A Hoarding Alliance local resource guide

Hoarding support in Bend, Oregon.

A respectful place to begin, whether you are looking for support for yourself, worried about someone you love, or trying to respond to a safety, housing, care, or practical concern in Deschutes County.

People first.Then the stuff.A Fight the Blight initiative

Start here - Fight the Blight

You do not have to know the perfect next step.

Fight the Blight is the nonprofit and virtual-group front door for people affected by hoarding and clutter concerns. People in Bend and Deschutes County can also use city, county, regional, statewide, national, and independent pathways for crisis, housing, aging, disability, protective services, benefits, food, shelter, legal help, health care, peer support, and practical navigation. No outside listing is an endorsement; each organization sets its own eligibility, cost, hours, service area, capacity, consent, and safety rules.

For immediate danger

For immediate danger, fire, serious injury, or a life-threatening medical emergency, call 911. For behavioral-health crisis support, call or text 988; Deschutes County also directs people to its 24/7 Stabilization Center pathway. For housing, food, utilities, and basic-needs navigation, call Oregon 211 or review NeighborImpact and local shelter entry points. Crisis, shelter, and public-resource availability can change; confirm directly before traveling.

First conversations

A few good places to start

You do not need to know the perfect service name before reaching out. These organizations can help you understand the landscape and identify a next step.

24/7 crisis line, walk-in assessment, stabilization, respite, and peer support - Deschutes County; short-term crisis and clinical-capability rules apply

Deschutes County Crisis Services

Deschutes County says its crisis services are available to any individual in need, without requiring Oregon Health Plan coverage. The Stabilization Center in Bend is available 24/7 for short-term assessment and stabilization when a person does not need an acute-care hospital or longer-term residential care; the County directs people to call 541-322-7500 ext. 9, 800-875-7364, or 988. Call 911 for immediate danger.

Community-resource search and referral - Bend, Deschutes County, and statewide; provider availability, eligibility, and capacity vary

Oregon 211

Oregon 211 can help locate current housing, shelter, food, utility, health, disability, legal, transportation, and other basic-needs resources. It is a navigation pathway, not emergency dispatch or a guarantee that a provider has an open bed or appointment.

Free peer-led mental-health support and education - Bend and Central Oregon; group schedules and participation rules vary

NAMI Central Oregon

NAMI Central Oregon offers free peer-led support groups and education for adults who have experienced mental-health symptoms and for families or supporters. Ask about current Connection groups, locations, accessibility, privacy, and whether a peer or family pathway fits.

County behavioral-health, addiction, crisis, and recovery-care pathway - Deschutes County; clinical intake, coverage, and program rules apply

Deschutes County Behavioral Health

Deschutes County Behavioral Health serves residents facing serious mental-health and addiction concerns, with services in Bend, Redmond, and La Pine. Ask about current access, eligibility, treatment, recovery, peer support, and whether the situation fits crisis stabilization, outpatient care, or another level.

Qualified-care and support search - national and telehealth options; providers self-report and payment rules vary

IOCDF Hoarding Resource Directory

The International OCD Foundation directory can be searched for clinicians, support groups, organizers, and programs that indicate an interest in hoarding-related care. Ask about experience, licensure, fees, insurance, wait time, privacy, and whether home-based or telehealth work fits.

Safety and stability

When the concern involves safety, housing, or crisis

These pathways serve different situations. Read the labels carefully before calling, especially when a response may involve crisis care, protective services, shelter, housing rules, legal advocacy, or emergency dispatch.

Immediate danger and emergency dispatch - Bend and Deschutes County; use for fire, medical emergency, violence, or immediate threat

911 Emergency Services

Call 911 when there is immediate danger, fire, a medical emergency, violence, or a threat that cannot wait for a scheduled service. Emergency dispatch is not a hoarding-support program, counseling service, or cleanup provider.

24/7 short-term mental-health crisis assessment, stabilization, respite, and peer-support pathway - Bend; medical-capability and admission rules apply

Deschutes County Stabilization Center

The Stabilization Center is a 24/7 short-term crisis assessment and stabilization pathway for children and adults who do not need an acute-care hospital or longer-term residential care. The County lists 63311 NE Jamison Street in Bend; call 541-322-7500 ext. 9, 800-875-7364, or 988 to discuss access. Walk-in and admission rules apply. This is not an emergency department, cleanup provider, or guaranteed housing placement.

Adult-protection reporting for abuse, neglect, self-neglect, and financial exploitation - Deschutes County; elder, disability, and intake rules apply

Deschutes County Adult Protective Services

Deschutes County lists local contacts for reporting suspected abuse of older adults or adults with physical disabilities, as well as a statewide safe-line. Reports may lead to screening, investigation, and protective-service coordination; call 911 if someone is in immediate danger.

Property-maintenance, nuisance, and public-safety code pathway - Bend city limits; complaint, jurisdiction, notice, and compliance rules apply

City of Bend Code Enforcement

Bend's current issue-reporting page lists Code Enforcement pathways for excessive trash or rubbish on private property, no heat, water, or electricity, nuisances affecting public health, and other property or public-safety concerns. Confirm that the issue is within city jurisdiction and ask about notice, inspection, correction, and enforcement rules; a complaint is not a guaranteed cleanup, relocation, or support service.

Fire-code, inspection, permit, and property-safety pathway - Bend and parts of Deschutes County; inspection and correction rules apply

City of Bend Fire and Life-Safety Inspections

Bend Fire Rescue and the county rural fire district follow the Oregon Fire Code and provide fire-safety, inspection, and permit information. Use this for fire and life-safety questions, not general hoarding support; call 911 for an active fire or immediate threat.

Confidential domestic-violence and sexual-assault advocacy, emergency shelter, safety planning, legal advocacy, and housing support - Central Oregon; survivor-intake and capacity rules apply

Saving Grace

Saving Grace offers confidential services for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including a 24/7 hospital-response team and helpline, emergency shelter, legal advocacy, counseling referrals, and housing support. This is a violence-safety pathway, not general hoarding support; call 911 for immediate danger.

Income-qualified city water-bill assistance - Bend utility customers; income, household, and application rules apply

City of Bend Low-Income Water Assistance

The City of Bend offers a low-income assistance program administered through a local community-action agency. Ask about current eligibility, documentation, application timing, and whether utility assistance can help stabilize a household while other housing or support concerns are addressed.

Low-barrier shelter, safe parking, outreach, coordinated entry, and housing-stabilization navigation - Bend; shelter intake, eligibility, and bed rules apply

City of Bend Shelter and Coordinated Entry

The City identifies coordinated entry as the communitywide intake process used to match people experiencing homelessness with available resources. The city supports nonprofit shelters and services but does not operate them; confirm walk-up access, intake, transportation, accessibility, and current capacity.

Statewide reporting for abuse, neglect, self-neglect, and financial exploitation of older or vulnerable adults - Oregon; safe-line and emergency rules apply

Oregon Adult Abuse Reporting

Oregon DHS directs people to report suspected abuse or neglect of an older person or vulnerable adult through its safe-line. This is a protective-services pathway and not a general cleanup service; call 911 for immediate danger.

People and practical help

Housing, food, care, transportation, and ongoing support

These listings connect the local community with housing, food, behavioral health, benefits, transit, survivor advocacy, disability support, peer support, and practical resources. Ask about current availability, cost, scope, consent, and safety before relying on them.

Walk-up, low-barrier shelter, meals, navigation, and housing-centered support - Bend; walk-up access, capacity, and shelter rules apply

Lighthouse Navigation Center

The City of Bend identifies the Lighthouse Navigation Center as the only walk-up, low-barrier shelter in Bend and directs people who need a place to sleep or a meal to 275 NE 2nd Street. Confirm current hours, capacity, accessibility, belongings rules, and what services are available that day.

High-barrier emergency shelter, meals, case management, and housing support - Central Oregon; intake, screening, household, and capacity rules apply

Bethlehem Inn

Bethlehem Inn provides a safe place to sleep, meals, and case management for adults and children experiencing homelessness in Central Oregon. Ask about current screening, family access, accessibility, length of stay, belongings, and bed availability before traveling.

Low-barrier emergency shelter and temporary housing for households experiencing homelessness - Bend; coordinated-entry assessment and interest-list rules apply

NeighborImpact Emergency Shelter

NeighborImpact operates low-barrier emergency shelter units in Bend and directs people to complete a housing assessment through Central Oregon’s Coordinated Entry System. Confirm the current interest list, household eligibility, accessibility, transportation, and capacity.

Rent, utility, housing-stability, food, and community-action support - Central Oregon; funding, income, documentation, and appointment rules apply

NeighborImpact Housing and Rental Assistance

NeighborImpact supports Central Oregon households with emergency shelter, rental assistance, utility assistance, food, and other programs. Ask about current funding, household eligibility, documents, wait time, and whether a concern belongs with housing, energy, food, or another referral pathway.

Homelessness outreach, mail, medical and health referrals, transportation, employment, and basic-needs support - Bend; outreach and resource-capacity rules apply

REACH Central Oregon

REACH provides a trusted outreach connection for people experiencing homelessness in Bend and may help with mail, health services, transportation, employment placement, sleeping supplies, hygiene items, and other basic needs. It is not a shelter guarantee or cleanup provider.

Dignified food relief and food-security support - Bend and Central Oregon; no proof of residence or income for first visit, ongoing program rules apply

The Giving Plate

The Giving Plate's Community Store welcomes people struggling with food insecurity in Central Oregon. The current program page lists 61470 S. Hwy 97 in Bend and says no proof of residence or income is required for a first visit; ongoing support asks households to meet USDA TEFAP income rules. Current posted hours are Wednesday 2-6 p.m., Thursday and Friday 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and Saturday 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; confirm hours, accessibility, transportation, and household rules.

Local resource navigation for housing, food, health care, benefits, and basic needs - Central Oregon; referral, eligibility, and provider-capacity rules apply

Thrive Central Oregon

Thrive Central Oregon helps people connect with local resources, including Oregon Health Plan information, health-care connections, housing, food, employment, and basic needs. Confirm current services, hours, documents, and whether a direct provider or 211 referral is the best next step.

Free civil legal information, advice, and representation for eligible low-income residents - Deschutes County and Central Oregon; income, issue, and intake rules apply

Central Oregon Regional Legal Aid Office

Legal Aid Services of Oregon’s Central Oregon office serves Deschutes County and lists housing, consumer, family, government-benefits, bankruptcy, and discrimination issues among its areas of work. Financial eligibility generally centers on income at or below 125% of the federal poverty level; confirm current intake and scope.

Certified peer support, recovery mentoring, outreach, sober living, and structured residential support - Bend and Central Oregon; program, recovery, and housing rules vary

Central Oregon Peer Services

Central Oregon Peer Services provides peer support, outreach, recovery mentoring, structured residential programming, vocational support, and sober living. Ask about current access, cost, housing openings, and whether the need is best served by peer, recovery, clinical, or crisis support.

Safe peer and recovery connection space for young adults and community members - Bend and Redmond; schedule and enrollment rules vary

The Drop

Deschutes County describes The Drop as a safe, supportive place for connection and lists peer and recovery-oriented activities. Ask about current Bend hours, age or enrollment rules, accessibility, privacy, and whether a different crisis or behavioral-health pathway is needed.

County and city housing, shelter, coordinated-entry, outreach, and stabilization map - Deschutes County; program availability and eligibility vary

Deschutes County Housing and Homelessness Navigation

The City’s shelter and services page brings together local nonprofit partners, coordinated entry, low-barrier shelter, safe parking, outreach, and housing-centered case management. Use it to identify a current entry point, then confirm access, capacity, transportation, and support scope directly.

State housing, rent, utility, food, legal, fair-housing, and recovery-resource navigation - Oregon with Deschutes County pathways; OHCS does not provide direct services

Oregon Housing and Community Services

Oregon Housing and Community Services maintains a housing-help page that points residents toward 211, rental and utility support, food resources, legal aid, fair-housing support, and related programs. Confirm the actual local provider, eligibility, cost, intake, and capacity before relying on a referral.

SNAP, food, meal, and aging-disability food-navigation pathway - Oregon with Deschutes County resources; income and program rules apply

Oregon Food and Benefit Resources

Oregon DHS directs residents to food resources and the Aging and Disability Resource Connection for local meal programs and food boxes. Ask about current SNAP application methods, eligibility, documentation, accessible delivery, and whether 211 or a local pantry is the fastest route.

Permanent supportive-housing collaboration, rental assistance, in-home support, and long-term housing pathway - Central Oregon; referral, housing, and capacity rules apply

Central Oregon FUSE

Central Oregon FUSE collaborates on permanent supportive housing and pairs housing with long-term support. Ask about current projects, referral pathways, eligibility, accessibility, and whether a person needs coordinated entry, rental assistance, or another housing-stability service first.

Peer support and resource connection for women after recovery programs - Bend and Central Oregon; program, stage-of-recovery, and schedule rules apply

New Each Morning

New Each Morning connects women moving from recovery programs toward work, stability, and community resources and describes peer-support specialists with lived experience. Ask about current access, eligibility, privacy, and whether it fits a person’s recovery or employment goals.

Private-pay hoarding support, organizing help, groups, and family guidance - broader service area; scope, cost, scheduling, travel, consent, and safety rules apply

The Peer Tree

The Peer Tree is the private-pay pathway for organizing help, decluttering support, groups, family guidance, and practical next steps when a grant or public program is not the right fit. Ask about scope, cost, travel, consent, safety, and whether support is available in Bend or Deschutes County.

Digital peer-support pathway for people affected by hoarding and clutter concerns - online; not therapy or emergency support

Unburied

Unburied, from The Peer Tree, offers a judgment-free digital pathway with peer support, groups, and tools for people directly affected and for friends or family supporters. It is not therapy, a crisis service, or a substitute for emergency help.

Veteran benefits, behavioral-health, crisis, and service-navigation pathway - Deschutes County; veteran status, program, appointment, and eligibility rules apply

Deschutes County Veterans Services

Deschutes County's Veterans Services page brings together veteran-focused mental-health and crisis contacts, including the County Behavioral Health pathway, the Bend VA community-based outpatient clinic, and the Central Oregon Vet Center. Ask about current eligibility, appointment access, transportation, and whether the need is benefits navigation, behavioral health, peer support, or crisis response.

A note from the Alliance

Start with the person. Then decide what the situation needs.

This guide is anchored in Bend, Oregon, and includes city, county, state, nonprofit, national, and independent pathways. A listing here does not mean Fight the Blight endorses every provider or can guarantee availability. The Hoarding Alliance is not a city or county agency, therapy practice, emergency service, or cleanup company. We will keep reviewing this page, but please confirm details directly before relying on them.

Need help choosing a path? Contact Fight the Blight