Oregon

Disability Compass

A web-based resource for people with disabilities, their families and their supporters. Disability Compass provides access to thousands of disability-related organizations, services, programs and products.
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Disability Program Navigators in Oregon

Provide expertise and serve as a resource to the workforce investment system and individuals with disabilities throughout the state by linking people with disabilities with services to help them find and retain jobs. Includes contact information for Oregon Navigators.
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Employed Persons with Disabilities Program

A Medicaid program designed to help people who have disabilities go to work while maintaining their Medicaid coverage.
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FlexAbility 2008 Toolkit

Guide from the Oregon Business Leadership Network provides resources and strategies to help Oregon businesses recruit, employ and retain people with disabilities.

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Independent Living Centers in Oregon

Contact information for all Independent Living Centers (ILCs) in Oregon. ILCs provide people with disabilities advocacy and support services, including assistance with employment, transportation, housing, health care and living skills.
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Oregon Business Leadership Network

Promotes best practices in hiring, retaining and marketing to people with disabilities. Activities include career fairs, disability mentoring and internship programs and training programs on disability business etiquette, accommodation and other disability issues of importance to employers.
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Oregon Competitive Employment Project

A project of the Oregon Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Services (OVRS) that helps people get and keep a job that matches their skills interests and abilities. OVRS staff work in partnership with the community and businesses to develop employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Find the OVRS office near you.

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Oregon Disability Chamber

Provides assistance in developing and implementing a business plan, financing and other resources for individuals with disabilities starting or growing a small business.

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Oregon Disability Chamber - An Open Forum for the Disability & Business Communities

Join a discussion on the Oregon Disability Chamber's Community Forum site where you can meet Chamber members and find resources to help promote your business, network with colleagues and peers and learn about starting a business.

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Oregon Employment Network Program

Provides links to organizations in the state that offer employment assistance, vocational rehabilitation (VR) and other support services to Social Security disability beneficiaries.
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Oregon Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Services

Offers programs and services that help Oregon residents with disabilities go to work or stay independent in their homes and communities.
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Oregon One-Stop Career Centers

Each center provides career counseling, career planning, resume assistance, direct job placement, classroom and on-the-job training, information about local and national labor markets and unemployment compensation.
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Oregon Small Business Development Center (SBDC)

Oregon BizCenter is the state's SBDC. SBDCs offer one-stop assistance to individuals and small businesses by providing information and guidance in central and easily accessible branch locations. Enter your zipcode in the box on the locations page of the Web site for contact information for the office closest to where you live.

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Oregon Small Business Guide

Information from Business.gov, an online resource to help businesses quickly find compliance information, forms and contacts from the government.
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Oregon Supported Employment

Empowers individuals with developmental disabilities to dream and achieve careers and community inclusion.
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Oregon Work Incentive Planning & Assistance (WIPA)

If you receive disability benefits from the Social Security Administration and are interested in working or learning more about how working would affect your benefits, you can get help from a community organization known as a Work Incentive Planning and Assistance (WIPA) project.
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Portland Habilitation Center Northwest

Provides education, training and employment for people with developmental, physical and mental disabilities. Also offers a housing program for people with disabilities in the Portland area.

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Senior Community Service Employment Program

Program serves persons with low incomes who are 55 years old or older and have poor employment prospects. The program has two purposes: to provide useful community services and to foster individual economic self-sufficiency through training and job placement in unsubsidized jobs.
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Worksource Oregon

Provides information on resources and services available to Oregon jobseekers with disabilities.
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