About Coda
Our Mission
Through patient-centered care, community partnerships, and advocacy for effective public policy, CODA is dedicated to treating people whose health and quality of life are compromised by alcohol and drugs.
Our Vision
We envision communities in which substance use and mental health conditions are recognized as public health issues that are preventable and treatable. We envision a society in which people with histories of substance use and mental health conditions, people at risk for these conditions, and people in recovery are valued and treated with dignity and respect. We envision a society in which stigma, prejudices, discrimination and other barriers to recovery are eliminated.
Our Values
Collaborative
Compassionate
Courageous
Respectful
Visionary
From The Director
Preparation for Action
2023 was a year of gathering momentum. Preparing for our Washington County expansion, while facing an unrelenting opioid epidemic, exposed an urgent need to imagine services in new ways. How can we be more responsive? Are our old ways still working? We took moments of paralysis and turned them into creative thinking. And that great work led to – you guessed it – more work.
Anyone in this field recognizes “preparation for action” as a critical step toward change. Looking around the organization, I see it everywhere. By the end of 2023, we weren’t just tinkering around the edges. We lifted our gaze to see a horizon dotted with opportunity for big impact.
We have work to do. If 2023 was about building momentum, 2024 will surely see us spring into action.
Executive Director
Statistics
As we work to fully integrate our services, many individuals access more than one program as they work on their recovery.
A look at the numbers of patients who used one or more CODA services this year:
Patient Demographics
CODA is committed to providing high-quality care to all community members in need. 2025 saw us increase our percentages of patients in both Washington and Clackamas Counties, due in part to initiatives enacted internally and in the broader community.
Revenue Sources
We are grateful for the solid support we continue to receive from local, state, and national partners. Generous donations from foundations and community members help round out the services we can provide.
Did you know?
More than $96,000 was donated for projects such as upgrading our residential facilities, including:
- $56,246 from the Walter G. and Marija . Kuzman Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation
- $40,000 from the Mitzvah Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation
CODA also benefits from community donations from a variety of sources.
- Congregation Beth Israel Social Action Committee donated $1,500 for jog strollers for Gresham Women residents to be able to join Go the Distance runs.
- Portland Nursery provided seeds, starts, soil, and other gardening supplies for our residential facilities.
- Holiday Toy Drive. KGW provided holiday toys for 60 children of CODA’s residential patients.
Staff Highlights
Our Culture Ambassadors group produced an organizational culture survey to solicit staff opinions on what makes CODA, CODA? With a notable 72% response rate from staff members, the results of the comprehensive assessment will help ensure that CODA continues to promote inclusivity, improve diversity, and develop policies and procedures that support equity.
CODA Research
CODA bases all of our programs on the most up-to-date scientific research. In 2023, CODA’s dynamic Research department participated in four national research studies on methamphetamine, opioid, and cannabis treatments as well as studies aiming to improve treatment and prevention among vulnerable groups including pregnant people and people involved in the criminal justice system. In addition, Research hosts quarterly Journal Club events for CODA staff to discuss some of the most intriguing and pertinent topics published in a variety of journals.
2023 Research Journal Club Subjects
- Burnout and resilience among addiction medicine providers
- The role of urban social and physical environments in opioid overdose events
- The interplay between substance use and intimate partner violence
- An early analysis and lessons learned about the implementation of Measure 110 in Oregon
In The Broader Community
The Center for Addictions Triage and Treatment (CATT) in Washington County is slated to open in 2025. CODA will provide all services in the CATT Beaverton Recovery Center (BRC), including sobering, withdrawal management, and residential treatments. CODA and Washington County have been working with Holst Architecture to craft the design of the BRC; in 2023, the design was completed.
To help support the development of the BRC sobering program, in 2023 CODA became a founding member of the National Sobering Council.
“We are confident that CODA can deliver these much needed services to our community in a collaborative and culturally responsive manner. They have been involved with this project since the beginning and their proposal embraced the cooperative approach we established as a value early on.”