La Clínica on Oregon Public Broadcasting
La Clínica was honored to be featured on Oregon Public Broadcasting’s (OPB) Think Out Loud program in December 2022. “Reckoning with the homelessness crisis in The Dalles” features OCH partner Kenny LaPoint of Mid-Columbia Community Action Council (MCCAC) an organization that provides services to people experiencing homelessness in Wasco, Hood River and Sherman counties. MCCAC operates the only homeless shelter in Wasco County, a facility made up of 18 tiny homes in an industrial part of The Dalles. Kathryn Perkins, a client experiencing homelessness who has lived in a tiny shelter home for six months, is also featured on the program. Middy Tilghman, a family nurse practitioner at One Community Health and the lead medical provider on La Clínica, provides a tour of the mobile medical clinic and shares how his team provides care for people experiencing homelessness.
Listen to Think Out Loud: Reckoning with the homelessness crisis in The Dalles here
Read more about MCCAC and OCH’s work to support the homeless community in Wasco County here
La Clínica visits the pallet shelter on Tuesday mornings every week. For more information on the mobile medical clinic, including services and schedule, please visit the La Clínica page here.
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