TRANSITION PLANNING

Oregon’s Employment First initiative has been the vehicle for state agencies to continue to operate together in improving competitive integrated employment outcomes for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Employment establishes community connections that allow people to become contributing and valued members of their communities. This handbook serves as a reference guide to post-secondary education, training & employment, and independent living.

This calloborative project between DRO, Oregon Council on DD, and Oregon Department of Human Services is designed to help you, an individual wanting services, understand and access Support Services.

Social Security reaches almost every family, and at some point, touches the lives of nearly all Americans. Thos resource will help you understand what social security can mean to you and your family's financial future. This document explains the basics of the Social Security retirement, disability, and survivors insurance programs.

This "red book" is a summary guide to employment supports for people with disabilities under the social security disability insurance (SSDI) and supplemental security income (SSI) programs.

More than eight million people, who get monthly Social Security or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, need help managing their money. In these cases, we can appoint a relative, friend, or other interested party to serve as the “representative payee.” This booklet provides basic information on how to be a representative payee.

This resource provides a summary of the role of a representative payee. Payee main duties, what a payee can and should do, as well as what they can't and should not do.