Continuum Behavioral Health & Recovery Services

12/11/2025

Support Continuum Clients This Holiday Season ✨

This holiday season, we invite our community to help meet essential needs for the parents, children, and adults participating in Continuum’s programs.

Continuum provides trauma-informed behavioral health treatment and recovery support for individuals, including parents with young children in residential treatment and adults accessing low-barrier emergency lodging. Your donations help ensure our clients have the basic items that support stability, comfort, and wellbeing during their recovery journey.

You can make an immediate impact by donating through our Amazon Wish Lists:

🟠 Mom’s Program Wish List:
https://a.co/6TKN5zg
🔵 Dad’s Program Wish List:
https://a.co/bOVIQBm

Every item purchased directly supports clients in our residential programs and emergency lodging sites by helping meet essential daily needs.

Prefer to drop off donations in person?
📍 406 S Riverside Ave, Suite 103, Medford, OR
Attn: Azalea Lusch, Development & Marketing Director

Questions about donations?
📩 a.lusch@continuumrecovery.org

Thank you for supporting the individuals and families engaged in our programs this season. ❤️

12/03/2025

We’re Hiring at Continuum Behavioral Health & Recovery Services!
If you’re passionate about making a difference in our community, Continuum has several open positions in both Medford and Grants Pass, and we’d love to have you on our team.

Why join Continuum?
We offer one of the strongest benefits packages in the region, including:
• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision for full-time employees
• 6% retirement match
• 9 paid holidays + 2 floating holidays
• 16 hours of mental health leave each year
• A generous PTO package
• Opportunities to grow, learn, and create impact every day

Ready to explore our current openings?
View available positions:
https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Ontrack-Rogue-Valley/jobs

Join us in building pathways of healing, recovery, and hope across Southern Oregon.

Continuum: The right help, at the right time, for as long as you need it.

12/01/2025

Our Q4 Newsletter Is Here: Growth, Impact & New Beginnings

We’re excited to share a special edition of our quarterly newsletter, highlighting one of the biggest milestones in our organization’s history — our transition from OnTrack Rogue Valley to Continuum Behavioral Health & Recovery Services.

This issue features:

🔹 The story behind our new name and brand identity
🔹 A look at our brand awareness campaign and how you can help share it
🔹 Organizational milestones and community engagement updates
🔹 Highlights from our All-Staff Summer Event & brand reveal
🔹 Our recognition as one of Oregon’s 100 Best Nonprofits — three years in a row!

Every step forward reflects the dedication of our staff, partners, supporters, and the communities we serve.

Read the full newsletter here:
https://mailchi.mp/continuumrecovery/continuum-4q-growth-impact-new-beginnings-17979010

Together, we continue building pathways of healing, connection, and recovery across Southern Oregon.

This quarter, we’re proud to share our new brand identity and the vision that will guide our next chapter. The transition from OnTrack to Continuum reflects our growth and ongoing commitment to providing trauma-informed, strength-based treatment and recovery supports.

11/18/2025

Honored to Be Part of “For the Cause, Not the Applause"

This weekend, Continuum was grateful to participate as one of the nonprofit recipients at North Middle School’s For the Cause, Not the Applause event in Grants Pass. The students of CaveCub Theatre put together a meaningful gathering filled with creativity, talent, and community spirit.

Thank you to the organizers, performers, artists, musicians, families, sponsors, and everyone who made this event possible. Your support made the evening truly special.

We’re proud to stand alongside other local organizations making a difference in Southern Oregon, and we’re inspired by the next generation of leaders.

Continuum is thankful to have been included.💙

11/10/2025

Continuum Food Drive
Join us in a movement of compassion and community.

When nearly 30% of households in Southern Oregon face food insecurity, even a small act of giving can make a meaningful difference. Together, we can help ensure that no one in our community goes hungry.

💙 How You Can Help:
Bring your unopened, nonperishable food items to any of Continuum’s three Outpatient Clinics. Each location will have a table designated for donations.

Your Contributions Will Support:
• ROC Food Pantry in Grants Pass
• ACCESS in Medford

Most Needed Items Include:
Peanut or almond butter • Canned meats • Shelf-stable milk • Cooking oil • Cereals • Flour • Rice • Beans and lentils • Mac & cheese • Soups, stews, or chili • Pasta and canned sauce • Canned fruits and vegetables.

Together, we can make a difference this season. 💛

11/04/2025

Now Open: Riverside Emergency Lodging
722 S. Riverside Ave, Medford, OR
(Referral required)

We’re proud to announce the soft opening of Riverside Emergency Lodging, Continuum’s newest low-barrier lodging site for adults of all genders who are unsafely housed and waiting for residential treatment.

This program provides 12 single-occupancy rooms with private bathrooms and connects guests with case management, peer support, and outpatient treatment services — helping people stabilize, engage in recovery, and transition successfully to treatment.

Why it matters:
• Emergency lodging is designed to provide a safe place for someone to stay while they wait for a bed in residential treatment
• To qualify, an unhoused or unsafely housed individual must be on a waitlist for residential treatment (at any location).
• At least 62% of individuals on Continuum’s waitlists are unhoused or unsafely housed.
• To date, 68% of Continuum’s emergency lodging guests have successfully transitioned into treatment.
• Guests often experience greater stability and engagement, and many move directly into outpatient care rather than residential treatment.

Photos show our team preparing the site — arranging furniture and ensuring each room meets safety standards for guests previous to opening day.

At our Emergency Lodging site, every bed represents hope — and a new path forward.

Continuum: The right help, at the right time, for as long as you need it.

11/03/2025

Saborear y Sanar (Savor and Heal): 2nd Gathering of Latino Leaders

Thank you to all the leaders and participants who joined us last Friday to share, reflect, and strengthen our community during the Saborear y Sanar event!

It was a space filled with connection, learning, and celebration of our roots and resilience.

Special thanks to Eduardo Borges for his inspiring talk, “Happiness in Challenging Times”; to Salvador Amezola from Bestcare Latino Services for his thoughtful closing; to Nancy Castillo-McKinnis from The Ford Family Foundation; to Jocksana Corona from Coalición Fortaleza, and Jenny Castillo for their presentation that promotes community well-being and Latino support; to our team of Latino representatives from Continuum; and to everyone who made this gathering possible.

Together, we continue building wellness and leadership within our communities.

Here are a few moments from this wonderful event.

10/21/2025

Board Spotlight: Tricia Prendergast, Past President

We’re honored to feature a special video spotlight on Tricia Prendergast, our Past Board President and a lifelong advocate for education, community, and well-being in the Rogue Valley.

Tricia has lived in this beautiful region since 1972, where she raised her three wonderful, now-grown children. Her extensive volunteer work includes 16 years on the Medford School Board, where she co-chaired two successful bond campaigns to build Abraham Elementary School and the new South Medford High School, along with numerous other district facility improvements.

Now retired, Tricia continues to inspire others through her lifelong yoga practice, teaching four Anusara classes each week at the Rogue Valley Family YMCA and La Clinica del Valle. When she’s not teaching, she and her husband enjoy traveling to visit their four children and six grandchildren across the country. She also loves baking and selling sourdough bread, gardening, hiking, biking, and river rafting. Lately, she’s been exploring her creative side through drawing and watercolor painting, and she dreams of one day writing and illustrating her own children’s books.

In the video below, Tricia shares her reflections on Continuum’s rebranding journey and what our mission means to her:

“I love living in our beautiful Rogue Valley and helping improve the lives of all members of our community through my support of the important and cutting-edge mission that Continuum upholds.”

We are deeply grateful for Tricia’s leadership, vision, and continued support throughout our transition from OnTrack to Continuum. 💙

10/17/2025

Empowerment Through Connection | Featuring Misty Espy

“At Continuum, connection begins the moment someone walks through our doors,” shares Misty Espy, Outpatient Program Manager for Josephine County.

In this short video, Misty explains how Continuum offers individuals a safe, empowering space to discover their needs and define their own path to recovery. Whether someone is seeking support for substance use, mental health, or family treatment, Continuum’s team is there to walk alongside them—every step of the way.

By removing stigma and focusing on healing, restoration, and empowerment, Continuum is helping individuals and families move forward with confidence and support.

🎥 Watch Misty share how Continuum’s integrated, compassionate approach builds awareness, connection, and community.

10/14/2025

100 Best Nonprofits to Work For in Oregon — 3 Years in a Row!

We’re proud to share that Continuum Behavioral Health & Recovery Services has once again been named one of Oregon Business Magazine’s 100 Best Nonprofits to Work For in Oregon, placing 22nd in the large nonprofit category for 2025.

This marks our third consecutive year on the list, a recognition that reflects the dedication, compassion, and teamwork of our incredible staff across all Continuum programs. 💙

Every day, our team shows up to make a difference by supporting individuals and families on their path to healing through behavioral health and recovery services that change lives.

To everyone who helps make Continuum an amazing place to work, thank you. This honor belongs to you.

10/14/2025

🎓 On-PACE Cohort VI Graduation

Last Friday, we proudly celebrated our newest On-PACE (Continuum Peer and Counselor Education) graduates and scholars — individuals who have completed training and hands-on experience to become Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselors (CADCs) and Peer Support Specialists.

The On-PACE program empowers participants to earn while they learn through paid, in-person training and on-the-job experience across Continuum programs — preparing them to make a real difference in the behavioral health field.

Congratulations to all our graduates and scholars for their dedication, growth, and commitment to recovery and community healing!

Special thanks to our instructors, mentors, and the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) for supporting this vital workforce development initiative.

10/11/2025

Peermageddon 2025: Recovery University

This week, our Continuum team was proud to take part in the inaugural Peermageddon: Recovery University — a peer-led gathering designed to educate, empower, and energize our recovery community.

Peermageddon is a peer-led event proudly hosted by Addictions Recovery Center, Inc. (ARC) to celebrate recovery, connection, and community, held at Southern Oregon University.

Our team also presented “Peer Leadership in Action: Supporting Immigrant Communities Through Trauma-Informed Care and Culturally Responsive Practices,” highlighting how inclusive, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed approaches strengthen recovery for all.

Events like Peermageddon remind us that recovery is not one path or one place — it’s a community movement built on connection, leadership, and hope.