Our 24-hour crisis hotline is:
541-266-6800 or 888-543-5763
The Genoa Healthcare pharmacy located here is open and ready to serve you – even if you’re meeting with your doctor by phone or video!
Phone: 541-435-2278
Hours: M-F 8am-5pm, closed for lunch 12pm-1pm
Nurse home visiting program set to launch in Coos County
The South Coast Early Learning Hub is announcing its new partnership with Coos Health & Wellness, focused on supporting the community’s families in ensuring newborns have an early start to lifelong health. Beginning in late…
Water Safety Starts with You: Protect Every Drop of Life!
Drowning is a leading cause of injury-related death among children, with risks varying across different age groups. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), drowning is the single leading cause of death among children…
Listen Up! Protect Your Hearing for a Lifetime of Sound
Hearing is one of our most valuable senses, yet it is often taken for granted until damage occurs. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 40 million adults in the U.S…
Safe Sleep Saves Lives: Protect Your Baby from SIDS
Every year, thousands of infants die suddenly and unexpectedly during sleep. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is the leading cause of death for babies under one year…
Pertussis Cases on the Rise in Coos County
Public Health officials are closely monitoring an increased rate of positive and presumptive cases of Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, within county schools. This illness is affecting both students who have not been vaccinated…
The Center Collaborative
Creative Solutions in Behavioral Health and Criminal Justice
Megan Ridle, Coos Health & Wellness Brief Treatment Crisis Services Manager and a Licensed Professional Counselor; Ross Acker, Advanced Health CCO Director of Coordinated Care and a Licensed Professional Counselor; and Kelley Andrews, Retired Coos County Sheriff Office Captain discuss:
- Building relationships with partners from the ground up;
- The evolution of partnerships and programs within Coos County;
- The importance of CIT being about relationships and not just a training;
- Coos County’s work on starting a sobering center; and
- Discussion of cases that highlight the importance of behavioral health and law enforcement working together.
For more information about CIT in Oregon, visit OCBHJI’s CIT page. For more information about the partnership between OCBHJI and DPSST via the Crisis Intervention Teams Center of Excellence (CITCOE), visit our CITCOE page.
