The Arc Oregon

The guardianship, advocacy and planning services program (gaps) ensures high quality of life for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities through guardianship, advocacy and health care advocacy. This program started serving more people through health care advocacy this year. As a guardian, gaps advocates, make decisions, with The input of The person, regarding The person's health, residential, community and quality of life needs. The employer resource connection erc program is funded through a contract with The Oregon home care commission. This program ensures that consumer employers of in-home workers have The support they need to help them hire and retain qualified in-home workers and does so at no cost to The consumer employer. Our Oregon training and consultation program (otac) develops curriculum using The evidence based principles of person centered practices and positive behavior supports, to ensure that those who support people with intellectual/developmental disabilities do so in a manner that puts The person at The center of decision making. This program also holds numerous public and private group trainings including trainings on trauma informed care and positive behavior supports.

The Oregon special needs trust (osnt) is a program of The Arc Oregon providing an affordable means of supplemental support for people with disabilities without jeopardizing governmental support. The special needs pooled trust provides people and their families The vehicle to plan for their future and provide funds that may be used for supplemental needs of The person throughout their lifetime. This past year we had an increase in number of accounts opened over past years.