Imani Center — Addiction treatment center in Portland, OR
Address2040 SE Powell Blvd OR, Portland, OR 97202
Phone+1503-226-4060
Websitecentralcityconcern.org
Imani Center is a culturally specific behavioral health program designed by and for Black and African American people in Portland, Oregon. Founded in 2015, it offers an Afrocentric, whole-person approach to mental health and addiction treatment. The center provides outpatient addiction treatment for adults, including individual and group counseling, peer support, and mentorship. They also offer case management, resource connections, and referrals to housing and primary care. Imani Center emphasizes a communal healing experience, with staff and peer support specialists who understand clients' lived experiences. They accept Oregon Health Plan, self-pay, and some private insurance, and do not turn individuals away for inability to pay.
Best for
- Black and African American individuals
- Adults with addiction concerns
- Individuals seeking culturally specific care
- Those needing support with housing and resources
| Key services | Outpatient addiction treatment, Individual counseling, Group counseling, Peer support, Case management, Referrals to housing |
| Tags | addiction treatment, mental health, portland oregon, afrocentric, culturally specific, black healing, outpatient, peer support, case management, housing referrals |
Reviews on Google3.8 · 40 reviews
All staff and my therapist, Terri, has been consistent, professional,lovely,supportive and giving. I thank God for them. I'm looking forward to returning
Rude rude RUDE employees. Parked outside for all of 20 minutes while waiting to meet up with my CC and had a guy walk up to me ask what we were doing (told him kindly we were waiting for my CC) and then he tells me “no need to have an attitude “ there was no attitude. Maybe if you weren’t nervous that you were being watched smoke marijuana on the job you wouldn’t have that we were rude for sitting where my CC told us too to wait.
My docters are great but if you call to pay your bill don't count on the business office to answer you phone call!!! I don't think anyone works there? Then you will get grief for not paying your bill. Hire someone to work in the business office so I can PAY MY BILL. Thank you.
Very helpful the pictures are of current Housing wait lists available
The case worker I got, Daniel, has been very nice and helpful. He has been way above the average of the stories I've heard from others. On a different note, the buildings they own or manage are run down with slot of people camping around their sidewalks. I've seen much drug and alcohol abuse in and out of their buildings with little intervention or help, as if leaving them alone to kill themselves or realize their need for help is totally at their will without the need from others to spawn a conversation. I am giving a higher than fair rating based on Daniel's great attitude and willingness to help.
Great Organization to help those that wish to change from a life of drugs and poverty as well as a fairly great resource for those homeless souls in need of medical rehabilitation. However no one is perfect, so one should absolutely be on top of one's own schedules and resources. Living quarters is bare minimum cause of funding and those staying in the beds. Better than jail!
We are a hard-working, low-income family trying to find a home. We went to the CC housing office and they did absolutely nothing to help us. What do they even do?
CCC helped me get off the streets and into a program of abstinence from drugs and alcohol. Although the program likes for you to do it "there way", they are willing to work with those who want it. Obviously this program is not for everyone, but getting off drugs, and off the streets after 4 years is a major improvement in MY life, for sure. I have recently completed my A&D program thru CCC, and am now ready to go back to work, try to get my disability, and there is finally hope!! After reading the nasty reviews some people posted, its apparent they were not READY to find a new way to live. If the way they were living was working then why did they come to CCC in the first place. And whats wrong with former homeless and drug addicts actually working somewhere? To those who think they are above the formerly homeless and addicted, NEWS FLASH, it can happen to anyone, many are one paycheck away from this, and I thank CCC from the bottom of my heart for showing me that there is hope! So my quote is this " I may move slow, I may walk slow, but I only move forward" Abraham Lincoln, President
The will not help those trying to help themselves you have to be on drugs or willing to do nothing for nintey days what those of us who are fathers taking care of family members can't wait three months and the little blonde needs to take classes on dealing with people in short where does one go who is just trying to take care of their responsibility's thanks for nothing
Well a few people sling crack out of there, so it causes a bunch of crackheads to hang around the block. Fights and yelling occurs most nights. Also the local pimp likes to hang out front, so there's that too. Just to clarify, this is not an exaggeration, this is literal.
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