Oregon Community Resources
- ADA (Americancs with Disabilities Act) Information
- Childcare and Respite
- Community Services Directory
- Employment Assistance
- Financial Help
- Head Protective Gear/Helmet
- Health Insurance
- ID Bracelets
- Legal/Advocacy Services
- Medication Assistance Programs
- Parent Resources
- Recreation
- Seizure Dog Information
- Scholarship Information
ADA (American’s with Disabilities Act Information
- DBTAC Northwest http://www.dbtacnorthwest.org
Childcare and Respite
- National Respite Locator Service (Nationwide) http://www.respitelocator.org
Community Services Directory
- Call 211 from home.
- Oregon 211 (Oregon) http://www.or211.org
Employment Assistance
- Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Services http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/vr/ (Click on locations and contacts)
Financial Help
- Supplemental Security Income (Nationwide) http://www.ssa.gov
Head Protective Gear/Helmet
- Abilitations http://www.abilitations.com
- Plum Enterprises http://www.plument.com
Health Insurance
- Oregon Health Plan http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/healthplan/
- Oregon Medical Insurance Pool http://www.omip.state.or.us/
- State Children’s Health Insurance Program http://www.dhs.state.or.us/healthplan/app_benefits/schip.html
- Family Health Insurance Assistance Program http://www.oregon.gov/OPHP/FHIAP/index.shtml
ID Bracelets
- Low cost ID bracelets with room for epilepsy info- http://www.idtags4all.com
- MedicAlert Person HealthKey http://www.medicalert.org/E-Health/ or call 1-800-432-5378
Legal/Advocacy Services
- Jeanne A. Carpenter Epilepsy Legal Defense Fund (Nationwide) http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/epilepsylegal/
- Oregon Advocacy Center http://www.oradvocacy.org or phone 800-556-5361
Medication Assistance Programs
- Partnership for Prescription Assistance http://www.pparxor.org or 888-477-2669
Parent Resources
- The Arc of Oregon (Oregon) http://www.arcoregon.org/ or 877-581-2726
Recreation
- Summer Camps and Programs for Children with Special Needs (Northwest) http://www.cshcn.org
- Camp Discovery: A Summer Camp for Children with Epilepsy and Their Siblings (Northwest) Visit our Camp Discovery Page
- VSA Arts of Washington http://www.vsarts.org
Seizure Dog Information
- Canine Assistants http://www.canineassistants.org
- Prison Pet Partnership Program http://www.prisonpetpartnership.org
- Paws with a Cause http://www.pawswithacause.org
- Delta Society http://www.deltasociety.org
- Epilepsy Foundation – Questions and Answers about seizure dogs http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/epilepsyusa/seizuredogs.cfm
Scholarship Information
- Pfizer Epilepsy Scholarship http://www.epilepsy-scholarship.com
- Keppra Family Epilepsy Scholarship http://www.keppra.com/pc/helpful_resources/scholarship_program.asp
