Curry County Covid-19 Social Services Updates

10/17/2025

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Join us next week for a free QPR Training. Question, Persuade, and Refer are three steps anyone can learn to help prevent su***de. Learn how you can use these three steps as an emergency response to help someone in crisis. The training is offered at no cost, but registration is required. Register here now: helplinecenter.jotform.com/252125960402146

08/29/2025

We're thrilled to announce our new partnership with the Oregon Law Center Coos Bay! We're teaming up to offer FREE monthly legal clinics for Domestic & Sexual Violence Survivors in Coos & Curry County starting September 2025. ⚖️

These clinics provide critical legal support on issues like protection orders, custody modifications, housing protections, employment issues, public benefits access, legal name changes, and more. 📄🏘️

💜 Coos Bay Clinic:
When: 2nd Tuesday monthly, 10am - 2pm
Where: The SAFE Project Outreach Office, 1681 Newmark Ave, Coos Bay

💚 Gold Beach Clinic:
When: 3rd Tuesday monthly, 10am - 2pm
Where: The SAFE Project Outreach Office, 94250 Leith Rd, Gold Beach

Walk-ins are welcome, appointments are a first-come, first-served basis, and transportation assistance is available. To sign-up for one or more clinics, please call The SAFE Project at 541-756-7000 and speak with an advocate today. ☎️

05/26/2025

Thank you for joining me today, Memorial Day, as we honor the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. Over 1.2 million service members have given their lives so that we can enjoy our freedoms as Americans. We also send our heartfelt thank you to Gold Star family members whose losses are immeasurable. We owe all a debt of gratitude.

04/22/2025

04/18/2025

🧠 🇺🇸 You're Invited – Veterans Brain Injury Providers Workshop & Veterans Community Town Hall

Join us on April 25th for an important event focused on supporting our veterans through better awareness, care, and community connection.

This workshop and town hall will bring together providers, advocates, and veterans to discuss brain injury, access to care, and resources available for our military community. Let’s work together to ensure our veterans receive the care and support they deserve. All are welcome!

📅 Date: April 25th, 10am - 3:30pm.
📍 In-person and virtual attendance options
Southwestern Oregon Community College
--Curry Campus, Kreiger Room, Brookings
--Coos Campus, Empire Hall, Lakeview room E, Coos Bay
--VFW Post 966, Brookings
📩 Email [email protected] for more information, agenda, directions to locations, or Zoom link.

01/04/2025

If you or a loved one shows signs of gambling addiction, you can seek help by calling the national gambling hotline at 1-800-522-4700 or visiting the National Council on Problem Gambling website.

12/25/2024

11/01/2024

Attention Curry County residents. Do you know of a child ages 0-18 that needs a winter coat and lives in Curry County? We are having our annual Warming Curry Coat Drive at Fred Meyer in Brookings on 11/6/2024 from 4PM-7PM. Please share this opportunity far and wide so we can make sure no kids in Curry are cold this winter!

10/27/2024

LONG COVID, CHRONIC FATIGUE, FIBROMYALGIA
—Here is information regarding a free global participant registry from Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) called StudyME. Sign up at: www.omf.ngo/studyme!

When you sign up, you'll be notified about opportunities to participate in research near you or virtually. (Healthy individuals are encouraged to join as healthy controls!)

It takes less than 5 minutes to join; no personal medical information is required.

By signing up for StudyME, you can help accelerate research, expediting the time in which effective treatments are available for all. StudyME connects interested participants directly with research teams to accelerate progress. It's a partnership where your lived experience and OMF’s expertise come together, pushing the boundaries of what's possible.

If you are already part of our registry, thank you!

With gratitude,
Team OMF

10/27/2024

LOCAL HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS PLEASE NOTE
FYI: FALLS AND DEMENTIA RISK

FALLS: Dementia risk could be higher for older adults who experience this type of injury, study finds

"When we hear chest pain, we think heart attack — and when we hear falling, we should be thinking dementia risk."

Michael S. Okun, M.D., medical advisor to the Parkinson’s Foundation and director of the Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at the University of Florida Health, confirmed that when older adults start falling, this could be a potential warning symptom.

LINK:

Getting injured after a fall may be an early warning sign of dementia in older adults, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open last month. Researchers and doctors weigh in.