Deschutes County Resources

Abilitree believes in everyone's right to live a full and independent life. First established in 1981, Abilitree mission is to empower people to grow their independence, expectations, and inclusion in community life. To help individuals and their families reach their goals,Abilitree provides support with job placement, skills training, peer support, advocacy, and information and referral.

Bend Park & Recreation District maintains and operates more than 3,035+ acres of developed and undeveloped parkland. That includes 81 parks/open spaces and 70 miles of trail. We offer over 1,000 recreation programs for all ages and abilities throughout the area and at the Juniper Swim & Fitness Center, The Pavilion and the Bend Senior Center. We provide a wide variety of program options that offer opportunities for our participants to engage in activities that promote socialization, skill development, and physical activity.

BestCare provides compassionate care in the treatment and prevention of addictions and mental illness.

Cascades East Transit connects people to places through high-quality transit service. Our mission is to always exceed expectations of riders with courteous and friendly customer service representatives, transit operators, and staff. CET bus services include fixed-routes within Bend, city connectors throughout Central Oregon, recreational shuttles and rural Dial-a-Ride service for the public and Dial-a-Ride service for qualifying persons with disabilities and seniors who qualify as low-income.

Welcome to Central Oregon Community College and the office of Services for Students with Disabilities. COCC strives to make available to all students the opportunity for an excellent and rewarding education. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 provide federal guidelines which help the College ensure equal access to all students.

Our mission is to connect families with resources and each other to recognize, promote and value diversity in a welcoming community. CODSN will accomplish this mission by empowering and supporting families and individuals who have been touched by disability. We will work to increase education, promote public understanding and acceptance, and encourage full inclusion of individuals with differences in our community.

Our mission is to connect families with resources and each other to recognize, promote and value diversity in a welcoming community. CODSN will accomplish this mission by empowering and supporting families and individuals who have been touched by disability. We will work to increase education, promote public understanding and acceptance, and encourage full inclusion of individuals with differences in our community.

We help connect older adults and their loved ones to information and services that support their changing needs as they age.

Various Intellectual/Developmental Disability Services are available in Deschutes County. Eligibility for specific programs varies based on individual need and circumstance.

Intellectual/Developmental Disability Services Available in Deschutes County:
Intake, eligibility determination, referral
Case management and service coordination for adults and children
Individualized planning and support
Protective service investigations and support (for adults)
Vocational services
Residential services
Family support
Comprehensive in-home supports
Foster care
Employment First

Deschutes County Health Services has a primary responsibility to help address the basic health and wellness of Deschutes County residents. The department offers services at more than 40 locations in Deschutes County including public schools; health clinics in Bend, La Pine, Redmond and Sisters; five school-based health clinics; agencies such as the KIDS Center and the State of Oregon Department of Human Services; area hospitals; care facilities and homes.

Express Employment Professionals is privately owned coproration who specializing is connecting job-seekers with potential employers.

Express Employment Professionals is privately owned coproration who specializing is connecting job-seekers with potential employers.

Good-2-Go provides services in five major support areas: Life Skills Training, Attendant Care, Community Inclusion, Employment Supports, and Respite/Relief Care.

At Healing Reins Therapeutic Riding Center, we help people of all ages and abilities to gain independence and experience joy in a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment.
We offer nationally accredited, evidence-based, and affordable equine-assisted therapies and activities that change the lives of those with special needs through the healing power of the horse!

The High Desert Education Service District (HDESD) is a regional support system that links school districts in Central Oregon to state and national education resources. Our programs help districts minimize duplication of services, preserve their local budgets and receive special programs that might otherwise be unavailable to them.

Housing Works is the local housing authority for Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson counties. We provide affordable housing, rental assistance and new beginnings for low-and moderate-income Central Oregonians. We provide homes for people throughout Central Oregon. We offer quality, well-designed and professionally managed properties serving workforce, seniors, the disabled, veterans and farm workers. Our help with housing includes administering HUD Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program in Central Oregon and supporting people who wish to move beyond renting to home ownership. We also provide programs that bring other essentials savings accounts, deposit assistance, credit-building loans, and home ownership planning within reach of anyone motivated to make changes for the better.

Laundry Love is a neighboring movement that partners with groups, schools and local laundromats to wash the clothes and bedding of low-income and/or no-income families and individuals.

Laundry Love is a neighboring movement that partners with groups, schools and local laundromats to wash the clothes and bedding of low-income and/or no-income families and individuals.

Laundry Love is a neighboring movement that partners with groups, schools and local laundromats to wash the clothes and bedding of low-income and/or no-income families and individuals.

NAMI provides support to families and individuals with mental illnesses.

Neighborhood Impact helps Central Oregonians with food assistance, housing help, and pre-kindergarten education.

For more than 52 years, the Opportunity Foundation of Central Oregon has worked to empower people of diverse abilities. We believe everyone has the fundamental right to live and work in supportive and inclusive communities. Alongside a broad array of community partners we propel social change and encourage limitless possibilities.

Twenty years ago, some passionate local members of the ski community, came together to provide snow opportunities to members of the community with disabilities. Today, Oregon Adaptive Sports (OAS) is the premiere adaptive sports organization in the Pacific Northwest providing a range of year-round programs. Oregon Adaptive Sports envisions a day when everyone has the benefits of outdoor recreation, regardless of ability. We see Central Oregon as a year-round destination for adaptive sports with OAS as the leader in providing state-of-the-art equipment, professional instructions, staff and dedicated volunteers, resulting in top quality experiences for our participants.

The Commission for the Blind has the following program objectives in service to our mission: Helping Oregonians who are blind get and keep jobs that allow them to support themselves and their families, supporting Oregon businesses in hiring and retaining qualified job seekers who are blind in their workforce, supporting youth who are blind in the transition from high school into a career path/employment, training Oregonians in the alternative skills related to blindness such as adaptive technology, white cane travel, braille and activities of daily living, helping seniors and individuals with vision loss who are unable to work live with the highest levels of independence and self-sufficiency so that they can remain independent in their homes and active in their communities, licensing and supporting business owners who operate food service and vending operations in public buildings and facilities throughout the state;

Our mission is to build on a foundation of loving families united with LGBTQ people and allies who support one another, and to educate ourselves and our communities to speak up as advocates until all hearts and minds respect, value and affirm LGBTQ people.

Planned Parenthood is a trusted health care provider, an informed educator, a passionate advocate, and a global partner helping similar organizations around the world. Planned Parenthood delivers vital reproductive health care, sex education, and information to millions of people worldwide.

Brooks Respite is a short-term, voluntary crisis stabilization program for adults experiencing an acute psychiatric crisis. Brooks crisis stabilization is an alternative to inpatient hospitalization

The Redmond Outpatient Treatment center offers treatment for those who require a lower level of care, including those facing legal issues from their substance addiction such as DUI. The time commitment for this level of treatment is usually five hours or less a week.

To advocate and provide compassionate care in the treatment and prevention of addictions and mental illness.

In-home care for seniors.

The Arc mission is to advocate to enhance the dignity, expand the opportunities, and protect the rights of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.

The Child Center is a non-profit human services agency that has been offering a continuum of psychiatric, therapeutic and special education programs throughout Lane County since 1971 and in Central Oregon since 2011.

DHS Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) assists individuals with disabilities to get and keep a job that matches their skills, interests and abilities. VR staff work in partnership with the community and businesses to provide services that are individualized to help each eligible person receive services that are essential to their employment success. Learn more about VR.

DHS Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) assists individuals with disabilities to get and keep a job that matches their skills, interests and abilities. VR staff work in partnership with the community and businesses to provide services that are individualized to help each eligible person receive services that are essential to their employment success. Learn more about VR.

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides federal grants to states for supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children up to age five who are found to be at nutritional risk.

1st Choice Assisted Care, LLC is a private Certified Medicaid Agency that is the employer on record for all of our employees. We hire, train, match, support, and supervise all of our Providers who serve clients under the K-Plan. We also work with local CDDP/Brokerage offices and Vocational Rehab offices to support clients: as clients become eligible, their Service Coordinator or Personal Agent may refer them to our agency. 1st Choice works directly with clients and their support systems to match them with a qualified provider- we do our best to successfully and a sustainable match clients with providers, based on the individual needs of each client.

Social Security pays disability benefits to people who can't work because they have a medical condition that's expected to last at least one year or result in death. Find out if you qualify and how Social Security can help you.