental Health: Multnomah County Crisis Line (503-988-4888) Team of mental health professionals helps anyone facing mental health challenges in any language. Additional counties—Clark: 360-696-9560, Clackamas: 503-655-8585, Washington: 503-291-9111

• Mental Health: Unity Center for Behavioral Health, 1225 NE 2nd Ave (503-944-8000) 24-hour behavioral/mental health services providing immediate and long-term psychiatric care.

• Racial Equity Support Line (503-575-3764) Led/staffed by people with lived experience of racism. Offering support to people of color who are feeling the impacts of racist violence, microaggressions, immigration struggles, and cross-cultural issues. 

Misc. Legal

• National Lawyers Guild (503-902-5340) Jail Support (mostly political). Call if: in jail and/or after release, witness arrests, or witness/experience police brutality. NLG aims to be the legal arm of Portland’s radical movement. Repeat or leave message if needed.

• Mass Defense Hotline (971-247-1072) Not affiliated with NLG. Jail and bail support for political arrestees. 

• PCC Community Legal & Educational Access & Referral Clinic (CLEAR, clear-clinic@pcc.edu) Criminal record and eviction expungements; DACA renewals; housing and immigration court navigation; legal name and gender-marker changes; other legal advice and referrals. PCC Cascade, Terrell Hall, Room 112 – fall term free parking in PCC lots. Days & Times: Mondays and Fridays, 12 to 4pm; DACA Renewals: Mondays; All other services: Fridays. Needs Spanish and non-Spanish speaking volunteers (apply at the bottom). 

This page is only sorta under construction. H/T John Hipp