Creating Opportunities

07/25/2025

07/24/2025

Creating Opportunities has a Community Outreach Van, and we are traveling throughout the region to connect with families and partners! Check out our video at https://youtu.be/wjm7HlxggIA

Let us know where you want us to go in the comments below!

07/24/2025

Registration is now open!

Creating Opportunities families- Dive into a morning of fun at our “Under the Sea” Family Pool Party! Here is your chance to cool off as well as enjoy some summer fun with your family. While lifeguards will be on duty, parents are expected to accompany their children in the pool during this family event.

Join us on Saturday, August 23rd, 2025 from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM at the McMinnville Aquatic Center (138 NW Dr, McMinnville, OR 97128).
Register at www.creatingops.org

07/23/2025

Employer Resource Connection offers tools such as forms and checklists designed to help you recruit, hire and manage your support workers. Receive support as you create personalized tools to make the most of your home and community services. Email employ@creatingops.org or call/text 503-559-3674 today to schedule your initial meeting in Benton, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Polk, Tillamook, and Yamhill County. Oregon Home Care Commission

07/22/2025

We are strengthening local communities through increased awareness. Creating Opportunities offers free disability training and consultation to businesses and community organizations throughout the region upon request.

07/21/2025

What Does Creating Opportunities Do for Families?

We support families of children and adults who experience developmental disabilities in Marion, Polk, and Yamhill Counties—no diagnosis needed.

•We offer guidance, resources, and support to families

•We connect families with others on similar journeys

•We share tools to navigate services and celebrate strengths

•We promote inclusion and meaningful participation in community life

Creating Opportunities is family-led, strength-based, and here for you every step of the way.🤝

🎥 Watch our YouTube video to learn more:

Ten-Minute Introduction to Creating Opportunities Regional Family Network in Oregon's Marion, Polk & Yamhill Counties

07/21/2025

Appointments available now! It is quick and easy for families and adults who employ support workers to access tools and support to help you make the most of your home and community services through Employer Resource Connection. Email employ@creatingops.org or call/text 503-559-3674 today to schedule your initial meeting in Benton, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Polk, Tillamook, or Yamhill County. Oregon Home Care Commission

07/19/2025

07/19/2025

We are strengthening connections between families and their communities. We created large postcards that outline strategies to help local businesses be more welcoming to customers with disabilities. Please comment on this post to nominate businesses in Marion, Polk and/or Yamhill County we can offer information to.