2021 Legislative Session Halfway Point: Advocacy Tools to Raise Your Voice
Here at the mid-point of the 2021 Oregon Legislative Session, we take the chance to reflect on this unusual year of virtual hearings and Zoom meetings, and the progress we have made thus far. Many of the nearly 2,500 bills introduced this...
New Tools and Guidance On Remote Legislative Engagement from OLIS
January 11th, 2021 marks the first official day of the 2021 Oregon Legislative Session. Though bills are being released for review and other familiar processes are moving forward, this is not business-as-usual. The 2021 Session will take place...
What You Need To Know Now That People 16+ with IDD, Their Families, and Support Workers Are Eligible For the COVID Vaccine
People with Developmental Disabilities, their families, and all direct support workers (PSWs, DSPs, and unpaid supports) are now eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine! COVID vaccines have been tested and proven effective and are arriving now in...
What We Do
The Oregon Support Services Association represents the 14 Support Services Brokerages that serve nearly 8,000 adult Oregonians with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities statewide. Through partnership, outreach, and legislative advocacy, we work to ensure the highest quality home and community based services for individuals served by Brokerages.
Our Mission and Vision
MISSION
The Oregon Support Services Association represents and supports its members: community Brokerage organizations that support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
VISION
We envision a world in which all people live the life they choose in a community where they are valued, respected, and honored. In this world, individual strengths are celebrated; high quality supports are ample and readily available; labels are absent; and self determination is universal. This vision is realized from neighbor to legislator.
Contact Us
- Email Katie Rose, our Executive Director at katierose@oregonsupportservices.org
- Call us at 971.202.6952
- Write us at P.O. Box 329 Hood River, OR 97031