Community members,
We are pleased to provide a summary of the past week’s activity for the Streets Services Coordination Center, a collaborative team dedicated to streamlining services offered to those living outside and to expedite homelessness related cleanup efforts throughout Portland in a compassionate manner.
Our team is comprised of the Homelessness and Urban Camping Impact Reduction Program, Fire & Rescue, police, transportation, parks and recreation, and Multnomah County. Together we’ve taken a collective approach to remove campsites that pose the highest risk to health and safety. We coordinate our work, share information and resources, and communicate with one another on a daily basis.
Shelter referrals
Thanks to the Joint Office of Homeless Services, the Street Services Coordination Center has designated shelter beds available to those impacted by campsite removals. We offer shelter beds to as many people experiencing homelessness as possible, we estimate that we have offered shelter beds to approximately 2,000 people from April - August 2022. The data below only represents the number of people who said they were interested in a shelter referral and a call was made to determine availability.
Here is the Streets Services Coordination Center shelter referral information for September 19 - 25, 2022:
43 people expressed an interest in a shelter referral
38 people accepted shelter referrals
14 people used a shelter bed for at least one night
Since April 11, 2022 the Streets Services Coordination Center has offered shelter referrals to a total of 936 individuals, and a total of 386 people have used a shelter bed for at least one night.
Campsite assessment, cleanup and removal highlights
From September 19 - 25, 2022, the Impact Reduction Program:
- Received 3778 new campsite reports in which 884 were reports regarding three locations along SE Powell Blvd; including 449 reports of people living in vehicles
- Observed about 361active campsites, accounting for duplicate reports about the same locations
- Assessed approximately 724 campsites, engaging with people living there, collecting garbage and biohazardous materials, and coordinating with service providers
- Cleaned 6campsites, removing only identified garbage and biohazardous materials
- Removed 52campsites that posed a risk to health and safety, safely storing campers' personal property
Summary
- Shelter referrals offered: 43
- Shelter referrals accepted: 38
- Shelter beds used: 14
- Campsite reports received: 3778
- Active campsites observed: 361
- Campsite assessments: 724
- Campsites cleaned: 6
- Campsites removed: 52
See all campsite locations reported last week.
See all campsite locations reported during the last 12 weeks.
North Portland
The Impact Reduction Team cleaned and removed the following sites:
- I-5 SB on ramp from N Going (1)
- N Kerby on ramp to I-405
Based on health and safety criteria, the following locations have been posted for removal:
- N Carey and N Princeton-Willamette
- N Pier 99 near I-5 NB
- N Marine Dr bike path
- I-5 NB off ramp at N Marine Dr
- N Marine Way and N Marine Dr
- N Union Ct Dog Park
- N Victory at I-5 NB off ramp
- I-5 NB off ramp at N Lombard
- I-5 NB off ramp loop at N Lombard
- N Montana and N Liberty
- I-5 NB on ramp at N Rosa Parks
- I-5 SB off ramp at N Rosa Parks
- N Minnesota and N Jessup
- N Minnesota and N Killingsworth
- N Minnesota and N Killingsworth-Ainsworth
- N Going St near N Going Ct
- N Going and N Greeley
- N Going and N Interstate
- I-5 SB on ramp from N Going (2)
- N Kerby off ramp from I-405
- N Larrabee and N Hancock
Northeast Portland
The Impact Reduction Team cleaned and removed the following sites:
- NE 3rd and NE Hancock
- I-5 SB ramp to I-84 EB near NE Grand
- NE 33rd, south of NE McConnell (2)
- NE 125th and E Burnside
- NE 127th and E Burnside
- NE 127th and E Burnside-NE Glisan
Based on health and safety criteria, the following locations have been posted for removal:
- NE Argyle, west of NE 33rd
- NE 33rd and NE Holland
- NE 66th and NE Hassalo
- NE 68th and NE Halsey
- NE 68th near Donald E. Long
- I-84 EB off ramp at NE 68th
- NE 82nd and NE Milton
- I-205 SB, north of NE Glisan
- NE 100th and NE Glisan
- NE 125th-127th and E Burnside
- NE 125th Pl and NE Shaver
- NE 125th Pl, north of NE Shaver
- NE 128th and E Burnside
- Cross Levy
- Cross Levy East
- NE MLK at the Columbia Slough (south side)
- Big 4 Corners North (1)
- Big 4 Corners North (2)
- Big 4 Corners South (1)
- Big 4 Corners South (2)
Southeast Portland
The Impact Reduction Team cleaned and removed the following sites:
- Near 528 SE Ivon
- SE Sandy and SE Oak-Pine
- SE 2nd and SE Morrison (a)
- SE 5th and SE Washington
- SE 8th and SE Washington
- SE 9th and SE Main
- SE 20th and SE Powell-Tibbetts
- SE 28th and SE Francis
- SE 32nd and SE Hawthorne
- SE 79th-8th and SE Ash
- SE 80th and SE Pine
- SE 81st and SE Ash
- SE 82nd and SE Pine
- SE 82nd and SE Oak
- SE 94th and SE Raymond
- I-205 MUP at SE Harold
- I-205 MUP at SE Gladstone
- I-205 MUP at SE Gladstone-Boise
- I-205 NB off ramp at SE Division
- SE 96th and SE Boise
- SE 98th and SE Division
- SE 146th and SE Stark
- SwCT from SE 145th-174th (2)
- SE 174th near SE Circle Ave
- SE Circle and SE Jenne
Based on health and safety criteria, the following locations have been posted for removal:
- SE Water and SE Alder
- SE Water-2nd and SE Morrison
- SE MLK-Grand and SE Morrison
- SE 6th-7th and SE Washington-Stark
- SE 8th and SE Yamhill
- SE 9th and SE Taylor
- SE 10th and SE Stephens
- SE 30th and SE Alder
- SE 36th and SE Lafayette
- SE 37th and SE Stark-Oak (1)
- SE 37th and SE Stark-Oak (2)
- SE 38th-Cesar Chavez and SE Oak
- SE Cesar Chavez and SE Oak
- SE 45th and SE Madison
- SE 48th and SE Woodstock
- SE 94th and SW Boise
- SwCT from SE 92nd-MUP
- I-205 MUP at SE 93rd
- I-205 MUP from SE Holgate-Schiller
- I-205 NB from SE Holgate-Cora
- I-205 NB near SE Mt Scott
- I-205 SB on ramp at SE Foster
- I-205 NB/SB from SE Foster-Woodstock
- Steele St Pedestrian Bridge
- SE 97th and SE Center
- SE 111th-112th and SE Clinton
- SE 120th-122nd and E Burnside
- SE 122nd-125th and E Burnside
- SE 136th and SE Powell (water bureau)
- SE 152nd and SE Foster
- SE 160th, north of SE Alder
- SE Flavel underpass to SE Mt Scott
- SwCT-SE Flavel, east of I-205
- SwCT from SE 145th-174th (1)
- SE Tacoma and SE Tenino
Southwest Portland
The Impact Reduction Team cleaned and removed the following sites:
- Burnside Bridge approach (south side)
- SW 2nd and SW Ash
- SW 3rd and SW Oak-Pine
- SW Park and SW Columbia
- SW 9th and SW Washington-Harvey Milk
- Hwy 26 off ramp to SW Market
- SW Montgomery bike path
- SW 14th and SW Montgomery field
- SW 26th underneath I-5
- SW 26th and SW Dolph
- SW 26th and SW Barbur Ct
- SW Barbur Ct ramp
Based on health and safety criteria, the following locations have been posted for removal:
- I-405 NB off ramp to SW 4th
- I-405 SB on ramp from SW Broadway
- I-405 SB from SW 4th-Naito
- SW 1st and SW Ankeny
- SW 3rd and SW Main
- SW Oak-Harvey Milk and SW Naito
- Hwy 26 on ramp from SW 13th
- SW Jefferson St and SW Canyon
Northwest Portland
The Impact Reduction Team cleaned and removed the following sites:
- NW Naito, north of Broadway Bridge (1)
- NW Naito, north of Broadway Bridge (2)
- NW 1st and NW Glisan
- NW 2nd and NW Couch
- NW 2nd and NW Glisan
- NW 3rd and NW Couch-Davis
- NW 17th and NW Raleigh
Based on health and safety criteria, the following locations have been posted for removal:
- W Burnside and NW Naito SB
- NW 1st and W Burnside
- NW 1st and NW Flanders
- NW 1st at Steel Bridge ramp
- NW 2nd and NW Davis
- NW 2nd and NW Flanders
- NW 3rd and NW Everett
- NW 3rd and NW Flanders
- NW 4th and NW Flanders
- NW Park and NW Couch
- NW Park and NW Davis
- NW Park-9th and NW Couch
- NW 9th and NW Irving
- NW 20th and NW Thurman, underneath Hwy 30