PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon launched a new program on Friday that connects eligible Oregon Health Plan members with rent assistance and other housing benefits — aiming to help Oregonians with ...

Dr. Sejal Hathi visited an affordable housing project for farmworkers in March, 2024, in Lebanon as part of her statewide "listening tour." ...

Oregon is the first in the nation to roll out rental assistance as a statewide Medicaid benefit for eligible OHP members, according to the Oregon Health Authority. People would need to have a ...

Oregon Medicaid advisers, alarmed by the turbulent rollout of a new rent assistance benefit, pressed state health officials this week for answers over delays they acknowledged have left thousands of ...

Beginning Nov. 1, Oregon’s Medicaid program takes on a new approach to improving overall health via housing benefits. Qualifying Oregon Health Plan members will be eligible for six months of rent ...

Calli Ross’s son Tennyson was assigned a number this summer. It’s 136. So was Paige Hall’s son James. He’s 156. And Shasta Kearns Moore’s son Malachi is 1,151. Shasta Kearns Moore helps lead the group ...