Kerr History
Since our founding in 1907, Albertina Kerr has been reaching out to, protecting, and caring for those who need us most. Over the decades, our services have evolved to meet the community’s needs. While these needs have changed, the values of our expert caregivers remain constant: compassion, partnership, advocacy, accountability, and innovation.
Today, Kerr empowers people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and mental health challenges to lead self-determined lives in their communities. We provide crisis psychiatric care for youth and residential supports and programs for individuals with I/DD.
Kerr History
Kerr Career Club is established in 2020. The 12-week online program provides adults with I/DD the opportunity to remain connected with their community while strengthening their job skills.
Kerr’s Children’s Crisis Psychiatric Care and Outpatient Mental Health programs received a three-year accreditation—the highest level—from the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) International.
Kerr’s fully solar-powered, affordable, and universally accessible housing community—Wynne Watts Commons—opens on the northwest corner of Kerr’s Gresham campus. This innovative and inclusive community has received several prestigious awards, including the Urban Land Institute’s Terwilliger Center Award for Innovation in Attainable Housing.
Albertina Kerr and Exceed Enterprises merge under the name Albertina Kerr. With a combined 167 years of service, this strategic union was driven by a shared commitment to supporting people with I/DD and mental health challenges, enhancing programs and expanding Kerr’s reach for greater impact.