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Providing Alternative Crisis Resolution
Article reposted with permission from Law Quadrangle of University of Michigan Author: James Weir Laurence Kahn, ’77, has spent his life as an advocate in every sense of the word. Following his earlier experience in government and private practice, Kahn formed a...
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With Friends Like These
She Was Carjacked, Disabled and Homeless Erin, seriously disabled and in her 20's was homeless and living in a car she had recently purchased but had not yet titled in her name because she lacked funds to do so. She had the title certificate with the prior owner’s...
Help Now! Song
Music and Lyrics by former client, Ronnie K. Lyrics: Help Now! When you need some problem resolution Help Now! We’ll help you find a workable solution Help Now! Whatever your present situation Help Now! Whatever your age or occupation Help Now! We’ll clue you to the...
Persistence Pays Off
Richard Marks has enjoyed ...a long career as a night club musician in Oregon and California. He is an accomplished performer on several instruments. All was well until he went to the Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) in...
Family Emergency
One minute 48 year old grandfather ...of three, Bart Ickes, was sitting in the kitchen of his Brookings home along the Oregon coast. The next minute he was slumping over in his chair with an apparent heart attack. His daughter-in-law Tonya called 9-1-1, and Bart was...
Mail Tribune – It’s a ‘sharp’ solution
It's a 'sharp' solution Help Now! Advocacy Center and local pharmacies team up to dispose of used syringes June 05, 2012 By Chris Conrad Mail Tribune As a Type-1 diabetic, Debra Gairson will burn through five syringes of insulin a day to keep her blood sugar at...
Bill Meyer Show – Interview #5
The East Oregonian – Water scam targets Hispanics
Water scam targets Hispanics California-based company tries to sell unneeded purification systems By ERIN MILLS The East Oregonian A California-based company may be attempting to con Hispanic families in Hermiston out of thousands of dollars for un-needed and...
Mail Tribune – Group assists victims of water scam
Group assists victims of water scam About 30 Hispanic families were conned into buying expensive and unnecessary water- filtration systems May 07, 2009 By Chris Conrad Mail Tribune MEDFORD — Help might be on the way for 30 Hispanic families that bought expensive...
Associated Press – Water system scammers hit S. Oregon
Water system scammers hit S. Oregon 03/22/2009 Associated Press When the salesman told Teodoro Perez his tap water was poisoning his family, Perez ponied up $5,000 for a filtering system. The pitch was convincing when the salesman knocked on his door and offered a...