Drop-In Services
In July 2025, the Homeless Services Department opened a drop-in center serving people who are experiencing homelessness in North Portland’s St. Johns neighborhood. Nonprofit provider, Do Good Multnomah, operates the facility.
Learn more about the drop-in center in the St. Johns Neighborhood.
Overview
Day centers serve as centralized locations for our community members to get out of the weather and access a variety of services in a safe, trauma-informed environment during operating hours. The St. Johns Day Center is NOT an overnight shelter, but it does help refer people to overnight shelter and housing services as needed.
The day center is located at 9000 N. Lombard St. in a former retail space that is part of the Multnomah County North Portland Health Center. It is open Monday-Friday, 9am–5pm. Showers are available 10am-4pm.
The Day Center primarily provides services for our houseless community members in St. Johns who would not otherwise have access to these services. Services do not require a referral and include:
Do Good Multnomah is the nonprofit provider that will be running the day center. A veteran-priority homeless service provider, Do Good Multnomah offers a variety of housing services and operates eight unique shelter programs in the Portland metro area, including St. Johns Village. Since 2015, Do Good Multnomah has provided shelter to thousands of people experiencing homelessness and has housed more than 600 people.
Multnomah County’s investment in the North Portland Drop-In & Outreach Center is being funded by the Metro Supportive Housing Services Measure — part of a funding package approved by the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners in September 2023. In that package, the Board of Commissioners approved a total $3.3 million in funding to increase daytime services throughout the County.
The County allocated about $500,000 for renovations to the site along with about $500,000 to cover operations and services in Fiscal Year 2026.
Neighborhood Engagement
County leaders began scoping the site after local pastors expressed the need for a day center after the loss of a previous privately run space in the neighborhood business district — a place for people experiencing homelessness to attend recovery meetings, receive services, or just sit down for a cup of coffee during the day.
The location in the North Portland Health Center was identified as a possible location for the day center in 2023. The County already owns the location and it was vacant, so it could be ready on a shorter timeline than some other potential locations.
Based on past Point in Time Counts and the waitlist for the St. Johns Village shelter, we know there are about 75 unsheltered individuals who for one reason or another do not have regular access to hot food, showers, and other necessities in the St. Johns area.
By helping people get their needs met in a safe, nonjudgmental space and begin to take the first steps on their journey toward housing, the day center will respond to identified needs in the St. Johns neighborhood.
By providing people with a place to access longer-term services like shelter, and by setting clear boundaries with participants, Do Good Multnomah helps participants find resources that meet their needs in a way that doesn’t negatively impact others, helping maintain a safe and clean space for the neighborhood.
The site accepts donations of gently used clothing, coats, hats, gloves, blankets and new, unused toiletries (such as soap, shampoo, toothpaste, deodorant and shaving supplies).
For more information on how to get involved, please contact: nopodropin@dogoodmultnomah.org or call (503) 545-3499.
