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The OBLN recognizes the contribution that the following statewide organizations
can provide in supporting OBLN Affiliates to more successfully employ
people with disabilities.
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Access/Accommodation/ADA |
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Access Technologies, Inc.
Laurie Brooks
www.accesstechnologiesinc.org
Access Technologies, Inc helps businesses in Oregon secure and
effectively use assistive technologies for employees with disabilities.
Provides evaluations of need in the workplace and helps create solutions
using technology to help employees with disabilities and employers
successfully work together.
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DBTAC Northwest ADA Information Center
www.dbtacnorthwest.org
DBTAC Northwest customizes ADA compliance
information for each business throughout the Pacific Northwest to take
the fear out of litigation, provides access surveys to improve access to
goods and services, and information on how to take advantage of tax
incentives for business to improve the bottom line. Business owners can
be assured all consultation is confidential {“what happens at a DBTAC
stays at the DBTAC” we are not federal regulators or enforcement
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Disability Compass
www.disabilitycompass.org
Disability Compass is a web-based resource for people
with disabilities, their families, and their supporters. Compass
provides access to thousands of disability-related organizations,
services, programs, and products. Recognizing the value of all community
resources, we have included not only local branches of large national
and international organizations but also informal, local support groups. |
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Oregon Addiction Services
www.oregon.gov/DHS/addiction/index.shtml
The Department of Human Services' Addictions and Mental
Health Division (AMH) mission is to assist Oregonians and their families
to become independent, healthy and safe by promoting resilience and
recovery through culturally competent, integrated, evidence-based
treatments of addictions, pathological gambling, mental illness and
emotional disorders, and through prevention and reducing the negative
effects of alcohol, other drugs, gambling addiction, and mental health
disorders. |
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Oregon Bureau of
Labor and Industries
www.boli.state.or.us
BOLI enforces state laws that ban discrimination in employment, housing
and public accommodations, protect workers and children in the
workplace, guarantee most Oregon workers job-protected leave when their
children are born or a family member is seriously ill and govern
registered apprenticeship programs. |
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Oregon Commission for the
Blind
Pat Macdonell
www.cfb.state.or.us
The Oregon Commission for the Blind works on a variety of levels,
including employment, with people who are blind or visually impaired.
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Oregon's Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
www.oregon.gov/DHS/odhhs/
A small program that several departments of state
government depend on to monitor and develop their ADA compliance for
clients, employees, and constituents who are deaf, hard of hearing, and
late-deafened. ODHHS is responsible to ensure that you get communication
access to those departments and their services. |
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Oregon Mental Health
www.oregon.gov/DHS/mentalhealth/index.shtml
A statewide system of programs and services to support
individuals with mental health issues and their families. |
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Recruiting/Employer
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Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs
www.odva.state.or.us/
The Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs advocates for
veterans, their dependents and survivors. We are dedicated to providing
quality programs and services to meet their current and future needs. |
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Oregon Employment Department
www.employment.oregon.gov
The Oregon Employment Department supports economic stability for
Oregonians and communities during times of unemployment through the
payment of unemployment benefits, serves businesses by recruiting and
referring the best qualified applicants to jobs, and provides resources
to diverse job seekers in support of their employment needs, develops
and distributes quality workforce and economic information to promote
informed decision making and provides access to child care that is safe,
high quality, and affordable. |
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Oregon Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
www.oregon.gov/DHS/vr/
Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) offices actively work to match people
with disabilities with employers and to ensure successful employment. |
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Oregon Workers Compensation Division
www.cbs.state.or.us/wcd/
The Workers' Compensation Division (WCD) is the state agency that
administers and regulates laws and rules that impact the participants in
the Oregon workers' compensation system. WCD has programs that ensure
timely and appropriate medical treatment and time loss benefits to
injured workers, while assisting in keeping costs and burdens low for
Oregon employers. In addition, the division administers return-to-work
programs that assist in helping injured workers return to their previous
job or to find new employment. |
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WorkSource Oregon
http://egov.oregon.gov/WORKSOURCE/
WorkSource Oregon is a statewide network that stimulates
job growth by connecting businesses and workers with the resources they
need to succeed. It is a network of public and private partners working
together for businesses and workers to ensure businesses have a ready
supply of trained workers whose skills and talents are aligned with the
expectations and needs of business and industry; to connect businesses
with the resources they need to grow their workforce and their business;
and to provide the resources to help Oregon’s unemployed and
underemployed get connected with the employers that are right for them,
find the jobs they’re looking for and get trained for jobs they want. |
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Oregon Seniors and People with Physical Disabilities
www.oregon.gov/DHS/spwpd/
Information about services for seniors and people with
physical disabilities. Includes information about employment with
resources for people with disabilities, seniors, and their employers. |
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Other Resources |
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One Stop Career
Centers
www.1stop.org/locations.htm
One Stop is a national initiative to connect employment, education and
training services into a coherent network of resources at the local,
state and national level. |
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Oregon Community
Resource Directory
www.workforcepartnersinoregon.org
Databank of Oregon human service agencies and organizations organized by
county, many of which work with people with disabilities. |
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worksystems,
inc.
www.worksystems.org
worksystems inc. is a collaboration of public and private leaders
committed to creating a workforce development system that continuously
anticipates and meets the needs of employers and workers. |
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