Thank you to each of the legislators who have shown support for the DD community this session! Every action you take to protect and enhance services makes a real difference in the lives of thousands of Oregonians with disabilities, their families and care providers.

DD Coalition Legislative Funding Priorities

• Direct Support Professional Wages (POP 132)
• DD Case Management (Full Funding)
• Regional Family to Family Networks ($1.5M) 
• Healthier Oregon - Access to Services (POP 105)

Session Update & Advocacy Tools

May is a pivotal month in the legislative session and we need to keep our advocacy momentum GOing! The May 17 revenue forecast will help legislators start to finalize budget decisions. And bills must be heard in a second chamber committee by May 19 to move forward, with the exception of Rules, Revenue, or Joint Committees.

Did you know that the GO Team is monitoring bills being considered by legislators right now on topics you care about?

Behavioral/Mental Health

Budget

DD Services

Discrimination

Early Learning

Education-Abuse | Equity

Education-General Education | Special Education | Higher Education

Employment Benefits

Family Networks

Foster Care

Guardianship & Supported Decision Making

Health Care

Housing

Revenue/Taxes

Voting

...We Are! GO to our current Bill Tracking Report HERE!

These bill tracking reports can be found on our website and Facebook each week.

If you are interested in specific legislative topics, this video goes through each step to help you find where bills are in the legislative process and how to sign up for email alerts to get updates directly.

For additional advocacy tools, visit the GO Project's You Tube Channel legislative advocacy videos created by our GO! Advocacy Team.

Keep the Communication GOing...

Your voice matters! Legislators need to continue to hear about the importance of DD Services, referenced in the Human Services budget bill HB 5026. We are asking the legislature to support full funding for Direct Support Professional (DSP) Wages, DD Case Management, Regional Family Networks, and Healthier Oregon which open access to Oregonians who need DD services regardless of immigration status. Include a few sentences about what DD Services means in your life.

Email the Members of the Ways & Means Committee at: Sen.ElizabethSteiner@oregonlegislature.gov; Rep.TawnaSanchez@oregonlegislature.gov; Sen.FredGirod@oregonlegislature.gov; Rep.DavidGomberg@oregonlegislature.gov; Rep.GregSmith@oregonlegislature.gov; Sen.SaraGelser@oregonlegislature.gov; Sen.DickAnderson@oregonlegislature.gov; Sen.WlnsveyCampos@oregonlegislature.gov; Sen.TimKnopp@oregonlegislature.gov; Sen.JaneenSollman@oregonlegislature.gov; Rep.JamiCate@oregonlegislature.gov; rep.AndreaValderrama@oregonlegislature.gov; Sen.MichaelDembrow@oregonlegislature.gov; Sen.LynnFindley@oregonlegislature.gov; Sen.LewFrederick@oregonlegislature.gov; Sen.BillHansell@oregonlegislature.gov; Rep.PaulEvans@oregonlegislature.gov; Rep.PaulHovey@oregonlegislature.gov; Rep.RickLewis@oregonlegislature.gov; Rep.SusanMcLain@oregonlegislature.gov; Rep.KhanhPham@oregonlegislature.gov; Rep.EWernerReschke@oregonlegislature.gov; rep.vikkibreeseiverson@oregonlegislature.gov

If your State Senator and State Representative are not on this committee, include them on your email. To find out who your two state legislators are, visit the home page of the Oregon Legislature website at Oregon State Legislature (oregonlegislature.gov)

2023 DD Advocacy Event

Thursday, May 25th

DD Advocacy Online Workshop 10A-12P

Register at https://creatingops.typeform.com/2023DDadvocacy