The Arc Oregon

12/18/2025

Learn about the potential impact of a change in parental income disregard for youth in DD services.

12/12/2025

There are only THREE DAYS LEFT to get an Oregon ABLE Savings Plan promo code!

When you sign up for a new Oregon ABLE Savings Plan using our promo code, you will get a $100 credit in your new account! Codes can only be used until December 15, 2025, so claim yours now.

Learn more and sign up here: https://oregonsnt.org/able/

12/11/2025

Sign up NOW for our last training of 2025!

Join us on Zoom next Wednesday, December 17 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am PST to learn about Supporting Dignity of Risk.

If you help people with any kind of decision-making, this training is for you. Learn more and register here: https://thearcoregon.org/training-details/?event-id=1817

12/03/2025

From the desk of our Executive Director, Em Braman:
Hello everyone, I just got off a meeting of the Executive Directors for Chapters of The Arc across our nation. There is a hearing today in the Senate Committee on Aging on Home and Community Based Services. The Arc US is collecting stories to share on the record for this hearing in Washington DC. So far, they have collected over 700 and need more! Please follow this link to share your story with the Senate Committee on Aging before December 8th. Add your voice to the 700 already submitted. Let's make a difference.

Your voice matters! Tell Congress why community living is a right, not optional. Share how programs like Medicaid HCBS impact your life before the Senate Aging Committee hearing. Submit your story today! []

12/01/2025

This past Saturday, November 29, 2025, was the 50-year anniversary of the IDEA being signed into law. National Special Education Day celebrates the changes made by the IDEA and the importance of including students with disabilities. How will you celebrate National Special Education Day?

11/27/2025

On November 29, 1975, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was signed into law. This law made sure that students with disabilities would have access to a “free, appropriate public education” in the United States for the very first time.

This Saturday, November 29, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the IDEA. We are grateful for everyone fighting to protect the IDEA and the rights of students with disabilities, especially after recent changes in the US Department of Education. Your voices matter now more than ever.

11/26/2025

11/24/2025

Share your story. Make sure legislators know what matters to you and how Medicaid supports you to live your life. ACT NOW!

11/24/2025

See this announcement from OSAC regarding SNAP benefit work requirements.

There are new work requirements for SNAP benefits starting 12/01/2025. If you receive I/DD services/ disability benefits, you DO NOT need to meet the new work requirements to keep receiving SNAP benefits (this means you are exempt).

You need to call or email ODHS now to tell them that you are exempt to keep your
SNAP benefits the same.

Call them at 833-947-1694 or email them at snap.abawdteam@odhsoha.oregon.gov and tell them your contact information and the exemption you are eligible for, “I receive disability benefits”.

You can ask people in your life to support you with calling and emailing ODHS.

11/21/2025

Congratulations on winning the Ross Ryan Self-Advocacy Award, Ashley! The work you have done to advocate for yourself and your coworkers with disabilities shows how powerful one person's voice can be.

11/19/2025

Wong envisioned a world where disabled people, particularly those from multiple marginalized backgrounds, could live freely and with full autonomy.