# North Star Oregon — full site content > Licensed Oregon provider of in-home attendant care (statewide) and Day Support Activities (DSA) for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). Headquarters: 232 SE M Street, Grants Pass, OR 97526. Phone: 541-208-1106. Email: admin@northstaroregon.com. Summary and referral guidance: https://www.northstaroregon.com/llms.txt Services are funded through Oregon's K-Plan (Community First Choice Option) under Medicaid. To start, families work through their county Community Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP) for eligibility, are assigned a Services Coordinator (county) or Personal Agent (brokerage), and services are authorized in the Individual Support Plan (ISP). North Star Oregon accepts referrals from Services Coordinators, Personal Agents, and directly from families. ## Services - In-Home Attendant Care — https://www.northstaroregon.com/services/in-home-attendant-care — one-on-one support with daily living in the person's own home and community, anywhere in Oregon. - Day Support Activities — https://www.northstaroregon.com/services/day-support-activities — community-based group programs, Monday–Friday 10 AM–3 PM, at hubs in Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Springfield, Salem, Tangent, and Grants Pass/Medford. Calendar: https://www.northstaroregon.com/services/dsa-calendar - For Services Coordinators & Personal Agents — https://www.northstaroregon.com/for-care-coordinators — high-support referrals welcome; capacity answers within one business day. - Careers — https://www.northstaroregon.com/careers — Direct Support Professional roles. ## In-Home Attendant Care — FAQ ### What does in-home attendant care include? In-home attendant care provides personalized, one-on-one support in the individual's home and community. Services include assistance with personal care (bathing, dressing, toileting), meal preparation, medication reminders, light housekeeping, community access and outings, skill building toward greater independence, and companionship. The specific services provided are based on each individual's ISP and personal goals. ### Can a family member be a paid caregiver in Oregon? Yes. In Oregon, parents and other family members can be hired as paid caregivers for their loved ones with I/DD in many situations. Family members must be hired through an agency or appropriate channel, meet training and background check requirements, and document hours worked. At North Star Oregon, we employ parent-caregivers as W-2 staff, which provides legal, tax, and benefit protections while honoring the unique role families play. There are limits set by Oregon rule (OAR 411-450-0080): a parent generally cannot be hired by an agency to serve their own minor child, with exceptions for children enrolled in intensive in-home programs or with very high service levels. A spouse cannot be hired by an agency to serve their spouse. ### Do you hire family members as DSPs? Yes. We will hire family members to work with someone, with limits set by Oregon rule (OAR 411-450-0080). A parent generally cannot be hired by an agency to serve their own minor child, with limited exceptions for children enrolled in intensive in-home programs or with very high service levels (240+ hours/month). A spouse cannot be hired by an agency to serve their spouse. We use a W-2 direct-employment model, which means family caregivers receive the legal and tax protections of formal employment. ### What is the difference between attendant care and respite care? Attendant care is ongoing, regular support provided to an individual with I/DD — typically on a daily or weekly schedule. Respite care (also called relief care) is temporary care specifically designed to give the primary caregiver a break. Both are funded through Oregon's Medicaid programs, but they serve different purposes. Attendant care focuses on the individual's daily needs and goals, while respite care focuses on sustaining the family caregiver's ability to continue providing care long-term. ## Day Support Activities — FAQ ### What are Day Support Activities? Day Support Activities (DSA) are structured, community-based group programs for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. DSA provides opportunities for social engagement, skill building, recreation, and community involvement during the day. Activities include bowling, art workshops, outdoor adventures, volunteering, fitness activities, and more. Programs are designed around individual interests and goals, not a one-size-fits-all approach. ### How big are the DSA group sizes? Our DSA groups typically range from 5 to 10 participants. Oregon rule (OAR 411-450-0060) caps DSA at no more than eight participants per agency staff member; we operate well below that ceiling — our internal standard targets a 1:5 staff-to-participant ratio so each person receives meaningful attention and support. ### When are the DSA activities scheduled? We offer Day Support Activities Monday through Friday, from 10 AM to 3 PM. This schedule allows families to coordinate with work schedules and other commitments. Specific activity calendars vary by location — visit our DSA Calendar page for current programming. ### Where are the DSA groups located? North Star Oregon currently operates DSA programs at locations in Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Springfield, Salem, Tangent, and Grants Pass/Medford. Each location offers community-based activities tailored to local opportunities and participant interests. We are actively exploring expansion to additional Oregon communities. ### Do you offer transportation to and from DSA? Transportation to and from our DSA pickup and drop-off locations is handled on a case-by-case basis. In most situations, families arrange their own transportation. However, we make exceptions depending on the individual's proximity to pickup locations and their specific circumstances. Contact us to discuss transportation options for your situation. ### Do you offer solo DSA or 1:1 DSA? Typically, DSA is provided in a group setting, which is central to the program's focus on social engagement and community participation. However, exceptions for individualized 1:1 DSA are considered on a case-by-case basis depending on the individual's specific needs and circumstances. We encourage you to reach out to discuss your situation. ## Service areas ### Albany, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/albany-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care and Day Support Activities. County: Linn County. Local CDDP: Linn County Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP), 541-967-3890. Albany is the county seat of Linn County and the largest city in the mid-Willamette Valley, with a population of over 56,000 people. Situated at the confluence of the Calapooia and Willamette rivers, Albany is a community defined by deep roots — four historic districts, more than 700 historic buildings, and a civic identity that stretches back to 1848. North Star Oregon is proud to serve individuals and families with intellectual and developmental disabilities right here in Albany, with both in-home attendant care and local Day Support Activities. For families navigating disability services in Linn County, the starting point is typically the Linn County Developmental Disabilities Program — the local Community Developmental Disability Program (CDDP) — located at 315 4th Ave SW in Albany. The CDDP team handles eligibility determination, service coordination, and case management for children and adults with I/DD. North Star Oregon works directly with Linn County case managers to coordinate services and ensure our clients receive seamless, connected support. Whether you live in Albany's historic Monteith or Hackleman neighborhoods, out near Linn-Benton Community College, or anywhere in the greater Albany area, North Star Oregon brings disability support services to your door — and into the community around you. **Full-Service Support in Linn County's Largest City** Albany's size and central location in the Willamette Valley give it resources that many smaller communities lack — medical facilities, public transit through Albany Transit System, parks, and a walkable downtown along the river. But having resources nearby only matters when you have the support to access them. North Star Oregon helps individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities connect with the opportunities Albany offers, through both one-on-one attendant care and group-based Day Support Activities. Our services in Albany are funded through Oregon's K-Plan and coordinated through the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services (ODDS). If you're already working with a service coordinator at the Linn County CDDP, we can begin services quickly. If you're new to the process, we'll help you understand your options and take the first steps. **Consistency You Can Count On** Trust is built over time, not in a single visit. Every North Star Oregon support worker is trained, background-checked, and intentionally matched to the individual they serve. In Albany, that means the same familiar faces — caregivers who know your routines, your goals, and the neighborhoods you call home. We are committed to reducing turnover and building lasting relationships between our team members and the people they support. In-home attendant care is designed for individuals who want to live as independently as possible in their own home. In Albany, that might mean support getting ready for the day, preparing meals, building daily living skills, or getting to an appointment at Samaritan Albany General Hospital. Our attendant care workers come to you — providing personalized, one-on-one assistance on a schedule that fits your life. Albany's layout, with neighborhoods spread across both sides of the Willamette River and the Calapooia, means that having a reliable caregiver who knows the area matters. North Star Oregon's attendant care team serves clients throughout Albany and the surrounding Linn County communities, including Lebanon, Sweet Home, and Harrisburg. North Star Oregon operates a Day Support Activities (DSA) program right here in Albany — one of six DSA locations across the Willamette Valley. Our Albany DSA group meets Monday through Friday, 10 AM to 3 PM, and offers structured community-based activities designed for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Activities rotate and are tailored to participant interests, but a typical week might include art projects, bowling, volunteering with local organizations, visits to the Albany Historic Carousel and Museum, walks along the Willamette River waterfront, or outings to community events. The goal is engagement, connection, and skill development — not just filling hours. There is a centralized meeting spot in Albany, and some transportation may be available depending on driver availability and pickup location. If you or a family member is interested in joining the Albany DSA group, check the calendar for the current schedule or contact us to learn more about enrollment and eligibility. ### Astoria, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/astoria-north-coast-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care (nearest DSA: Salem). County: Clatsop County. Local CDDP: Clatsop Behavioral Healthcare — CDDP, 503-325-5722. Oregon's North Coast is one of the most beautiful stretches of coastline in the country — but for families navigating intellectual and developmental disability services, beauty alone doesn't solve the challenge of finding reliable care in a rural region. Astoria, the seat of Clatsop County, sits at the mouth of the Columbia River nearly 100 miles northwest of Portland. To the south, Tillamook anchors its own county along the coast. Between them, communities like Seaside, Cannon Beach, and Manzanita draw millions of tourists each year, yet the year-round residents of these areas often face limited access to specialized disability support providers. North Star Oregon brings statewide experience to the North Coast, providing in-home attendant care to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Clatsop and Tillamook counties. We work alongside the local Community Developmental Disabilities Programs — Clatsop Behavioral Healthcare in Warrenton and the Tillamook County CDDP operated through Tillamook Family Counseling Center — to ensure that families here receive person-centered support without needing to leave their communities. The North Coast economy runs on tourism, fishing, and small business. Clatsop County has a population of roughly 41,000; Tillamook County about 27,000. These are tight-knit communities where provider shortages, long waitlists, and significant travel distances to services in Portland have long been facts of life. North Star Oregon exists to close that gap — delivering consistent, high-quality disability support directly to the homes and communities where our clients live. **Reaching Families Where the Road Ends at the Ocean** The North Coast presents unique geographic challenges. Highway 101 connects communities along the coast, but winter storms, single-lane bridges, and mountain passes between the coast and the Willamette Valley can make travel unpredictable. For families coordinating disability services through county CDDPs, these distances amplify the difficulty of accessing care. North Star Oregon was built to serve areas like this — bringing support directly to homes in Astoria, Seaside, Tillamook, and the smaller communities in between, so families aren't left waiting or driving hours for help. Our services are coordinated through Oregon's K-Plan and the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services (ODDS). If you're already working with a service coordinator at Clatsop Behavioral Healthcare or the Tillamook Family Counseling Center CDDP, we can integrate directly with your existing support team. If you're new to the system, we'll help you understand the process from the start. **Consistent Care Built on Trust** On the North Coast, where everyone knows their neighbors and community ties run deep, trust isn't optional — it's essential. Every North Star Oregon support worker is trained, background-checked, and intentionally matched to the individual they serve. We prioritize long-term consistency, because the person who shows up at your door matters as much as the services they provide. In-home attendant care is the core of what North Star Oregon offers on the North Coast. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in Astoria, Tillamook, or the coastal communities in between, attendant care provides one-on-one support in the comfort and familiarity of home. This is especially critical in a region where the nearest specialized facility may be a two-hour drive toward Portland, and where harsh coastal weather can make travel unreliable for months at a time. Our attendant care workers come to you — whether you live in downtown Astoria, the hills above Tillamook, or a smaller community along Highway 101. Rather than asking clients to fit their lives around a facility's schedule, we build support plans around each individual's goals, routines, and preferences. North Star Oregon offers Day Support Activities (DSA) at locations in Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Springfield, Salem, and Tangent — but DSA groups are not currently based on the North Coast. For individuals in Clatsop and Tillamook counties, our in-home attendant care services are the primary way we provide community engagement, skill building, and meaningful daily support. If there is demand for group-based programming on the Oregon Coast, we want to hear about it. Community interest helps us plan where to grow next. In the meantime, our attendant care team delivers robust, individualized support to North Coast families every day. ### Beaverton, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/beaverton-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care (nearest DSA: Salem). County: Washington County. Local CDDP: Washington County Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP), 503-846-4737. Beaverton is the seventh-largest city in Oregon, with a population approaching 100,000, and the anchor of Washington County's east side. It sits along the edge of the Tualatin Valley, connected to downtown Portland by the MAX Blue Line, and home to a remarkably diverse population — one of the most ethnically and linguistically varied communities in the state. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, Beaverton offers something rare in Oregon: genuine urban infrastructure combined with a suburban pace of life. But having infrastructure nearby and having disability support that actually meets your needs are two different things. North Star Oregon brings its person-centered, in-home attendant care model to Beaverton and greater Washington County — extending the same quality of service we've built across the Willamette Valley into the Portland metro. Washington County operates one of Oregon's largest Community Developmental Disabilities Programs, currently supporting approximately 3,100 individuals across the county. The program's Service Center East is located right in Beaverton at 3700 SW Murray Blvd, Suite 2100 (503-846-3150, by appointment). The main CDDP office is in Hillsboro at 5240 NE Elam Young Parkway, Suite 150 (503-846-4737). North Star Oregon coordinates with Washington County case managers to deliver attendant care services under existing service plans, and we can help individuals new to the system navigate the application process. **Portland Metro Reach, Oregon Roots** Beaverton is North Star Oregon's entry into the Portland metropolitan area. We're a Willamette Valley-founded agency — with roots in Albany, Corvallis, and Salem — and we bring that experience to Washington County. Our model has always been in-home and person-centered, built around the individual rather than a facility. In a metro area where large, institutional providers dominate, that approach stands out. Washington County's I/DD population is substantial. With roughly 3,100 individuals receiving services through the county CDDP, the demand for quality attendant care providers is significant. North Star Oregon adds capacity to the Washington County system, offering families another option — one grounded in relationship-based care and staffing consistency. **Quality You Can Verify** In a metro area with more provider choices, families can afford to be selective — and they should be. North Star Oregon is transparent about what we offer: trained, background-checked attendant care workers matched to each individual, consistent scheduling, and direct communication with families. We don't hide behind a call center or rotate staff without notice. In-home attendant care is the service North Star Oregon provides in Beaverton and across Washington County. For individuals with I/DD, this means one-on-one support in your own home — help with personal care, daily living, skill building, and community engagement. Beaverton's infrastructure makes community access especially rich: TriMet bus and MAX light rail service, the Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District facilities, the Beaverton Farmers Market, the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, and a commercial landscape with grocery stores, restaurants, and services within reach. Our attendant care workers in Beaverton help individuals use these resources — getting to the Tualatin Hills Nature Park, shopping at the Beaverton Town Square, attending events at the Reser Center, using TriMet to get to appointments in Portland, or building cooking and household skills at home. In a metro area, the opportunities for community engagement are extensive, and our role is to help each individual take advantage of them at their own pace. North Star Oregon does not currently operate a Day Support Activities (DSA) location in Beaverton or the Portland metro area. In-home attendant care is the service we provide locally. Our existing DSA programs are located in Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Springfield, Salem, and Tangent — all in the Willamette Valley. We recognize that Beaverton and Washington County represent a significant population, and the demand for group-based day programming in the Portland metro is real. As we grow our presence here, expanding DSA into this area is something we're actively evaluating. If DSA is important to you or your family, let us know — that feedback directly informs our planning. ### Bend, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/bend-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care (nearest DSA: Salem). County: Deschutes County. Local CDDP: Deschutes County Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Program, 541-322-7554. Bend has grown rapidly over the past decade — now home to more than 107,000 residents — and the demand for quality disability support services has grown with it. North Star Oregon provides in-home attendant care throughout Deschutes County, bringing the same person-centered approach that has made us a trusted provider across the state to Central Oregon's largest city. If you're coordinating services through the Deschutes County Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Program (IDD Program), North Star Oregon can work directly with your service coordinator to build a care plan that fits your life. The Deschutes County IDD Program — located at 2100 NE Wyatt Ct. in Bend — is the local Community Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP) and your starting point for eligibility determination and service coordination. You can reach their intake line at 541-322-7554. Whether you're a longtime Bend resident or part of the wave of families who have made Central Oregon home in recent years, we understand that finding the right disability support provider matters. North Star Oregon is here to close the gap between what families need and what's available — with reliable, relationship-driven care delivered right where you live. **Meeting Central Oregon's Growing Need** Bend sits at the edge of the high desert, framed by the Cascades to the west and miles of open terrain to the east. It's a city that attracts people for its quality of life — but for families navigating intellectual and developmental disability services, the options haven't always kept pace with the population. North Star Oregon was founded to fill exactly these kinds of gaps, delivering dependable disability support without requiring families to look outside their own community. Our services in Bend are coordinated through Oregon's K-Plan and the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services (ODDS). If you're already connected with the Deschutes County IDD Program, we can begin working with your team right away. If you're new to the system, we'll help you understand the process from eligibility to enrollment. **Consistent Care You Can Count On** Trust is built over time — and it starts with showing up consistently. Every North Star Oregon support worker is trained, background-checked, and carefully matched to the individual they serve. We don't believe in a rotating cast of unfamiliar faces. Our goal is long-term relationships between our team members and the people they support, because consistency is what makes care feel like care. In-home attendant care is our primary service in Bend. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in Deschutes County, attendant care provides one-on-one support in the comfort of home — assisting with daily living tasks, personal care, skill building, and community engagement. Whether it's helping prepare a meal, getting to an appointment at St. Charles Medical Center, or building the confidence to navigate Bend's trail system or Old Mill District more independently, our team is here for the long haul. Central Oregon's geography means distances between services can add up quickly. Rather than requiring clients to travel to a facility, our attendant care workers come to you — wherever home is in the Bend area. From neighborhoods near Pilot Butte to homes along the Deschutes River corridor, we meet people where they are. North Star Oregon offers Day Support Activities (DSA) at multiple locations across the state, including Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Springfield, Salem, and Tangent. While DSA groups are not currently based in Bend, our in-home attendant care services provide meaningful community engagement and skill-building opportunities for individuals in Deschutes County. We're always evaluating where to expand our group-based programming. If you're interested in DSA in the Bend or Central Oregon area, we'd love to hear from you — community demand helps us plan where to grow next. ### Benton County, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/benton-county-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care and Day Support Activities. County: Benton County. Local CDDP: Benton County Developmental Diversity Program (CDDP), 541-766-6847. Benton County is home to North Star Oregon. Our headquarters are in Philomath at 1229 SW Main St, Suite 106, and our Corvallis DSA location serves adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities from across the county. With a population of approximately 99,000, Benton County anchors Oregon's mid-Willamette Valley and is best known as the home of Oregon State University in Corvallis. For individuals and families seeking disability support services here, North Star Oregon is not a distant statewide provider — we are your neighbors. Disability services in Benton County are coordinated through the Benton County Developmental Diversity Program (the local CDDP), located at 4077 SW Research Way, Suite 200, Corvallis, OR 97333. You can reach them at 541-766-6847. Benton County uses the term "Developmental Diversity" rather than "Developmental Disabilities" — a distinction that reflects the county's person-first, strengths-based approach to services. The CDDP handles eligibility determination, needs assessment, and service coordination for children and adults with I/DD. North Star Oregon works closely with Benton County's service coordination team and has for years. Beyond Corvallis, Benton County includes the communities of Philomath, Monroe, Adair Village, and unincorporated areas like Alsea, Alpine, Bellfountain, Blodgett, and Kings Valley in the Coast Range foothills. North Star Oregon serves families across this entire geography — from the OSU campus area to the most rural corners of western Benton County. **Our Services Across Benton County** Benton County is one of the counties where North Star Oregon offers the full range of our services: **In-home attendant care** is available throughout all of Benton County. Whether you live in Corvallis, Philomath, Monroe, Adair Village, Alsea, or any other Benton County community, our attendant care workers come to your home to provide one-on-one support. **Day Support Activities (DSA)** are available at our Corvallis location. DSA groups provide structured community engagement, skill building, and social connection for adults with I/DD. Individuals from anywhere in the county can participate in our Corvallis-based DSA programs. Because our headquarters are in Philomath and our DSA program operates in Corvallis, Benton County families benefit from the closest possible proximity to our team, our leadership, and our day-to-day operations. In-home attendant care is available to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities throughout Benton County. For people living in their own homes or with family, attendant care provides personalized support with daily living tasks, personal care, skill building, and community access. Services are funded through Oregon's K-Plan and coordinated through your Benton County Developmental Diversity service coordinator. Benton County covers about 676 square miles, and while Corvallis is the population center, a significant portion of the county is rural — stretching west through the Coast Range to communities like Alsea and Blodgett. North Star Oregon's in-home model reaches across this geography. Our support workers travel to where our clients live, whether that is a home in south Corvallis, a property outside Philomath, or a rural address near Kings Valley. Because our headquarters are right here in Benton County, our response times and local familiarity are strong. North Star Oregon operates a Day Support Activities (DSA) location in Corvallis, making Benton County one of the counties with direct access to our group-based programming. Our Corvallis DSA program offers structured activities focused on community engagement, life skills development, social connection, and personal growth for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. DSA programming rotates through a calendar of activities — community outings, volunteer opportunities, recreation, life skills workshops, and more. Participants come from across Benton County and neighboring areas. Whether you live in Corvallis, Philomath, Monroe, or Adair Village, our Corvallis DSA is designed to be accessible. Our Philomath headquarters and Corvallis DSA location mean that Benton County residents often have the most direct line of communication with our team of any county we serve. If you want to visit, meet the staff, or see a DSA session in action, we welcome drop-ins. ### Coos Bay, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/coos-bay-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care (nearest DSA: Eugene). County: Coos County. Local CDDP: Community Living Case Management (CLCM) — Coos County, 541-266-7300. Coos Bay is the largest city on the Oregon Coast, with a population of nearly 16,000 — and when you include North Bend, Charleston, and surrounding communities, the greater Bay Area serves as the commercial and medical hub for the entire southern coast. But despite its regional significance, Coos County has historically had fewer disability service provider options than communities in the Willamette Valley or Portland metro. North Star Oregon is here to change that, delivering dependable in-home attendant care to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities across Coos County. Families in Coos Bay navigating the I/DD service system typically begin with Community Living Case Management (CLCM), the organization that provides Community Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP) services under contract with the State of Oregon for Coos County. CLCM's Coos County office is located at 3030 Broadway Ave, Suite A, North Bend, OR 97459 (phone: 541-266-7300). Whether you're already working with a service coordinator at CLCM or just beginning the eligibility process, North Star Oregon can work alongside your team to build a care plan that fits your life. Living on the coast means beautiful surroundings — but it also means geographic isolation. The nearest major city, Eugene, is over two hours east on Highway 42 and Highway 38. That distance makes it critical that families in Coos Bay have access to high-quality disability support without leaving their community. North Star Oregon provides that support, bringing statewide experience to a region that deserves more choices. **Coastal Families Deserve More Choices** Coos County's roughly 64,000 residents are spread across a rugged landscape of coastal towns, fishing villages, and timber communities. For families raising a child with a developmental disability — or adults living independently with I/DD — the limited number of local providers can feel like a dead end. North Star Oregon was founded to close exactly these kinds of gaps, offering in-home attendant care coordinated through Oregon's K-Plan and the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services (ODDS). Our services in Coos Bay are available to anyone eligible under the ODDS service system. If you're connected with a case manager at CLCM, we can integrate directly with your existing support team. If you're new to the process, we'll help you understand your options and get started. **Trust Built for a Tight-Knit Coast Community** In a close-knit community like Coos Bay, reputation matters. You're not just hiring a provider — you're inviting someone into your home, into your routine, into your family's daily life. Every North Star Oregon support worker is trained, background-checked, and carefully matched to the individual they serve. We prioritize consistency because we know that familiar, reliable support workers make all the difference — especially in a community where word travels fast and trust is earned, not assumed. In-home attendant care is North Star Oregon's core service in Coos Bay. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in Coos County, attendant care delivers one-on-one support in the comfort of home — covering daily living tasks, personal care, skill building, and community access. On the Oregon Coast, where the nearest specialized facilities may be hours away in Eugene or Roseburg, having a trained support worker come to you isn't just convenient — it's essential. Whether it's helping with morning routines, preparing meals, supporting a trip to the Coos Bay Boardwalk or the Coos Art Museum, or providing transportation to medical appointments at Bay Area Hospital, our attendant care team is built for the long term. We don't do one-off shifts. We build relationships — the kind that matter in a community where people look out for each other. North Star Oregon offers Day Support Activities (DSA) at multiple locations across the state, including Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Springfield, Salem, and Tangent. DSA groups are not currently based in Coos Bay. For individuals on the southern Oregon Coast, in-home attendant care is our primary service — and it provides robust community engagement, skill-building, and social opportunities right here in Coos County. We're always evaluating where to grow. If you're interested in seeing DSA programming come to the coast, let us know — community demand helps us plan future expansion. ### Corvallis, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/corvallis-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care and Day Support Activities. County: Benton County. Local CDDP: Benton County Developmental Diversity Division (CDDP), 541-766-6835. Corvallis is the seat of Benton County and home to Oregon State University, with a population of roughly 60,000. It is consistently ranked among the most bicycle-friendly and livable small cities in the country. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities living here, Corvallis offers real advantages: a walkable downtown, strong public transit through the Corvallis Transit System, and a community that has invested in accessibility. North Star Oregon provides both in-home attendant care and Day Support Activities in Corvallis, making it one of the few cities where our full range of services is available locally. Disability services in Benton County are coordinated through the Benton County Developmental Diversity Division, the local Community Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP). Their office is located at 530 NW 27th Street, Corvallis, OR 97330, and they can be reached at 541-766-6835 (main) or 541-766-6130 (eligibility). The Developmental Diversity Division handles eligibility determinations, service coordination, and connections to community resources for children and adults across Benton County. North Star Oregon works alongside their service coordinators to deliver attendant care and DSA programming that aligns with each individual's person-centered plan. Corvallis also has a notably strong nonprofit network for people with disabilities, including Benco, Home Life, Inc., and The Arc of Benton County. This is not a community with a shortage of good intentions — but families still tell us they need more options, particularly for consistent in-home support and structured daytime programming. That is the gap we work to fill. **A Full-Service Location in the Heart of the Willamette Valley** Unlike many of the communities we serve across Oregon, Corvallis is a location where North Star Oregon offers both of our primary service lines: in-home attendant care and Day Support Activities. Our DSA groups operate right here in Corvallis, and our attendant care workers serve individuals throughout the city and surrounding Benton County — from the neighborhoods near OSU's campus to homes along the Highway 99W corridor toward Philomath and south toward Monroe. Services are funded through Oregon's K-Plan and coordinated through the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services (ODDS). If you are already working with a service coordinator at the Benton County Developmental Diversity Division, we can coordinate directly with your team to begin services. If you are new to the system, we will help you understand what is available and how to access it. **Consistency Over Convenience** One of the most common frustrations we hear from families in Corvallis is provider turnover. A support worker starts, builds a relationship, and then leaves. North Star Oregon prioritizes staff retention and intentional matching — pairing individuals with support workers who are a good fit, and keeping those relationships stable over time. That consistency matters more than any brochure. In-home attendant care provides one-on-one support for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in their own homes. In Corvallis, that means helping people maintain the routines and community connections that make life here work — getting to the Saturday Farmers' Market downtown, riding the bus to appointments at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, or simply keeping up with daily living tasks in a city where independence is the norm, not the exception. Corvallis is a city where people expect to get around on their own — by bike, by bus, on foot. Our attendant care workers help individuals with I/DD participate in that same culture of independence, providing exactly the level of support each person needs without replacing the skills they already have. Whether someone needs help with personal care, meal preparation, household tasks, or getting out into the community, our team shows up reliably and builds real relationships with the people they serve. Corvallis is one of six locations where North Star Oregon operates Day Support Activities (DSA) programming. Our DSA groups provide structured daytime activities for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities — including arts and creative expression, fitness and movement, educational workshops, community volunteering, and social skill building. Groups are small and person-centered, designed around the interests and goals of the people who attend. Having DSA available locally in Corvallis means participants do not need to travel to Albany, Salem, or Eugene to access group-based programming. For families in Benton County, this is a significant practical advantage. Our DSA calendar is updated regularly with upcoming activities and schedules. ### Dallas, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/dallas-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care (nearest DSA: Salem). County: Polk County. Local CDDP: Polk County Behavioral Health — Developmental Disabilities Services, 503-831-5969. Dallas has been the Polk County seat since 1852, and with a population of roughly 18,000, it's the largest city in the county. Located 15 miles west of Salem along Highway 22, Dallas has a historic downtown that earned a place on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024 — with buildings dating from 1870 to 1955. It's a community that takes its roots seriously. North Star Oregon provides in-home attendant care to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities here, bringing professional I/DD support directly to families in Dallas and the surrounding area. Because Dallas is the county seat, the Polk County Behavioral Health Developmental Disabilities office is right here in town — at 182 SW Academy Street, Suite 350 (503-831-5969). This is the local CDDP, the starting point for eligibility determinations and service coordination. If you're a Dallas resident applying for I/DD services for the first time, the intake process begins at this office. If you already have a case manager, North Star Oregon coordinates directly with the Polk County team to deliver attendant care under your existing service plan. Dallas families also benefit from the county-level resource network headquartered in town, including the Polk County Resource Center (503-623-8429), Polk Community Development Corporation, and proximity to county behavioral health services. Being in the county seat means shorter drives for paperwork, meetings, and appointments — a genuine advantage over smaller Polk County communities. **The County Seat Advantage** Dallas sits at the center of Polk County's service infrastructure. County offices, the CDDP, and key nonprofit partners are all based here. North Star Oregon leverages that proximity — when service plans need updating, when case managers need to coordinate, when paperwork needs signatures, our staff and our clients' families aren't driving to a different city to get things done. That efficiency translates into better, more responsive care. Our services are authorized through Oregon's K-Plan and the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services (ODDS). We serve individuals across the spectrum of attendant care needs, from a few hours a week of community access support to comprehensive daily assistance. **Built on Trust, Not Turnover** Dallas is big enough to have its own identity but small enough that reputation matters. North Star Oregon's approach is built on consistency: the same trained, background-checked support worker showing up on schedule, getting to know the individual they serve, and staying with them over time. We don't over-promise staffing and under-deliver. If we commit to a schedule, we keep it. In-home attendant care is the primary service North Star Oregon provides in Dallas. For individuals with I/DD living in the county seat, this means one-on-one support in your own home — help with personal care, daily living tasks, skill building, and community access. Dallas has the infrastructure to support a good quality of life — a walkable downtown, parks, a public library, local shops — and our attendant care workers help individuals take full advantage of it. Whether it's assistance getting to appointments at the West Valley Hospital in Dallas, shopping downtown, attending community events, or building independent living skills at home, our attendant care is designed around the individual's actual life. Dallas residents often tell us they appreciate not having to drive to Salem for everything, and our service model reinforces that — keeping care local whenever possible. North Star Oregon does not operate a Day Support Activities (DSA) location in Dallas. In-home attendant care is the primary service available locally. For individuals interested in group-based DSA programming, our nearest location is in Salem, about 15 miles east via Highway 22. We also operate DSA programs in Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Springfield, and Tangent. Dallas's proximity to Salem makes accessing DSA realistic for individuals who want to combine in-home attendant care with group programming. If DSA is part of your service plan, our team can help coordinate. ### Eugene, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/eugene-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care and Day Support Activities. County: Lane County. Local CDDP: Lane County Developmental Disabilities Services (DDS), (541) 682-3695. Eugene is the cultural and economic hub of Lane County — home to the University of Oregon, the Hult Center for the Performing Arts, and a community of nearly 179,000 residents who take pride in livability, inclusion, and civic engagement. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families, that sense of community matters deeply when choosing a support provider. North Star Oregon brings person-centered disability services to Eugene and the surrounding Lane County area, including both in-home attendant care and Day Support Activities (DSA). Families in Eugene typically begin the service process through Lane County Developmental Disabilities Services (DDS), the local Community Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP) located at 2513 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in Eugene. Lane County DDS handles eligibility determination, intake, and service coordination for individuals with I/DD throughout the county. Once eligibility is established and a service plan is in place, North Star Oregon can step in as your chosen provider — working directly with your Lane County case manager to deliver consistent, high-quality support. Eugene's identity as the "Emerald City" reflects its green spaces, trail networks, and engaged neighborhoods — from the Saturday Market to the paths along the Willamette River. North Star Oregon believes disability support should help individuals participate in these community assets, not be isolated from them. Whether that means helping someone get to an appointment near the University of Oregon campus or supporting skill-building at home in the Bethel or River Road neighborhoods, our team is here to help people live fuller lives in the places they already call home. **Rooted in Lane County's Largest Community** Eugene is the seat of Lane County and the core of the Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area, with a combined population exceeding 380,000. Despite its size, families navigating I/DD services here still face the challenge of finding providers who show up reliably, communicate clearly, and treat every individual with dignity. North Star Oregon was built to be that kind of provider. Our services in Eugene are coordinated through Oregon's K-Plan and the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services (ODDS), and we work closely with Lane County DDS to ensure seamless service delivery. **Consistency You Can Count On** Inviting a support worker into your home or trusting a day program with your loved one requires real confidence in the people providing care. Every North Star Oregon team member is trained specifically in developmental disability support, background-checked, and matched thoughtfully to the individuals they serve. We prioritize staffing consistency — the same familiar faces, not a revolving door — because relationships are the foundation of meaningful support. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in Eugene, in-home attendant care provides one-on-one support in the comfort of home. Our attendant care workers assist with daily routines, personal care, and the practical tasks that help people maintain independence — whether that is in a neighborhood near Spencer Butte, the Whiteaker area, or anywhere else in the city. Eugene's walkable downtown, extensive bike paths, and public transit through Lane Transit District (LTD) make community access a realistic goal for many individuals receiving attendant care. Our support workers help clients take advantage of these resources — getting to medical appointments at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at University District, accessing the Eugene Public Library, attending community events, or simply enjoying the Owen Memorial Rose Garden. Attendant care is about supporting the whole person, not just checking boxes. North Star Oregon offers Day Support Activities (DSA) in Eugene as part of our expansion into Lane County. Our Eugene DSA program provides structured, community-integrated group activities designed to build skills, foster social connections, and support personal growth for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. DSA in Eugene takes advantage of the city's rich community resources — from arts and cultural programming inspired by the vibrant local scene to outdoor activities along the Willamette River trail system and Alton Baker Park. Our day support programming is person-centered, meaning activities and goals are tailored to each participant's interests and Individual Support Plan (ISP). Whether someone is working on social skills, vocational readiness, community navigation, or creative expression, our DSA groups provide a supportive environment to grow. Lane County is one of North Star Oregon's newer service areas for DSA, and we are actively building programming that reflects the unique character of this community. ### Grants Pass, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/grants-pass-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care and Day Support Activities. County: Josephine County. Local CDDP: Josephine County Developmental Disability Services, 541-474-5126. Grants Pass is the heart of North Star Oregon's southern Oregon presence. Our office sits at 232 SE M Street, and from there our team supports individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities across Josephine County and the broader Rogue Valley. Whether you live in Grants Pass, Cave Junction, Murphy, Merlin, or anywhere in between, we show up locally with the same person-centered care we've built across the rest of the state. Eligibility and service coordination in Josephine County run through the Josephine County Developmental Disability Services program — the local CDDP — reachable at 541-474-5126. If you're already connected with a Services Coordinator or Personal Agent there, we can plug into your existing team. If you're new to the system, we'll walk you through it. Josephine County families have asked for high-quality, person-centered DSA programming for a long time. We're proud to bring it here. **A True Local Presence** We are not parachuting in. North Star Oregon's Grants Pass office is staffed by people who live and work in the Rogue Valley. That means consistent staffing, faster response times, and programming shaped by what southern Oregon actually offers — the Rogue River trails, Riverside Park, downtown Grants Pass, the farmers market, the small businesses that make this region distinctive. **Day Support and Attendant Care — Coordinated** Many families use both our Day Support Activities and in-home attendant care services. We coordinate the two so the support at home and in the community feels like one continuous plan, not two disconnected programs. The same organization, the same standards, the same long-term relationship. In-home attendant care provides one-on-one support in the home and community for individuals with I/DD. Our Grants Pass team helps with personal care, daily living tasks, skill-building, and community access. Whether the goal is greater independence at home, support getting to appointments at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center, or help building skills for life in the Rogue Valley, our DSPs are matched to the people they serve and stay for the long haul. Our attendant care workers come to you anywhere in Josephine County — you don't need to travel to a facility. The point is meeting people in the lives they actually live. Our Rogue Valley Day Support Activities (DSA) program is based in Grants Pass and serves participants across Josephine and Jackson Counties. DSA is a community-based program funded through Oregon Medicaid (the K Plan and 1915(c) waivers) for adults with I/DD eligible through ODDS. A typical week mixes outdoor time on Rogue River trails, art and music at local studios, visits to the Grants Pass farmers market and downtown, volunteer shifts at community organizations, and skill-building tied to each participant's ISP goals. Group sizes stay small, staffing stays consistent, and the schedule flexes around the people in the room. Visit our dedicated Rogue Valley page for a deeper look at the program, including who it's for and how to enroll. ### Hood River, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/hood-river-columbia-gorge-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care (nearest DSA: Salem). County: Hood River County. Local CDDP: Community Living Case Management (CLCM), 541-716-0135. The Columbia River Gorge is a place defined by dramatic geography — towering basalt cliffs, the nation's second-largest river, and a microclimate that has made Hood River the windsurfing and kiteboarding capital of the Pacific Northwest. But for families navigating intellectual and developmental disability services in this region, the same geography that draws tourists creates real barriers to accessing care. The Gorge stretches over 80 miles along the Columbia River, and the communities it connects — Hood River, The Dalles, Mosier, Cascade Locks — are often separated by significant distances with limited public transportation. North Star Oregon provides in-home attendant care to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Hood River County and Wasco County. We coordinate with Community Living Case Management (CLCM), the state-contracted Community Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP) serving Hood River, Wasco, and Sherman counties, to deliver person-centered support that meets individuals and families where they live — not where a provider happens to have an office. Hood River County has a population of roughly 24,000; Wasco County about 27,000. Hood River's economy blends agriculture — the Hood River Valley is one of Oregon's premier pear and apple growing regions — with outdoor recreation tourism and a growing high-tech sector anchored by aerospace firms like Insitu. The Dalles, the Wasco County seat about 20 miles east, serves as a regional hub with healthcare and government services. Despite these economic strengths, disability support providers are scarce across the Gorge, and families here have long faced the choice between traveling west to Portland or going without. **Bridging the Gorge's Geographic Gaps** The Columbia Gorge region is larger than the state of Connecticut, yet it's home to only about 75,000 people spread across multiple counties on both sides of the river. For families coordinating disability services through CLCM, the lack of a robust public transportation network and the distances between towns mean that simply getting to an appointment can consume half a day. North Star Oregon eliminates that burden by bringing attendant care directly to homes in Hood River, The Dalles, and the smaller communities throughout the Gorge — so families spend their time living, not driving. Our services are coordinated through Oregon's K-Plan and the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services (ODDS). If you're already working with a service coordinator at Community Living Case Management, we integrate directly with your existing team. If you're new to services, we'll guide you through eligibility, enrollment, and building a support plan that works for your life. **Dependable Support in a Place That Demands It** In a region where winter ice on I-84, wind events, and wildfire smoke can disrupt daily routines for weeks at a time, consistency from a care provider isn't a luxury — it's a necessity. Every North Star Oregon support worker is trained, background-checked, and matched to the individual they serve. We don't rotate staff through a schedule; we build lasting relationships because the people in your home should be people you know and trust. In-home attendant care is the core of what North Star Oregon provides in the Columbia Gorge. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Hood River, The Dalles, or anywhere in between, attendant care delivers one-on-one support in the comfort of home — the place where people feel safest and most capable. In a region where the nearest specialized facility may require a 60-mile drive into the Portland metro, home-based care isn't just convenient; it's often the only practical option. Our attendant care workers serve clients throughout Hood River and Wasco counties, adapting to the unique rhythm of life in the Gorge. Whether it's helping someone access community activities in downtown Hood River, supporting daily routines in a home outside The Dalles, or assisting with appointments at Mid-Columbia Medical Center, our team shows up — reliably, consistently, and with genuine care. North Star Oregon offers Day Support Activities (DSA) at locations in Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Springfield, Salem, and Tangent — but DSA groups are not currently based in the Columbia Gorge. For individuals in Hood River and Wasco counties, our in-home attendant care services are the primary way we deliver community engagement, skill building, and structured daily support. If there is interest in group-based day programming in the Gorge, we want to hear from you. Community demand is what drives our expansion decisions. In the meantime, our attendant care team provides individualized, meaningful support to families across the region every day. ### Klamath Falls, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/klamath-falls-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care (nearest DSA: Eugene). County: Klamath County. Local CDDP: Klamath County Developmental Disabilities Services (KCDDS), 541-885-2435. For families in Klamath Falls navigating the world of intellectual and developmental disability services, finding the right provider can feel overwhelming — especially in a region where options have historically been limited. North Star Oregon brings statewide experience and person-centered care to Klamath County, offering in-home attendant care that meets individuals where they are: in their own homes and communities. Klamath Falls sits at the heart of Southern Oregon's high desert, and the families here deserve the same quality of disability support available anywhere in the state. Whether you're a parent coordinating services through the Klamath County Developmental Disabilities Program (KCDDS) or an adult seeking attendant care for yourself, North Star Oregon is here to help you build a support plan that fits your life — not the other way around. We work alongside the local service coordination teams at KCDDS and community organizations like SPOKES Unlimited and the Central Oregon Disability Support Network to ensure our clients in Klamath County receive well-rounded, connected support. **Built for Klamath County Families** Klamath County has a population of roughly 70,000, and families here often face longer drives and fewer provider choices than those in the Willamette Valley or Portland metro. North Star Oregon was founded to close gaps like these — delivering reliable, high-quality disability support services that don't require families to leave their community. Our services in Klamath Falls are coordinated through Oregon's K-Plan and the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services (ODDS). If you're already connected with a case manager at KCDDS, we can work directly with your team to get services started. If you're new to the system, we'll walk you through the process step by step. **Your Partner in Klamath County** We understand that trust matters — especially when inviting someone into your home. Every North Star Oregon support worker is trained, background-checked, and matched to the individual they serve. Our goal is long-term consistency: the same familiar faces showing up to provide care, not a revolving door of strangers. In-home attendant care is our core service in Klamath Falls. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in Klamath County, attendant care provides one-on-one support in the comfort of home — helping with daily living tasks, personal care, skill building, and community access. This service is especially valuable in Klamath Falls, where distances between resources can be significant. Rather than requiring clients to travel to a facility, our attendant care workers come to you. Whether it's assistance with meal preparation, help getting to appointments at Sky Lakes Medical Center, or support building independent living skills, our team is here for the long haul. North Star Oregon offers Day Support Activities (DSA) at multiple locations across the state, including Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Springfield, Salem, and Tangent. While DSA groups are not currently based in Klamath Falls, our in-home attendant care services provide robust community engagement and skill-building opportunities for individuals in Klamath County. We're actively exploring ways to bring group-based programming to Southern Oregon. If you're interested in DSA in the Klamath Falls area, let us know — community demand helps us plan where to grow next. ### La Grande, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/la-grande-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care (nearest DSA: Salem). County: Union County. Local CDDP: New Directions Northwest, Inc. — Baker County CDDP, 541-523-8366. La Grande and Baker City anchor the far eastern reaches of Oregon — separated from the Willamette Valley by the Cascade Range, the high desert, and hours of driving through the Blue Mountains. For families in Union and Baker counties navigating the I/DD service system, the distance from Oregon's population centers has always meant fewer providers and longer waits. North Star Oregon is working to change that, bringing reliable in-home attendant care to Eastern Oregon's tight-knit communities. In Union County, developmental disability services are coordinated through the Center for Human Development, Inc. (CHD), the local CDDP provider, located at 2301 Cove Avenue, La Grande, OR 97850 (phone: 541-962-8800). In Baker County, the CDDP is operated by New Directions Northwest, Inc., at 3425 13th St, Baker City, OR 97814 (phone: 541-523-8366). Whether you're already working with a service coordinator at CHD or New Directions, or you're just beginning the eligibility process, North Star Oregon can partner with your team to build an attendant care plan that works for your life — right here in Eastern Oregon. La Grande (population 13,026) is home to Eastern Oregon University and serves as the commercial center of the Grande Ronde Valley, while Baker City (population 10,099) is the county seat of Baker County, known for its beautifully preserved historic downtown and its role as the gateway to the Wallowa Mountains and the Oregon Trail. Both communities share a fierce independence and a strong sense of self-reliance — and both deserve access to the same quality of disability support available anywhere in the state. **Closing the Distance Gap in Eastern Oregon** Union County and Baker County have a combined population of roughly 42,000 people spread across more than 5,000 square miles of mountains, valleys, and rangeland. La Grande is over four hours from Portland and nearly three hours from Bend. Baker City is another 45 minutes southeast. For families in this region, traveling to access disability services isn't just inconvenient — it can be genuinely impractical, especially in winter when mountain passes close and road conditions deteriorate. North Star Oregon's services in La Grande and Baker City are coordinated through Oregon's K-Plan and the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services (ODDS). If you're already connected with a case manager at CHD in La Grande or New Directions Northwest in Baker City, we can integrate directly with your existing team. If you're new to the system, we'll help you understand your options step by step. **Dependable Support in Communities That Value It** Eastern Oregon communities run on trust and follow-through. People know their neighbors. Handshakes still mean something. When you invite a support worker into your home in La Grande or Baker City, you're not looking for a faceless agency — you're looking for someone who shows up, every time, and who genuinely cares about the person they're supporting. Every North Star Oregon attendant care worker is trained, background-checked, and intentionally matched to the individual they serve. We prioritize long-term consistency because we know that in communities like La Grande and Baker City, reliability isn't just nice to have — it's the baseline expectation. In-home attendant care is North Star Oregon's core service in Eastern Oregon. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in Union or Baker County, attendant care provides one-on-one support in the comfort of home — covering daily living tasks, personal care, skill building, and community access. In a region where the nearest major medical centers and specialized service providers may be three to four hours away, having skilled support come to you isn't just convenient — it's how care should work. Whether it's assisting with morning routines, supporting a visit to the Eastern Oregon University campus or the Baker Heritage Museum, helping navigate a trip to Grande Ronde Hospital, or simply providing consistent companionship and skill-building throughout the week, our attendant care team is committed to showing up for the long haul. We serve individuals in La Grande, Baker City, Island City, Union, Cove, Elgin, and surrounding rural communities across both counties. North Star Oregon offers Day Support Activities (DSA) at multiple locations across the state, including Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Springfield, Salem, and Tangent. DSA groups are not currently based in La Grande or Baker City. For individuals in Eastern Oregon, in-home attendant care is our primary service — and it includes meaningful community engagement, skill-building, and social connection right here in Union and Baker counties. We understand that Eastern Oregon has unique needs, and we're always evaluating opportunities to expand. If you'd like to see DSA programming in this region, let us know — community interest directly shapes where we grow next. ### Lebanon, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/lebanon-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care (nearest DSA: Albany). County: Linn County. Local CDDP: Linn County Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP), 541-967-3890. Lebanon sits on the eastern edge of the Willamette Valley along the South Santiam River, about 25 minutes from both Albany and Corvallis. With a population approaching 20,000, it's a growing community with its own hospital, a medical school campus, and a veterans' home — but disability support providers haven't always kept pace with that growth. North Star Oregon serves Lebanon with in-home attendant care, bringing consistent, person-centered I/DD support directly to families here. Linn County coordinates developmental disability services through its Developmental Disabilities Program, located at 315 4th Ave SW in Albany (541-967-3890). The Linn County CDDP handles eligibility determinations and case management for Lebanon residents. If you're already working with a Linn County case manager, North Star Oregon can begin coordinating services quickly. If you're starting from scratch, we can help you understand the process and connect with the right people. Lebanon has seen meaningful institutional investment in recent years. The College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific Northwest opened here in 2011, the Edward C. Allworth Veterans' Home opened in 2017, and Linn-Benton Community College's HealthCare Occupations Center followed the same year. These additions have strengthened the local economy — and they signal a community that's investing in health and human services infrastructure. **Rooted in the South Santiam Community** Lebanon has its own identity — it's not a suburb of Albany, and families here are clear about that. The annual Strawberry Festival, held at Cheadle Lake Park since 1909, is one of the longest-running community celebrations in Oregon. The foot-and-bike trails, the river access, the small-town downtown — these are the things that make Lebanon home. North Star Oregon's approach is to work within this community, not to pull people out of it for services. Our attendant care workers help individuals participate in the life of Lebanon itself: getting to the farmers' market, using the Dial-a-Bus system, keeping medical appointments at Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital, or simply maintaining the daily routines that provide structure and dignity. **Dependable Care from Familiar Faces** Lebanon is far enough from Albany and Corvallis that a provider based in either city can feel distant. Schedules get disrupted, workers cancel because of the drive, and families lose trust. North Star Oregon addresses this by building reliable staffing plans for Lebanon clients specifically — not treating Lebanon as an afterthought tacked onto an Albany route. In-home attendant care is North Star Oregon's core offering in Lebanon. This means one-on-one support in the individual's own home — assistance with personal care, daily living tasks, skill building, and community engagement. For families in Lebanon, attendant care eliminates the need to travel to Albany or Corvallis for facility-based services and keeps the individual connected to their own neighborhood and routines. Lebanon's Dial-a-Bus program provides curb-to-curb transportation for people with disabilities within city limits, and our attendant care workers can help clients use this and other local resources effectively. Whether it's getting to a doctor's appointment, shopping at Grocery Outlet, or attending a community event at Cheadle Lake Park, the goal is participation in everyday life — not isolation. North Star Oregon does not operate a Day Support Activities (DSA) location in Lebanon. In-home attendant care is the primary service we provide locally. For individuals interested in group-based DSA programming, our nearest locations are in Albany and Tangent — each about a 25-minute drive west. We also run DSA programs in Corvallis, Eugene, Springfield, and Salem. If demand for DSA grows in the Lebanon and Sweet Home corridor, we want to know about it. Community interest directly shapes where we expand. ### Linn County, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/linn-county-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care and Day Support Activities. County: Linn County. Local CDDP: Linn County Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP), 541-967-3890. Linn County is the largest county by area in Oregon's Willamette Valley, stretching from the valley floor near Albany east into the Cascade Range. With a population of approximately 133,000, the county includes the cities of Albany (the county seat), Lebanon, Sweet Home, Harrisburg, Brownsville, and a string of smaller communities along the Santiam corridors. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities living anywhere in this wide-ranging county, North Star Oregon provides in-home attendant care and Day Support Activities close to home. Disability services in Linn County are coordinated through the Linn County Developmental Disabilities Program (the local CDDP), located at 315 4th Ave SW, Albany, OR 97321. You can reach them at 541-967-3890. The CDDP handles eligibility determination, service coordination, and case management for children and adults with I/DD throughout the county. If you already work with a Linn County service coordinator, North Star Oregon can plug in directly. If you are new to the system, we will help you navigate the steps. Linn County is distinctive because North Star Oregon operates two DSA locations here — one in Albany and one in Tangent — more than any other single county in our service area. Combined with countywide in-home attendant care, Linn County residents have access to the broadest set of North Star Oregon services of any county we serve. **Our Services Across Linn County** North Star Oregon offers both of our core service lines in Linn County, with particular depth in Day Support Activities: **In-home attendant care** is available throughout all of Linn County. Whether you live in Albany, Lebanon, Sweet Home, Harrisburg, Brownsville, Scio, Mill City, Lyons, Halsey, or any other Linn County community, our attendant care workers come to your home. **Day Support Activities (DSA)** are available at two locations in Linn County: - **Albany DSA** — Serving individuals in and around Albany, the county's largest city. - **Tangent DSA** — Located in Tangent, just south of Albany, providing an additional option for individuals in the southern part of the county. Having two DSA locations in one county means shorter commutes and more scheduling flexibility for Linn County families. Residents of Lebanon, Sweet Home, and other eastern communities can choose the location that works best for their transportation and schedule. In-home attendant care serves individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities throughout all of Linn County. For people living in their own homes or with family, attendant care provides one-on-one support with daily living tasks, personal care, skill building, and community access. Services are funded through Oregon's K-Plan and coordinated through your Linn County CDDP service coordinator. Linn County covers over 2,290 square miles — the most of any Willamette Valley county — ranging from the flat agricultural land around Albany, Tangent, and Harrisburg to the foothills and mountain communities of Sweet Home, Mill City, Lyons, and beyond. Distances matter here. A family in Sweet Home is 30 miles from Albany; a family in Mill City is over 40. North Star Oregon's in-home model is designed for exactly this kind of geography. Our support workers travel to where our clients live, and we prioritize consistency so that the same familiar person shows up each time. Linn County is unique in the North Star Oregon service area: it is the only county where we operate two Day Support Activities (DSA) locations. Our Albany DSA and Tangent DSA programs both offer structured group activities focused on community engagement, skill development, social connection, and personal growth for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. **Albany DSA** is centrally located in the county seat, making it accessible for participants from Albany, Millersburg, and northern Linn County communities. **Tangent DSA** is located just south of Albany along Highway 99E, and may be a convenient choice for individuals traveling from the Harrisburg, Halsey, or Brownsville areas. DSA programming includes a rotating calendar of activities — community outings, volunteer projects, recreation, life skills workshops, and more. Check our DSA calendar for upcoming sessions, or contact us to visit either location and see the program firsthand. ### Marion County, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/marion-county-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care and Day Support Activities. County: Marion County. Local CDDP: Marion County Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP), 503-588-5288. Marion County is the fifth most populous county in Oregon, home to roughly 347,000 residents and the state capital of Salem. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities living anywhere in the county — from the government corridors of downtown Salem to the farming communities of Woodburn, the historic streets of Silverton, or the foothills near Stayton and Sublimity — North Star Oregon provides person-centered disability support services designed to help people thrive in their own homes and communities. Disability services in Marion County are coordinated through the Marion County Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Program (the local CDDP), located at 3180 Center St NE, Salem, OR 97301. You can reach them at 503-588-5288. The CDDP handles eligibility determination, service coordination, and case management for children and adults with I/DD throughout the county. If you already have a case manager through Marion County's CDDP, North Star Oregon can work directly with your service coordination team to get attendant care or Day Support Activities started. If you are new to the system, we are happy to walk you through the process. Marion County's size and diversity set it apart from many Oregon counties. Salem alone has a population exceeding 180,000, but the county also includes smaller cities like Keizer (pop. ~40,000), Woodburn (~27,000), Silverton (~10,000), Stayton (~8,500), and dozens of rural communities. North Star Oregon serves families across this entire geography — not just within Salem city limits. **Our Services Across Marion County** North Star Oregon offers two core service lines in Marion County: statewide in-home attendant care and facility-based Day Support Activities (DSA). **In-home attendant care** is available throughout all of Marion County. Whether you live in Salem, Keizer, Silverton, Woodburn, Mt. Angel, Aumsville, Turner, Jefferson, or any other Marion County community, our attendant care workers come to your home to provide one-on-one support. **Day Support Activities (DSA)** are available at our Salem location. DSA groups provide structured community engagement, skill building, and social connection for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Individuals from anywhere in the county — Stayton, Sublimity, Gervais, Hubbard, Donald, and beyond — can participate in our Salem-based DSA programs. In-home attendant care is the backbone of what we do in Marion County. For individuals with I/DD living in their own homes or with family, attendant care provides personalized, one-on-one support with daily living tasks, personal care, skill building, and community access. This service is funded through Oregon's K-Plan and coordinated through your CDDP case manager. Marion County covers over 1,190 square miles, from the urban core of Salem and Keizer to agricultural communities like Gervais, St. Paul, and Aurora, and foothill towns like Detroit, Idanha, and Gates along the North Santiam Canyon. No matter where you live in the county, North Star Oregon brings attendant care to your door. We prioritize long-term consistency — matching each individual with a support worker who knows them, understands their goals, and shows up reliably. North Star Oregon operates a Day Support Activities (DSA) location in Salem, making Marion County one of the counties where both of our core service lines are directly available. Our Salem DSA program offers structured group activities focused on community engagement, skill development, social connection, and personal growth for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. DSA programming includes a rotating calendar of activities — from community outings and volunteer projects to life skills workshops and recreation. Participants come from across Marion County, not just Salem. If you live in Keizer, Silverton, Woodburn, Stayton, or another Marion County community, you are welcome to join our Salem-based DSA groups. To see what is coming up, check our DSA calendar or contact us to schedule a visit. ### Medford, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/medford-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care and Day Support Activities. County: Jackson County. Local CDDP: Jackson County Developmental Disability Services, 541-774-8205. Medford is the heart of Southern Oregon's Rogue Valley — a community of nearly 89,000 people nestled between the Cascade Range and the Siskiyou Mountains. For families here navigating intellectual and developmental disability services, finding a provider who understands this region and shows up consistently can make all the difference. North Star Oregon delivers person-centered in-home attendant care throughout Jackson County, and with our office in neighboring Grants Pass, we have a strong local presence in Southern Oregon. Services in Medford are coordinated through the Jackson County Developmental Disability Services program — the local Community Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP) — located at 140 S Holly St., Medford, OR 97501. You can reach their office at 541-774-8205. Whether you're already connected with a service coordinator there or just beginning the eligibility process, North Star Oregon can work alongside your team to build a support plan tailored to your goals. Jackson County is home to a strong network of disability organizations, and we're proud to be part of that ecosystem. From The Arc Jackson County to HASL Center for Independent Living in nearby Grants Pass, the resources here are real — and so is our commitment to serving the people who rely on them. **Southern Oregon Roots, Statewide Experience** North Star Oregon isn't parachuting into the Rogue Valley from somewhere far away. Our Grants Pass office — just 30 miles northwest of Medford in neighboring Josephine County — gives us a genuine Southern Oregon presence. That proximity means faster response times, local familiarity, and a team that understands the rhythms of life in Jackson County. Combined with our statewide infrastructure, families in Medford get the best of both worlds: local knowledge backed by organizational depth. Our services are coordinated through Oregon's K-Plan and the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services (ODDS). If you're already working with Jackson County Developmental Disability Services, we can plug into your existing care team. If you're new to the system, we'll walk you through it — step by step, without jargon. **A Provider That Stays** Consistency matters more than anything in disability support. Every North Star Oregon support worker is trained, background-checked, and matched to the individual they serve. We prioritize long-term relationships over short-term coverage, because people deserve to be supported by someone they know and trust — not a different face every week. In-home attendant care is our core service in Medford. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in Jackson County, attendant care means one-on-one support in the comfort of home — helping with daily living tasks, personal care, skill building, and community access. Whether it's assistance getting to an appointment at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center, support preparing meals, or help building the skills to navigate downtown Medford or Bear Creek Park more independently, our team is here for the long term. The Rogue Valley's warm, dry climate and tight-knit neighborhoods make it a wonderful place to live — and our job is to help ensure that individuals with disabilities can fully participate in the community they call home. Our attendant care workers come to you, wherever you are in the Medford area, so you don't need to travel to a facility to receive support. North Star Oregon now offers Day Support Activities (DSA) across the Rogue Valley, including Medford. Our regional program serves Jackson and Josephine Counties from a Grants Pass hub, with real community-based programming — trail walks, art studios, farmers markets, volunteer shifts, and skill-building — designed around each participant's interests and ISP goals. Day Support Activities is funded through Oregon Medicaid (the K Plan and 1915(c) waivers) for individuals eligible for I/DD services through the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services (ODDS). Visit our dedicated Rogue Valley page to see how the program works, who it's for, and how to enroll. ### Monmouth, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/monmouth-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care (nearest DSA: Salem). County: Polk County. Local CDDP: Polk County Behavioral Health — Developmental Disabilities Services, 503-831-5969. Monmouth is a community shaped by Western Oregon University, the institution that has anchored this small Polk County city since 1856. With a population of roughly 11,300 and a median age of about 23, the town has a youthful energy and a walkable core — but disability services here have traditionally required families to drive to Salem or Dallas. North Star Oregon serves Monmouth directly, providing in-home attendant care that keeps individuals in the community where they already live. Polk County coordinates developmental disability services through its Behavioral Health Developmental Disabilities division, located in Dallas at 182 SW Academy Street, Suite 350 (503-831-5969). The Polk County CDDP handles eligibility determinations and service coordination for Monmouth residents. If you already work with a Polk County case manager, North Star Oregon can coordinate with your team. If you're new to the system, we'll help you understand the steps to get connected. Monmouth also benefits from the Polk Community Resource Center at 1407 Monmouth-Independence Highway, which houses more than ten organizations under one roof — including Northwest Senior and Disability Services, the Oregon Department of Human Services, and Community Action Agency programs. It's a practical starting point for families seeking multiple types of support. **Small-Town Access, Statewide Quality** Monmouth and neighboring Independence sit between Salem and Corvallis along Highway 99W, and residents here often split their lives between both larger cities for work, medical care, and shopping. But disability support shouldn't require a 20-minute drive each direction. North Star Oregon brings services to Monmouth so that individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities can receive consistent, professional care without leaving home. Our services are authorized through Oregon's K-Plan and the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services (ODDS). We work within the existing Polk County service coordination system, and we're familiar with the local providers and organizations that families here rely on. **Consistency Over Convenience** For families in Monmouth, the right support worker isn't just someone with the right credentials — it's someone who shows up reliably and builds a genuine relationship. Every North Star Oregon attendant care worker is trained, background-checked, and matched to the person they serve. We prioritize staff retention because we know that continuity matters far more than filling a shift. In-home attendant care is North Star Oregon's primary service in Monmouth. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in this college town, attendant care means one-on-one support in your own home — help with daily routines, personal care, skill development, and getting out into the community. Whether it's walking to campus-area coffee shops, getting to appointments in Salem, or building cooking skills in your own kitchen, our attendant care workers are part of your daily life. Monmouth's compact layout and WOU campus proximity mean many of our clients here are younger adults transitioning from school-based services to adult support systems. That transition can be difficult to navigate, and North Star Oregon is experienced in supporting individuals through it — working with Polk County case managers, families, and the individual themselves to build a plan that reflects real goals. North Star Oregon does not operate a Day Support Activities (DSA) location in Monmouth. In-home attendant care is the primary service we provide locally. For individuals interested in group-based DSA programming, our nearest location is in Salem, approximately 20 minutes east. We also operate DSA programs in Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Springfield, and Tangent. If there's growing demand for DSA in western Polk County, we want to hear about it. Community interest helps us plan where to expand next. ### Monroe, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/monroe-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care (nearest DSA: Corvallis). County: Benton County. Local CDDP: Benton County Developmental Diversity Program, 541-766-6847. Monroe is a city of roughly 700 people in southern Benton County, midway between Corvallis and Eugene along Highway 99W. Founded around a sawmill in 1852, the community draws its identity from farming, timber, and the kind of neighbor-to-neighbor self-reliance that defines small-town Oregon. But self-reliance has limits — and families navigating I/DD services in a town this size often find that the nearest provider, the nearest case manager, and the nearest group program are all 20 to 30 minutes away. North Star Oregon provides in-home attendant care directly in Monroe. That means a support worker comes to you — no driving to Corvallis for every service contact. Benton County coordinates developmental disability services through its Developmental Diversity Program, located at 4077 SW Research Way, Suite 200, in Corvallis (541-766-6847). The Benton County program handles eligibility, needs assessments, and service coordination for Monroe residents. North Star Oregon works within this system, coordinating with Benton County case managers to deliver attendant care that fits each individual's plan. **Disability Support That Comes to You** Monroe's population may be small, but the surrounding community extends to over 3,000 people in the immediate area. The town has a grocer, a coffee shop, a post office, a library, and a handful of restaurants — the essentials of daily life. What it doesn't have is a disability services office. For individuals with I/DD living here, that gap has historically meant driving to Corvallis for nearly every service-related appointment and activity. North Star Oregon was built to serve communities like Monroe. Our attendant care model is home-based by design, which means it works in small towns the same way it works in cities. We bring professional, funded disability support to the individual's front door — whether that's on a side street in Monroe or on acreage outside of town. **The Same Face at Your Door** In a town where people recognize each other at the post office, a rotating cast of unfamiliar support workers doesn't make sense. North Star Oregon prioritizes consistent staffing. Our goal is for every client in Monroe to work with the same attendant care provider over time — someone who knows their routines, their preferences, and their goals. In-home attendant care is the service North Star Oregon provides in Monroe. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in this part of Benton County, attendant care means hands-on, one-on-one support in your own home. That includes help with personal care, meal preparation, household tasks, skill building, and getting out into the community — even when "the community" means a 15-minute drive to Corvallis or a trip to the Monroe BBQ & Logging Festival. Rural living creates specific challenges for people with disabilities: limited transit, fewer walkable destinations, and long distances to services. In-home attendant care addresses these directly. Rather than requiring the individual to travel to a program site, we bring the support to where they live. Our workers can help with transportation to appointments, accompany clients on errands in Corvallis or Eugene, and support daily routines that keep life stable and predictable. North Star Oregon does not operate a Day Support Activities (DSA) location in Monroe. In-home attendant care is the service we provide locally. For individuals interested in group-based DSA programming, our nearest location is in Corvallis, about 20 minutes north. We also operate DSA programs in Albany, Tangent, Eugene, Springfield, and Salem. Monroe is a small community, and we're straightforward about what's available here versus what requires travel. If DSA is part of your service plan, our Corvallis program is the closest option — and our team can help coordinate transportation. ### Pendleton, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/pendleton-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care (nearest DSA: Salem). County: Umatilla County. Local CDDP: Umatilla County Community Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP), 541-276-0452. Pendleton is the kind of place where people know their neighbors — a community of roughly 17,000 at the foot of the Blue Mountains, anchored by agriculture, ranching, and generations of Eastern Oregon grit. But when it comes to finding quality disability support services, families in Umatilla County have historically faced limited options and long distances. North Star Oregon is here to change that, bringing statewide expertise and genuine, person-centered attendant care to Pendleton and the surrounding area. Whether you're coordinating services through the Umatilla County Community Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP) or exploring options for the first time, North Star Oregon can help you build an in-home support plan that works with your life. Our team understands the realities of Eastern Oregon — where the next provider might be hours away — and we're committed to showing up consistently for the families we serve. We work alongside the Umatilla County CDDP, located at 817 SE 13th St in Pendleton, as well as local organizations like the Eastern Oregon Center for Independent Living and Horizon Project, Inc. to ensure our clients receive coordinated, community-connected support. Pendleton families deserve the same quality of care available in the Willamette Valley, and we're here to deliver it. **Serving Eastern Oregon's Hub City** Umatilla County stretches across more than 3,200 square miles of high desert, river valleys, and mountain foothills, with Pendleton as its county seat and service hub. Families here face provider shortages that can make accessing intellectual and developmental disability support feel like an uphill climb. North Star Oregon was built to bridge that gap — delivering dependable, high-quality disability services without requiring families to relocate or drive across the state. Our services in Pendleton are coordinated through Oregon's K-Plan and the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services (ODDS). If you already work with a service coordinator at the Umatilla County CDDP (541-276-0452), we can collaborate directly with your team. If you're new to the process, we'll walk you through eligibility, enrollment, and service planning from start to finish. **Consistent Care You Can Count On** In a region where distances are long and provider turnover is a real challenge, consistency matters more than ever. Every North Star Oregon support worker is trained, background-checked, and intentionally matched to the individual they serve. We prioritize building lasting relationships — the same familiar faces showing up week after week — because trust isn't built through a revolving door of strangers. For Pendleton families, that reliability makes all the difference. In-home attendant care is our primary service in Pendleton and throughout Umatilla County. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, attendant care means one-on-one support in the comfort of home — assistance with daily living, personal care, skill building, and getting out into the community. Our attendant care workers come to you, whether you live in Pendleton, Hermiston, Milton-Freewater, or the rural areas in between. This approach is particularly meaningful in Eastern Oregon, where centralized programs may be far away and harsh winter weather can make travel difficult. Whether it's help with meal preparation, support getting to appointments at St. Anthony Hospital, assistance building independent living skills, or simply reliable companionship, our team provides the steady, in-home presence that Pendleton families need. From Round-Up week to the quiet of a Blue Mountains winter, we're here year-round. North Star Oregon offers Day Support Activities (DSA) at multiple locations across the state, including Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Springfield, Salem, and Tangent. While DSA groups are not currently based in Pendleton, our in-home attendant care services provide strong community engagement and skill-building opportunities for individuals in Umatilla County. We're always evaluating where to grow, and community interest plays a real role in those decisions. If you're a family in the Pendleton area interested in group-based DSA programming, we'd love to hear from you — your input helps shape where North Star Oregon goes next. ### Philomath, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/philomath-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care (nearest DSA: Corvallis). County: Benton County. Local CDDP: Benton County Developmental Diversity Division (CDDP), 541-766-6835. Philomath is a city of roughly 6,000 people sitting at the western edge of the Willamette Valley, where the farmland gives way to the foothills of the Coast Range. The name comes from the Greek for "lover of learning," a reference to Philomath College, founded here in 1867 by the United Brethren Church. It is a small town by any measure — but it is also the headquarters of North Star Oregon. We chose Philomath as our home base because this is the community we come from. Our office is here, our roots are here, and the families we first began serving live in Benton County. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Philomath, that proximity matters. We are not a large agency based in Portland or Salem running satellite operations in rural Oregon. We are a small, dedicated team headquartered on Main Street, and our founder, Justin Wallace, has spent over 12 years working in the I/DD field in this part of the state. Disability services for Philomath residents are coordinated through the Benton County Developmental Diversity Division, the local CDDP, located at 530 NW 27th Street in Corvallis — about a 15-minute drive east on Highway 20. Their main number is 541-766-6835, and their eligibility line is 541-766-6130. If you are a Philomath family beginning the process of accessing I/DD services, the Developmental Diversity Division is your first step, and North Star Oregon can help you understand what to expect. **Small Town, Real Support** Philomath does not have the same density of service providers that Corvallis or Salem offers. Families here sometimes feel like they are on the edge of the service map — close enough to a mid-sized city to see what is available, but not always close enough to access it easily. North Star Oregon changes that equation. Because we are based in Philomath, our attendant care workers do not have to drive from another city to reach you. Response times are shorter, scheduling is more flexible, and the people providing care are part of the same community. Our services are funded through Oregon's K-Plan and coordinated through the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services (ODDS). We work directly with Benton County service coordinators to ensure care plans are followed and adjusted as needs change. **Neighbors, Not Strangers** When you live in a town of 6,000 people, you notice who shows up at your door. North Star Oregon support workers are not anonymous contractors rotating through a shift schedule. They are people who live in or near Philomath and Corvallis, who shop at the same stores and drive the same roads. That familiarity is not a marketing point — it is the practical reality of receiving care from a local agency headquartered in your own town. In-home attendant care is North Star Oregon's core service in Philomath. Our attendant care workers provide one-on-one support for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in their own homes — helping with personal care, daily living tasks, skill building, and community access. In a town built along the Marys River at the foot of Marys Peak, daily life has its own rhythm, and our job is to support that rhythm rather than disrupt it. For Philomath residents, practical geography shapes what attendant care looks like. Medical appointments and specialty services often require a trip into Corvallis. Grocery options are more limited than in a larger city. The nearest hospital, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, is about 10 miles east. Our attendant care workers help individuals navigate these realities — providing transportation support, helping with errands, and making sure that living in a smaller community does not mean going without. North Star Oregon does not operate a Day Support Activities (DSA) location in Philomath itself. In-home attendant care is our primary service here. However, our DSA programming is available at our Corvallis location — just seven miles east on Highway 20 — as well as in Albany, Eugene, Springfield, Salem, and Tangent. For Philomath families interested in structured group activities, the Corvallis DSA site is the closest and most accessible option. We are always evaluating where demand exists for additional programming. If you are a Philomath family interested in DSA, contact us — your input directly informs where we grow. ### Polk County, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/polk-county-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care (nearest DSA: Salem). County: Polk County. Local CDDP: Polk County Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP), 503-831-5969. Polk County sits along the western bank of the Willamette River in Oregon's mid-valley, with a population of approximately 90,000. The county seat is Dallas, and other key communities include Monmouth (home to Western Oregon University), Independence, Falls City, and the West Salem neighborhoods that, while part of the city of Salem, are located within Polk County's borders. For individuals and families navigating intellectual and developmental disability services in any of these communities, North Star Oregon provides reliable, person-centered in-home attendant care. Disability services in Polk County are coordinated through the Polk County Developmental Disabilities Program, housed within Polk County Behavioral Health at 182 SW Academy St, Suite 350, Dallas, OR 97338. You can reach them at 503-831-5969. The Polk County CDDP handles eligibility determination, service coordination, and case management for children and adults with I/DD. If you already have a service coordinator through Polk County, North Star Oregon can work directly with your team. If you are new to the disability services system, we can help you understand the process and get connected. Polk County has a distinctly different character from neighboring Marion County to the east. While West Salem residents are just minutes from the state capital, families in Dallas, Falls City, or the rural communities of Rickreall, Perrydale, and Buena Vista face longer drives to reach service providers. North Star Oregon serves the entire county — urban and rural alike — bringing attendant care directly to people's homes rather than requiring them to travel to a central office. **Our Services Across Polk County** North Star Oregon's primary service in Polk County is **in-home attendant care**, available throughout the county to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Whether you live in Dallas, Monmouth, Independence, West Salem, Falls City, or any rural Polk County community, our attendant care workers come to you. Polk County does not currently have a North Star Oregon **Day Support Activities (DSA)** location within its borders. However, Polk County residents — particularly those in the West Salem area — have convenient access to our Salem DSA program just across the river in Marion County. Residents of Dallas, Monmouth, and Independence may also find our Corvallis or Albany DSA locations accessible depending on their transportation options. We work with families and case managers to identify the best fit. In-home attendant care is our core service in Polk County. For individuals with I/DD living in their own homes or with family, attendant care provides personalized, one-on-one support with daily living tasks, personal care, skill development, and community access. Services are funded through Oregon's K-Plan and coordinated through your Polk County CDDP service coordinator. Polk County spans from the Willamette River on the east to the Coast Range foothills on the west, covering about 745 square miles. That geographic spread means some families live 30 or more minutes from the nearest town with services. North Star Oregon's in-home model is built for exactly this reality — our support workers travel to where our clients live, whether that is a neighborhood in West Salem, a home outside Dallas, or a rural property near Pedee or Airlie. We prioritize matching each individual with a consistent support worker who builds a real, ongoing relationship. North Star Oregon does not currently operate a Day Support Activities (DSA) location within Polk County. However, Polk County residents have access to our DSA programs at nearby locations: - **Salem DSA** — Just across the Willamette River from West Salem, our Salem location is the closest DSA option for many Polk County families. West Salem residents can reach it in minutes. - **Corvallis DSA** — For residents of southern Polk County communities like Monmouth and Independence, our Corvallis DSA location in neighboring Benton County may be a practical option. - **Albany DSA and Tangent DSA** — Also within reasonable driving distance for some Polk County residents. We work with families and service coordinators to determine the best DSA option based on location, transportation, and individual goals. If there is growing demand for DSA within Polk County, that is exactly the kind of community input that helps us plan where to expand next. ### Portland, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/portland-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care (nearest DSA: Salem). County: Multnomah County. Local CDDP: Multnomah County Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Services Division (CDDP), 503-988-3691. Portland is Oregon's largest city, home to more than 627,000 residents and the center of a metro area that exceeds 2.5 million people. Multnomah County alone has more individuals living with intellectual and developmental disabilities than most Oregon counties combined. The scale of the community here means that demand for qualified, reliable support services consistently outpaces supply. North Star Oregon brings statewide experience in attendant care and disability support to the Portland metro — not as a distant agency, but as a provider that has built its reputation serving individuals and families across the Willamette Valley and beyond. Disability services in Multnomah County are coordinated through the county's Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Services Division, the local Community Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP). Their main office is located at 209 SW 4th Avenue, Portland, OR 97204, inside the Five Oak Building, and can be reached at 503-988-3691 (ext. 7) or by email at idd@multco.us. The division handles eligibility determinations, service coordination, and case management for both children and adults with I/DD throughout Multnomah County. North Star Oregon works alongside county service coordinators to deliver in-home attendant care that fits within each individual's person-centered plan. Portland also has a deep bench of disability organizations — from Independent Living Resources and Disability Rights Oregon to The Arc Portland Metro and Community Pathways, Inc. This is not a city that lacks advocacy or awareness. What families often tell us is that the challenge is not finding information — it is finding a provider who actually shows up, stays consistent, and treats their family member as a person rather than a case number. That is the standard North Star Oregon holds itself to. **Statewide Experience Rooted in Oregon Communities** North Star Oregon has built its service model across communities throughout the Willamette Valley — from Albany and Corvallis to Eugene, Springfield, Salem, and Tangent. That statewide foundation matters in Portland because it means we are not learning as we go. We understand how Oregon's K-Plan funding works, how to coordinate with CDDPs and brokerages, and how to recruit and retain attendant care workers in a competitive labor market. Portland is the largest community we serve, and we approach it with the same person-centered commitment that defines our work in every Oregon city. **Reliability in a City This Size** In a metro area with 2.5 million people, it is easy for individuals with disabilities to feel like just another client in a provider's caseload. Large agencies cycle through staff, and families cycle through providers looking for someone who will stay. North Star Oregon prioritizes intentional caregiver matching and long-term staff retention. We pair individuals with support workers who are genuinely a good fit — and we invest in keeping those relationships stable. In a city where people have more options but fewer guarantees, consistency is the most valuable thing we offer. In-home attendant care is one-on-one support for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in their own homes. In Portland, that means helping people maintain independence and daily routines in one of the most neighborhood-driven cities in the country — whether someone lives in a house in Southeast, an apartment in the Lloyd District, or a group home in East Portland. Our attendant care workers help with personal care, daily living tasks, meal preparation, and getting out into the community. The goal is never to replace what someone can do, but to support the areas where they need help so they can live the life they want. Portland's size also creates practical challenges that a good attendant care provider must account for. Getting across the city takes time — TriMet's bus and MAX light rail network covers a lot of ground, but navigating it independently is not realistic for every individual. Access to medical appointments at OHSU, Providence Portland, or Legacy Emanuel may require support with transportation and scheduling. Running errands to neighborhood grocery stores, attending community events at a local park or library, or simply keeping a consistent routine at home — all of these are easier with a reliable support worker who knows the person, knows the neighborhood, and shows up when expected. North Star Oregon does not currently operate Day Support Activities (DSA) locations in the Portland metro area. We believe in being straightforward about what we offer and where. In Portland, our primary service is in-home attendant care — and that is where we focus our energy and our team. DSA programming is available at our locations in Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Springfield, Salem, and Tangent. These programs include structured group activities such as arts and creative expression, fitness, educational workshops, community volunteering, and social skill building. If you are in the Portland area and interested in DSA, we are happy to discuss options at our other locations. We are also actively evaluating opportunities to bring DSA programming to the Portland metro in the future — the need is real, and it is something we take seriously as we grow. ### Roseburg, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/roseburg-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care (nearest DSA: Eugene). County: Douglas County. Local CDDP: Community Living Case Management (CLCM) — Douglas County, 541-315-4300. Roseburg sits at the center of the Hundred Valleys of the Umpqua — a community of roughly 24,000 that has long served as the economic and civic hub of Douglas County. Known for generations as the Timber Capital of the Nation, Roseburg has evolved into a regional center for healthcare, outdoor recreation, and a growing wine country. But for families navigating intellectual and developmental disability services, finding a provider who truly understands this community and shows up consistently can still be a challenge. North Star Oregon is here to close that gap. Whether you're already working with a service coordinator through Community Living Case Management (CLCM) — the Community Developmental Disabilities Program serving Douglas County — or you're just starting to explore your options, North Star Oregon can help. We provide in-home attendant care throughout Roseburg and Douglas County, meeting individuals and families where they are: in their own homes and communities. We coordinate with CLCM, located at 2550 NW Edenbower Blvd, Suite 104, in Roseburg, along with local organizations like the Umpqua Valley disAbilities Network and other community partners to make sure our clients receive connected, well-rounded support. Families in Southern Oregon deserve the same access to quality disability services as anyone else in the state, and that's exactly what we're here to provide. **Rooted in the Umpqua Valley** Douglas County covers nearly 5,100 square miles of mountain ranges, river valleys, and rural communities — making it one of Oregon's largest counties by area and one of the most geographically spread out. For families living in Roseburg, Sutherlin, Myrtle Creek, Winston, or the more remote corners of the county, accessing disability services can mean long drives and limited choices. North Star Oregon was founded to solve problems exactly like this — delivering dependable, high-quality disability support directly to the communities that need it. Our services in Roseburg are coordinated through Oregon's K-Plan and the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services (ODDS). If you already work with a service coordinator at CLCM (541-315-4300), we can begin collaborating right away. If you're new to the system, we'll guide you through the process — from eligibility to enrollment to building a service plan that reflects your goals. **A Provider That Stays** In a community where people value their word, North Star Oregon brings that same commitment to every family we serve. Each support worker is trained, background-checked, and carefully matched to the individual they'll be working with. We don't cycle through staff — we build lasting relationships. For Roseburg families, that means the person who shows up on Tuesday is the same person who showed up last Tuesday, and will show up next Tuesday. That kind of consistency is what trust is made of. In-home attendant care is our core service in Roseburg and throughout Douglas County. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, attendant care delivers one-on-one support in the comfort and familiarity of home — helping with daily living tasks, personal care, skill building, and meaningful community access. Our attendant care workers come to you, wherever you are in the county. This is especially important in Douglas County, where the valley geography means that even nearby towns can feel far apart. Whether it's support with meal preparation, help getting to appointments at Mercy Medical Center, assistance building independent living skills, or a trip to Stewart Park or the Douglas County Museum, our team is woven into the daily rhythm of life here. From the heart of Roseburg to the smaller communities along the Umpqua, North Star Oregon is a year-round, reliable presence. North Star Oregon offers Day Support Activities (DSA) at multiple locations across the state, including Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Springfield, Salem, and Tangent. While DSA groups are not currently based in Roseburg, our in-home attendant care services provide meaningful community engagement and skill-building opportunities for individuals in Douglas County. We're continually evaluating where to expand, and community demand is a key part of that process. If you're a family in the Roseburg area interested in group-based DSA programming, let us know — your voice helps determine where North Star Oregon grows next. ### Salem, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/salem-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care and Day Support Activities. County: Marion County. Local CDDP: Marion County Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP), 503-588-5288. Salem is Oregon's capital and its second-largest city, home to roughly 183,000 people. As the seat of state government and the hub of the mid-Willamette Valley, Salem has a concentration of disability-related agencies and advocacy organizations that few other Oregon cities can match — yet finding the right direct-support provider still takes work. North Star Oregon serves Salem with both in-home attendant care and Day Support Activities (DSA), giving individuals and families in Marion County access to consistent, person-centered I/DD support without leaving their community. If you or a family member receives services through the Marion County Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Program — the local CDDP, located at 3180 Center St NE, Salem, OR 97301 (phone: 503-588-5288) — your service coordinator can help connect you to North Star Oregon's attendant care or DSA programming. If you're new to the system and haven't yet established eligibility, we can walk you through the intake process and help you understand what's available. Salem's role as a government center means organizations like The Arc Oregon, Shangri-La, and NorthWest Senior & Disability Services all maintain offices here. North Star Oregon works alongside — not in place of — these organizations. Our focus is direct support: showing up in people's homes and running structured day programming, day after day. **Two Core Services in One Community** Unlike many of our service areas where attendant care is the sole offering, Salem is one of the locations where North Star Oregon operates both in-home attendant care and Day Support Activities. That means individuals in Marion County can access one-on-one home-based support and group-based community programming through the same provider — with the same commitment to consistency and familiar staff. Our services are funded through Oregon's K-Plan and coordinated through the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services (ODDS). If you already have an Individual Support Plan through the Marion County CDDP, we can coordinate directly with your team. If you're exploring services for the first time, start by calling Marion County I/DD at 503-588-5288 or contacting us directly. **Stability in a City That Knows Government but Needs Good Providers** Salem has no shortage of state agencies and policy organizations. What families here need are reliable direct-support workers who show up on time, know the person they're working with, and stay long enough to build real trust. Every North Star Oregon support worker is trained, background-checked, and matched to the individual they serve. We prioritize retention and consistency because a revolving door of unfamiliar faces is not support — it's disruption. In-home attendant care is one-on-one support delivered in the individual's own home, helping with daily living tasks, personal care, skill development, and access to the surrounding community. For people living in Salem — whether near the Willamette University campus downtown, out along Lancaster Drive by Chemeketa Community College, or in the neighborhoods south of Salem Hospital — attendant care means support comes to you rather than requiring you to travel to a facility. This matters in a city the size of Salem, where distances between neighborhoods are real and public transit, while available through Cherriots, doesn't always align with the schedules of people who need support. Our attendant care workers help with everything from morning routines and meal preparation to getting to medical appointments at Salem Health or running errands in the community. The goal is always to support greater independence — not to create dependence on the service itself. Salem is one of six locations where North Star Oregon operates Day Support Activities programming. Our DSA location in the West Salem area provides structured group activities for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, running Monday through Friday from 10 AM to 3 PM. Activities rotate and include community outings, arts and crafts, fitness activities, volunteer projects, and educational workshops — all designed to build social connections, develop practical skills, and keep participants engaged with the Salem community. DSA is a meaningful complement to in-home attendant care. Where attendant care focuses on one-on-one support in the home, DSA provides a group setting where participants build friendships, try new activities, and practice social skills in a structured environment. For families in Marion County, having both services available through one provider simplifies coordination and ensures continuity. To see what's on the current schedule, check the DSA calendar or contact us to arrange a visit. ### Silverton, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/silverton-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care (nearest DSA: Salem). County: Marion County. Local CDDP: Marion County Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Program, 503-588-5288. Silverton sits in the eastern foothills of Marion County, about 15 miles east of Salem, with a population just over 10,000. Known as the "Gateway to Silver Falls State Park" and home to the 80-acre Oregon Garden, it's a community that draws visitors for its natural beauty and keeps residents for its walkable historic downtown, strong schools, and genuine small-city character. But for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, Silverton's charm doesn't automatically translate to accessible services — most I/DD infrastructure in Marion County is concentrated in Salem. North Star Oregon provides in-home attendant care directly in Silverton, so individuals and families here don't have to drive to Salem for every point of contact with their support team. Marion County coordinates developmental disability services through its Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities program at 2421 Lancaster Drive NE in Salem (503-588-5288). The Marion County CDDP handles eligibility, case management, and service coordination for Silverton residents. North Star Oregon works within this system — if you already have a Marion County case manager, we coordinate directly with them. If you're new to I/DD services, we can walk you through the process of connecting with the county. **Support Beyond the Salem Corridor** Most Marion County disability service providers are headquartered in Salem, which means Silverton families spend a disproportionate amount of time in their cars just to access care. North Star Oregon's in-home model inverts that pattern. Our attendant care workers come to Silverton — they know the town, they know the routes, and they build relationships within the community itself. Silverton has real assets for individuals with I/DD: a walkable downtown with shops and restaurants, Coolidge-McClaine Park with its playground and splash pad, the Oregon Garden with its year-round programming, and Silver Falls State Park minutes away. These aren't tourist brochure items — they're the places our clients actually go, and our attendant care workers help make that happen. **Reliable, Relationship-Based Care** Silverton is a place where people know their neighbors. An attendant care worker who changes every other week undermines that community fabric. North Star Oregon matches each client with a consistent support worker — someone who becomes a familiar, trusted part of their routine. We invest in our staff so they stay, and our clients notice the difference. In-home attendant care is the primary service North Star Oregon provides in Silverton. This means one-on-one support in the individual's home — personal care, daily living assistance, skill building, and community engagement. For Silverton residents, attendant care keeps support close to home instead of requiring repeated trips to Salem. Silverton's community offers genuine opportunities for engagement. Our attendant care workers accompany clients to the Silverton Farmers Market, help with outings to Silver Falls State Park trails, support participation in community events like the Homer Davenport Days festival and the Silverton Fine Arts Festival, and assist with everyday tasks like grocery shopping and medical appointments. The Oregon Garden's accessible paths and seasonal events also provide meaningful recreational opportunities for individuals we serve. North Star Oregon does not operate a Day Support Activities (DSA) location in Silverton. In-home attendant care is the primary service available locally. For individuals interested in group-based DSA programming, our nearest location is in Salem, roughly 15 miles west. We also operate DSA programs in Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Springfield, and Tangent. Salem is a realistic commute from Silverton for individuals who want to participate in DSA alongside their in-home attendant care. Our team can help coordinate scheduling between the two services. ### Springfield, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/springfield-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care and Day Support Activities. County: Lane County. Local CDDP: Lane County Developmental Disabilities Services (DDS), (541) 682-3695. Springfield is a city with deep roots — from its timber industry heritage along the Mill Race to its present-day identity as a growing, resilient community of roughly 61,000 residents in eastern Lane County. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families here, finding reliable support that understands this community is essential. North Star Oregon provides both in-home attendant care and Day Support Activities (DSA) in Springfield, delivering person-centered services designed to help people thrive where they live. Disability services in Springfield are coordinated through Lane County Developmental Disabilities Services (DDS), the local Community Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP). Lane County DDS is located at 2513 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in Eugene and handles eligibility, intake, and service coordination for all of Lane County — including Springfield. Once a service plan is established through your Lane County case manager, North Star Oregon can begin providing care as your chosen provider. We work directly with your service coordination team to ensure smooth, well-organized support. Springfield has its own character — distinct from neighboring Eugene. From the revitalized downtown along Main Street to the Booth-Kelly Makers District, the Wildish Community Theater, and the trails at Dorris Ranch, this city has a strong sense of place. North Star Oregon recognizes that supporting someone in Springfield means understanding Springfield — its neighborhoods, its resources, and its people. **Serving the East Side of Lane County** Springfield sits on the eastern side of the Eugene-Springfield metro area, separated from Eugene primarily by Interstate 5. While the two cities share a metropolitan statistical area, Springfield has its own city government, school district, parks system (Willamalane Park and Recreation District), and community identity. PeaceHealth, the largest employer in Springfield, anchors the local healthcare landscape from Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend on Riverbend Drive. North Star Oregon's services in Springfield are coordinated through Oregon's K-Plan and the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services (ODDS), and we collaborate with Lane County DDS to deliver reliable care across the city. **A Provider That Shows Up** For families in Springfield, consistency matters more than promises. When you choose North Star Oregon, you get support workers who are trained in developmental disability care, background-checked, and assigned to your loved one with the goal of long-term stability. We do not shuffle staff constantly or send unfamiliar faces to your door. Building a real relationship between the support worker and the person they serve is not optional — it is the foundation of everything we do. In-home attendant care is the core of what North Star Oregon provides in Springfield. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, attendant care means one-on-one support in the comfort of their own home — helping with personal care, daily routines, and the practical tasks of independent living. Whether someone lives near Thurston, in the Gateway area, or closer to downtown Springfield, our support workers come to them. Springfield residents benefit from strong local infrastructure that supports community participation. Willamalane Park and Recreation District operates parks, pools, and community centers throughout the city. PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend, located at 3333 Riverbend Drive, is the region's largest hospital and a frequent destination for medical appointments. Our attendant care workers help clients navigate these resources — from scheduling and transportation support to accompanying individuals on errands and outings along Main Street or at the Shoppes at Gateway. North Star Oregon offers Day Support Activities (DSA) in Springfield as part of our growing presence in Lane County. Our Springfield DSA program provides structured group activities focused on skill development, social engagement, and community integration for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Springfield's community resources create meaningful opportunities for DSA programming. Participants may engage in activities connected to the city's parks and trails — including the 268-acre Dorris Ranch Living History Filbert Farm and its accessible trail network along the Middle Fork Willamette River — as well as community spaces in the revitalized downtown core. Our DSA programming is person-centered and guided by each participant's Individual Support Plan (ISP), with goals ranging from social skills and vocational readiness to creative and recreational engagement. Springfield is one of North Star Oregon's newer DSA locations in Lane County, and we are building programming that reflects the practical, grounded character of this community. ### Tangent, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/tangent-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care and Day Support Activities. County: Linn County. Local CDDP: Linn County Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP), 541-967-3890. Tangent is a small city of about 1,230 people in Linn County, Oregon, tucked along Highway 99E in the flat, fertile farmland of the mid-Willamette Valley. Incorporated in 1893 and named for the unusually straight stretch of railroad that runs through it, Tangent has long been defined by agriculture — particularly grass seed production, which earned the area its nickname as the "Grass Seed Capital of the World." It is a quiet, tight-knit community where neighbors know each other and families put down roots. North Star Oregon serves individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Tangent with both in-home attendant care and a local Day Support Activities program. Small towns like Tangent sometimes get overlooked by disability service providers who concentrate their operations in larger cities. We believe that where you live should not determine the quality of support you receive. Disability services in Linn County are coordinated through the Linn County Developmental Disabilities Program — the local Community Developmental Disability Program (CDDP) — based in Albany at 315 4th Ave SW. The CDDP handles eligibility, case management, and service coordination for individuals with I/DD throughout the county, including Tangent. North Star Oregon works directly with Linn County case managers to ensure our clients here receive consistent, well-coordinated care. **Small-Town Living with Full-Service Support** Tangent's population is a fraction of nearby Albany or Corvallis, but the individuals and families here deserve the same access to high-quality disability services. Tangent sits at the intersection of Highway 99E and Highway 34, just three miles west of Interstate 5, making it well connected to the larger communities around it. North Star Oregon takes advantage of that central location to bring both in-home attendant care and group-based Day Support Activities directly to the Tangent area. Our services are funded through Oregon's K-Plan and coordinated through the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services (ODDS). Whether you are already working with a service coordinator at the Linn County CDDP or are beginning the process for the first time, North Star Oregon can help you understand your options and get started. **A Provider That Shows Up** In a community as small as Tangent, reliability is not optional — it is everything. Families here do not have a long list of providers to choose from, and switching agencies is not as simple as it might be in a larger city. North Star Oregon is committed to being the kind of provider that earns your trust and keeps it. Every support worker we place is trained, background-checked, and matched to the individual they serve, with the goal of building long-term, stable relationships. In-home attendant care brings one-on-one disability support directly to your home in Tangent. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, this means personalized assistance with daily routines — without having to leave the community they know. Whether it is help with personal care, meal preparation, building independent living skills, or getting to appointments in nearby Albany or Corvallis, our attendant care workers are there on a consistent schedule. Tangent's rural character means that many residents are accustomed to driving for services. Attendant care flips that equation: we come to you. Our team serves clients throughout the Tangent area and surrounding Linn County communities, and we understand the rhythms of life in a small agricultural town — from quieter winter months to the busy grass seed harvest season. North Star Oregon operates a Day Support Activities (DSA) program in Tangent — one of six DSA locations across the Willamette Valley. Our Tangent DSA group provides structured, community-based programming for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, with activities running Monday through Friday, 10 AM to 3 PM. For individuals living in a small town like Tangent, DSA offers something that can be hard to find independently: regular social connection and structured engagement outside the home. A typical week might include art workshops, fitness activities, educational sessions, volunteer opportunities, and community outings to destinations in Tangent, Albany, Corvallis, and beyond. Tangent's central Willamette Valley location means the coast, larger cities, and parks are all within easy reach for group trips. Transportation may be available depending on driver availability and pickup location. If you or a family member is interested in the Tangent DSA program, check our calendar for the current schedule or contact us to learn about enrollment. ### West Salem, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/west-salem Services: In-Home Attendant Care and Day Support Activities. County: Polk County. Local CDDP: Polk County Developmental Disabilities Services (CDDP), 503-831-5969. West Salem sits on the west bank of the Willamette River, connected to downtown Salem by the Marion Street and Center Street bridges. It is geographically part of Salem but falls within Polk County — a distinction that matters for disability services, because Polk County operates its own Community Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP) separate from Marion County's. If you live in West Salem, your CDDP is Polk County Developmental Disabilities Services, located at 182 SW Academy St, Suite 350, Dallas, OR 97338 (phone: 503-831-5969), not the Marion County office across the river. North Star Oregon's DSA location is based in West Salem at 675 Orchard Heights Rd NW, Suite 160, Salem, OR 97304. This is where our Day Support Activities groups meet, and it serves as a hub for our work across both Polk and Marion counties. West Salem residents also have full access to our in-home attendant care services, which operate statewide. With a population of roughly 34,000, the Polk County portion of Salem is a residential community defined by its hilltop neighborhoods, proximity to Wallace Marine Park, and a pace of life that feels distinct from the busier east side. Families here deserve a disability support provider that understands both the Polk County service system and the realities of living in a community that straddles two counties. **The Home Base for Salem-Area DSA** West Salem is where North Star Oregon's Day Support Activities physically operate in the Salem metro area. Our location on Orchard Heights Road serves as the gathering point for DSA groups that run Monday through Friday, 10 AM to 3 PM. For families in West Salem and the surrounding Polk County communities of Dallas, Monmouth, and Independence, this location means DSA programming is accessible without crossing the river into Marion County. We also provide in-home attendant care throughout West Salem and Polk County, coordinated through Oregon's K-Plan and the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services (ODDS). If you're already working with a service coordinator at Polk County Developmental Disabilities Services, we can coordinate directly. If you're new to the process, call Polk County DD at 503-831-5969 or contact us. **Navigating the Two-County Reality** Living in West Salem means navigating a split that confuses even longtime residents: your mailing address says Salem, but your county services come from Dallas. This affects everything from which CDDP handles your case to which local resources apply. North Star Oregon works across both Marion and Polk counties daily, so we understand how the two systems interact and can help families on the West Salem side get connected to the right contacts without the runaround. In-home attendant care provides one-on-one support in the individual's own home — assistance with daily living, personal care, skill building, and community access. For West Salem residents, this means a support worker who comes to your neighborhood, whether you live up on the hill near Orchard Heights, closer to Wallace Marine Park along the river, or in the newer developments west of Doaks Ferry Road. West Salem's residential character makes in-home care a natural fit. Most of the area is single-family neighborhoods without the commercial density of east Salem. Getting to appointments, grocery stores, or community activities often requires a car, and public transit options on the west side are more limited than across the river. Our attendant care workers help bridge those gaps — assisting with transportation to medical appointments, errands in the community, and the daily routines that support independent living. North Star Oregon's DSA location at 675 Orchard Heights Rd NW, Suite 160, is the physical home of our Salem-area Day Support Activities programming. Groups meet Monday through Friday from 10 AM to 3 PM, with a rotating schedule of activities that includes community outings, arts and crafts, fitness activities, volunteer opportunities, and educational workshops. Because the DSA location is in West Salem, participants from Polk County communities — Dallas, Monmouth, Independence, Falls City — can access programming without needing to cross into Marion County. Participants from east Salem and Keizer are equally welcome; the bridges are a five-minute drive. Activities are designed around social connection, practical skill development, and community engagement. The schedule changes regularly, so check the DSA calendar for current offerings or contact us to arrange a visit and see the space in person. ### Hillsboro, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/hillsboro-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care (nearest DSA: Salem). County: Washington County. Local CDDP: Washington County Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP), 503-846-4737. Hillsboro is the fifth-largest city in Oregon, the seat of Washington County, and home to roughly 110,000 residents. It's the anchor of the region known as the Silicon Forest — Intel's largest U.S. campus sits inside city limits, alongside Genentech, SolarWorld's former site, and a dense ecosystem of suppliers and contractors that have shaped the local economy for decades. But Hillsboro is more than a tech corridor. It's the historic county seat, host to the Washington County Fair Complex, home to a thriving Hispanic community and growing Asian-American population, and connected to the rest of the Portland metro by the TriMet MAX Blue Line, which runs from downtown Hillsboro all the way to Gresham. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, Hillsboro offers a substantial municipal footprint — public library, aquatic center, parks district, community college nearby — combined with the deeper county-level service infrastructure that runs through the city itself. North Star Oregon brings its person-centered, in-home attendant care model to Hillsboro and the surrounding Washington County communities. We're a Willamette Valley-founded agency expanding our footprint across the Portland metro, and Hillsboro is a natural part of that growth — both because of its size and because so much of the county's I/DD service infrastructure is physically based here. That infrastructure matters. The main office of the Washington County Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP) — the public agency that determines eligibility, manages service plans, and coordinates supports for roughly 3,100 individuals across the county — is located in Hillsboro at 5240 NE Elam Young Parkway, Suite 150 (503-846-4737). If you live in Hillsboro and your family member receives I/DD services, the CDDP main office is likely where your case manager works. North Star Oregon is not the CDDP and we don't replace what the county does. We're a service provider that delivers attendant care under the service plans the county authorizes — and we coordinate directly with Washington County case managers to make that work smoothly. For families newer to the system, we can also help orient you to who does what, and how to begin the eligibility process if you haven't already. **Hillsboro Is Where Washington County's I/DD System Lives** More than any other city in the metro, Hillsboro is the operational center of disability services in Washington County. The CDDP main office is here. The county's administrative offices, public health programs, and human services divisions are clustered along Elam Young Parkway and through downtown Hillsboro. For families navigating the I/DD system, that proximity is meaningful — it shortens the distance between you and the people making decisions about service plans, eligibility, and supports. North Star Oregon's role in this ecosystem is straightforward. We are a contracted provider of in-home attendant care, and we work alongside the county's case managers and the various brokerages that serve self-directed plans. We don't compete with the CDDP or with brokerages — we deliver one specific kind of support, well, in a market where consistent, person-centered staffing is harder to come by than it should be. For Hillsboro families, that means a local agency option that understands how Washington County's processes actually work. **Person-Centered Care in a Tech-Centric City** Hillsboro's economy is shaped by Intel, Genentech, and the broader Silicon Forest, and the city's growth has been rapid and visible — Orenco Station, the South Hillsboro expansion, and the corridor along Cornell Road have all changed substantially over the past decade. That growth brings amenities and infrastructure, but it can also make smaller, person-centered service providers harder to find. Large institutional providers tend to dominate metro markets. North Star Oregon was founded on a different premise. Our model is in-home, one-on-one, and built around the individual rather than around a facility or a roster. We background-check our staff, train them in person-centered support, and prioritize consistency — the same support workers, week after week, whenever scheduling allows. We're transparent about what we offer and what we don't. In a metro where families have more choices, that transparency lets you compare us honestly against the alternatives. We'd rather be a clear fit for the right families than a fuzzy option for everyone. In-home attendant care is the service North Star Oregon provides in Hillsboro and across Washington County. For individuals with I/DD, this means one-on-one support in your own home or apartment — help with personal care, daily living tasks, skill building, medication reminders, meal preparation, and engagement with the broader community. Hillsboro is a city with real community infrastructure, and our attendant care workers help individuals make use of it. That looks different for every person we support. It might mean catching the MAX Blue Line from the Orenco Station or Hillsboro Central stops to get to a medical appointment in Beaverton or downtown Portland. It might mean a regular trip to the Hillsboro Public Library, a swim session at the SHARC aquatic center, or a Saturday morning visit to the Hillsboro Farmers' Market on Main Street. For individuals who enjoy events, the Washington County Fair Complex and Hillsboro Stadium / Gordon Faber Recreation Complex host community gatherings throughout the year. For those building practical independence, attendant care can focus on cooking, laundry, household routines, budgeting, and navigating shopping at Orenco Station or the Tanasbourne corridor. Our role is to help each individual access these resources at their own pace, with the same support worker present consistently enough to actually build trust and rhythm. We coordinate with Washington County case managers and any brokerage involved in a person's plan, so the attendant care we deliver fits cleanly into the broader services already authorized. North Star Oregon does not currently operate a Day Support Activities (DSA) location in Hillsboro or anywhere in the Portland metro. In-home attendant care is the service we provide locally — that's the honest scope of what we offer here. Our existing DSA programs are based in the Willamette Valley and southern Oregon: Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Springfield, Salem, Tangent, and Grants Pass/Medford. For Hillsboro families who need group-based day programming, that means a North Star DSA isn't currently part of what we can offer. Other providers in Washington County and the broader Portland metro do operate DSA programs, and the Washington County CDDP can help connect you to those options. We mention this directly because we don't want to mislead anyone about what's available locally through our agency. As we grow our presence in the Portland metro, expanding DSA programming into this area is something we're actively evaluating — Hillsboro and Beaverton together represent a significant share of the county's I/DD population, and the demand for quality day programming is real. If DSA matters to your family, let us know if it would matter for your family. ### Scappoose, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/scappoose-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care (nearest DSA: Salem). County: Columbia County. Local CDDP: Columbia County Community Mental Health (CDDP), 503-397-7240. Scappoose is a small Columbia County city of roughly 8,000 people, set along Highway 30 about twenty miles northwest of downtown Portland. It sits in the long, narrow stretch where the Coast Range slopes down toward the Columbia River, with Sauvie Island and the river itself a few minutes east and the working forests of Columbia County rising to the west. Scappoose and St. Helens are the population centers of an otherwise rural-suburban county — close enough to the metro that many residents commute toward Portland or Hillsboro, but far enough out that the rhythms of daily life feel like a small Oregon town rather than a suburb. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and the families who support them, that geography shapes everything about what services look like. North Star Oregon brings its person-centered, in-home attendant care model to Scappoose and the surrounding Columbia County communities. We are a Willamette Valley-founded agency, with established programs in Albany, Corvallis, Salem, Eugene, and Springfield, and we have been steadily extending our reach into the Portland metro and its outlying communities. Scappoose is part of that expansion. Our work here looks the way it looks everywhere else we operate — one-on-one support delivered in the home and in the community, built around the individual rather than a facility. Rural and small-town Oregon is, frankly, harder to staff than the urban core. Columbia County has a smaller I/DD population than Washington or Multnomah County, fewer providers operating in the area, and longer drive times between clients. Families in Scappoose, Warren, and the surrounding area regularly tell the same story — finding a consistent in-home attendant care worker is genuinely difficult, and turnover hits harder when there are not many alternatives nearby. That gap is part of why an agency like North Star Oregon entering Columbia County matters. Eligibility and case management for residents with I/DD run through Columbia County Community Mental Health, the county's CDDP, located at 58646 McNulty Way in St. Helens (503-397-7240). We coordinate with their case managers to deliver attendant care services under existing service plans, and we can help individuals who are new to the system understand how to begin the eligibility process. **Showing Up in a Community That Has Been Underserved** Columbia County is exactly the kind of place where provider scarcity is most felt. Smaller I/DD population, longer distances, and a workforce that is often pulled toward higher-paying jobs in the Portland metro — together those forces make it hard for families in Scappoose to find and keep a reliable in-home support worker. The result, repeated across rural Oregon, is families piecing together informal help, going without hours they have been authorized for, or driving long distances for services that ought to exist closer to home. North Star Oregon's reason for being in Scappoose is straightforward — to add real, consistent capacity in a community that has not had enough of it. Our model has always been built around the individual rather than the building, which travels well to places like Columbia County where there is no large day program campus and no need to invent one. We staff carefully, we keep schedules predictable, and we communicate directly with families. In a small town, reputation is the only thing that lasts, and we intend to earn ours. **Person-Centered Care, Wherever Home Is** The North Star Oregon approach does not change between a city like Salem and a small town like Scappoose — what changes is how the work fits into a person's life. In a community of 8,000, the gym, the library, and the grocery store are minutes from one another, and a familiar face at the counter is the norm rather than the exception. That can be a real strength for individuals with I/DD, because the surrounding community is small enough to know. Our attendant care workers are trained, background-checked, and matched to each individual based on schedule, support needs, and personal fit. We staff for consistency rather than coverage — meaning the same small team supports the same person over time, rather than a rotating cast of strangers. Hours are delivered under each individual's existing CDDP-authorized service plan, and we work alongside Columbia County case managers, brokerages, and family members to keep services aligned with what the person and the people who know them best want their week to look like. In-home attendant care is the service North Star Oregon provides in Scappoose and across Columbia County. For individuals with I/DD, that means one-on-one support in your own home — help with personal care and daily living, skill building toward greater independence, support at medical and service appointments, and assistance using the community in ways that feel meaningful. Scappoose has more to offer in that last category than its size suggests. Scappoose Bay Marine Park is a quiet place to walk, fish, or simply sit by the water. The Scappoose Public Library hosts programs and is a welcoming, low-pressure place to spend time. Scappoose Heritage Park gives the town a small civic center, and the Scappoose Industrial Airpark is a recognizable landmark that locals point to with some pride. A short drive east, Sauvie Island offers beaches, farms, and bird-watching that turn an ordinary afternoon into something memorable. Our attendant care workers help individuals use these places — getting to the library for a program, walking the trails near Scappoose Bay, picking berries on Sauvie Island in summer, running errands along Highway 30, or staying home and working on cooking, laundry, and household routines that make independent living more achievable. The point is not to fill the day with activity for its own sake, but to help each person live the life they actually want to live, at their own pace, with the right amount of support. North Star Oregon does not operate a Day Support Activities (DSA) location in Scappoose or anywhere in Columbia County. In-home attendant care is the service we provide here. Our existing DSA programs are located in the Willamette Valley — Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Springfield, Salem, and Tangent — and in southern Oregon in Grants Pass. From Scappoose, the nearest of those, Salem, is roughly an hour and a half each way, which is realistically too far for daily DSA attendance. We want to be straightforward about that. For some individuals and families, group-based day programming is an important part of the week, and the lack of a nearby DSA hub is a genuine limitation in Columbia County — not just from us, but across the rural northwest corner of Oregon. If DSA matters for your situation, the most useful thing we can do is be honest about where our programs are and help you think through whether attendant care alone, or a combination of services through other providers, would meet your needs better. As we continue to grow our footprint in the Portland metro, expanding day programming closer to communities like Scappoose is something we are evaluating — let us know if it would matter for your family. ### Tigard, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/tigard-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care (nearest DSA: Salem). County: Washington County. Local CDDP: Washington County Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP), 503-846-4737. Tigard sits at the southwest edge of the Portland metro along Highway 99W, a Washington County community of about 55,000 residents that has the feel of a metro suburb — bigger than a small town, smaller than a city, and well-connected by both road and rail. The city's commercial corridors run through Washington Square Mall, the Bridgeport Village area just south in Tualatin, and a string of retail and service businesses along Pacific Highway. Cook Park sits along the Tualatin River, the Fanno Creek Trail provides a long greenway through the heart of town, and the Tigard Public Library serves as a real community hub. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families, Tigard's character matters: the city has the amenities of a metro location without the density of inner Portland, and most of what daily life requires — groceries, medical care, parks, public transit — is within a short distance. North Star Oregon brings its person-centered, in-home attendant care model to Tigard and the surrounding Washington County area, extending the same approach we've built across the Willamette Valley into the south end of the Portland metro. Our work in Tigard is in-home attendant care — one-on-one support delivered in the individual's own home, on a schedule that fits the household, with consistent staff who get to know the person they support. Washington County operates one of Oregon's largest Community Developmental Disabilities Programs, currently supporting roughly 3,100 individuals across the county. The main CDDP office is in Hillsboro at 5240 NE Elam Young Parkway, Suite 150 (503-846-4737), and the Service Center East in Beaverton at 3700 SW Murray Blvd, Suite 2100 serves Tigard residents by appointment. North Star Oregon coordinates with Washington County case managers to deliver attendant care under existing service plans, and we can help individuals and families new to the I/DD system understand how the application and eligibility process works. **South Metro Coverage from a Willamette Valley Agency** Tigard is part of North Star Oregon's expansion into the Portland metro. We're a Willamette Valley-founded agency — with established roots in Albany, Corvallis, Salem, and the surrounding I/DD community — and we bring that same operating model into Washington County. Our care has always been in-home and person-centered, organized around the individual rather than around a building or a fixed schedule. In a metro area where the largest providers tend to be institutional in size and feel, that approach is deliberately different. Tigard's location at the south edge of the metro, anchored by Highway 99W and Interstate 5, also makes it a natural service point for nearby Tualatin, King City, and the unincorporated Washington County neighborhoods that border them. We staff in-home shifts where the person actually lives, which means a Tigard family doesn't have to drive their loved one across the metro to receive support. The service comes to the home — and to the routines that already exist there. **Quality You Can Verify** In a metro area with more provider choices, families can afford to be selective — and they should be. North Star Oregon is transparent about what we offer in Tigard: trained, background-checked attendant care workers matched thoughtfully to each individual, consistent scheduling that honors the rhythm of the household, and direct communication with families and case managers. We don't hide behind a call center or rotate staff without notice, and we don't take on more clients than we can staff well. We also know that Washington County families talk to each other. Brokerages, school district staff, neighbors, and other I/DD families compare notes on which providers actually show up, communicate clearly, and treat the person being supported as a person. That kind of word-of-mouth accountability is the standard we hold ourselves to in Tigard, the same as in every Willamette Valley community where we already work. In-home attendant care is the service North Star Oregon provides in Tigard and across Washington County. For individuals with I/DD, this means one-on-one support in your own home — help with personal care, daily living, skill building, and getting out into the community. Tigard's geography makes community access especially workable: TriMet bus service runs through town on Lines 12, 76, 78, and 94, and Tigard is one of only three Oregon stops on the WES commuter rail, which connects Beaverton, Tigard, Tualatin, and Wilsonville. For an individual learning to use public transit, that's a real, usable system to practice on. Our attendant care workers in Tigard help individuals make use of what's around them — walking the Fanno Creek Trail, spending time at Cook Park along the Tualatin River, doing weekly grocery runs in the Washington Square or Bridgeport Village area, attending programs at the Tigard Public Library, riding the WES into Beaverton or Tualatin for appointments, or simply building cooking, budgeting, and household skills at home. The point is not to fill a calendar. The point is to support the life the individual already wants to live, in the place where they already live it. North Star Oregon does not currently operate a Day Support Activities (DSA) location in Tigard or anywhere in the Portland metro. In-home attendant care is the service we provide locally. Our existing DSA programs are located in Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Springfield, Salem, and Tangent — all in the Willamette Valley — with an additional program in Grants Pass. We recognize that Tigard sits inside one of the largest I/DD service populations in the state, and that demand for group-based day programming in the south metro is real. Some families want a structured day program; others prefer all of their service hours delivered as in-home attendant care. Both are legitimate choices. As we continue to grow our presence in Washington County, expanding DSA into the Portland metro is something we're actively evaluating, and the timing depends in large part on what families and case managers tell us they actually need. If DSA is important to you or your family, let us know if it would matter for your family. ### Tualatin, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/tualatin-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care (nearest DSA: Salem). County: Washington County. Local CDDP: Washington County Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP), 503-846-4737. Tualatin is a compact city of roughly 28,000 residents at the southern edge of the Portland metropolitan area, sitting along Interstate 5 about twenty minutes south of downtown Portland. It is a planned community in the truest sense — its commercial core, its residential neighborhoods, and its public spaces were laid out with intention, and the result is a city that feels walkable in places where most Portland-area suburbs do not. The Tualatin Commons sits at the center of town, anchored by a small lake and surrounded by restaurants, offices, and apartments. The Tualatin River Greenway Trail runs along the river through Browns Ferry Park and the broader river corridor, connecting parks and neighborhoods on a route that genuinely works for someone moving at their own pace. The Tualatin Public Library, the Tualatin Community Park, and the WES commuter rail station at Tualatin Station give the city a small downtown feel that is unusual for a community its size. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, Tualatin offers a quieter alternative to the denser parts of the Portland metro. The streets are calmer, the community is smaller, and the trip to a grocery store, a park, or a familiar restaurant is short. Bridgeport Village — technically just over the line in Tigard but functionally part of Tualatin's daily life — adds a larger retail and dining environment to the mix, and the WES commuter rail line connects Tualatin to Tigard, Beaverton, and Wilsonville for residents who can use rail transit. Major employers like Lam Research and Reser's Fine Foods anchor the local economy, but Tualatin's character is residential more than industrial, and that character matters for people who do better in a less hectic setting. There is one thing about Tualatin that anyone arranging I/DD services here needs to know up front — the city sits across two counties. Most of Tualatin is in Washington County, but the southeastern portion crosses into Clackamas County, and the county line runs through neighborhoods rather than around them. For families navigating the I/DD service system in Oregon, that matters, because case management and eligibility are county-based. Which county your home address sits in determines which Community Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP) you work with, and the two counties have different offices, different staff, and different processes. North Star Oregon brings its person-centered, in-home attendant care model to Tualatin and works with whichever CDDP serves the family — extending the same quality of service we have built across the Willamette Valley into the southern Portland metro. **Portland Metro Reach, Oregon Roots** Tualatin is part of North Star Oregon's expansion into the Portland metropolitan area. We are a Willamette Valley-founded agency — with roots in Albany, Corvallis, and Salem — and the model we have built over the years is in-home and person-centered, organized around the individual rather than around a building or a fixed schedule. In a metro area where larger, institutional providers dominate the landscape, that approach offers families something different. Tualatin's smaller scale actually suits this model well. The community is compact enough that an attendant care worker can build a real understanding of the places that matter to the person they support — the route to the library, the park bench at Tualatin Commons, the regular table at a familiar restaurant. We are not running individuals between unrelated stops on a tight clock. We are showing up consistently and helping each person engage with their community in the way that works for them. Families in Tualatin can expect the same direct, relationship-based service our clients in Salem, Corvallis, and Albany already receive — adapted to the rhythm of life in a southern Portland metro suburb that straddles two counties. **Quality You Can Verify** Tualatin families have provider choices, and they should use that leverage. The Portland metro market is large enough that a family does not have to settle for a provider that rotates staff without notice, hides behind a call center, or treats a service plan as a billing document rather than a real plan for someone's life. North Star Oregon is transparent about what we offer — trained, background-checked attendant care workers matched to each individual, consistent scheduling, and direct communication with families. We also keep our footprint honest. We do not pretend to operate services in Tualatin that we do not actually run. We provide in-home attendant care in Tualatin, and we coordinate with whichever county CDDP serves the family — Washington County for most Tualatin addresses, Clackamas County for the portion of the city across the line. If a family asks us about something we do not provide locally, we say so, and where we can point to another agency that does, we will. In-home attendant care is the service North Star Oregon provides in Tualatin and the surrounding southern Portland metro. For individuals with I/DD, this means one-on-one support in your own home — help with personal care, daily living, skill building, and community engagement. Tualatin's compact, planned-community character makes it a friendlier environment than many Portland-area suburbs for someone working on community access. The Tualatin Commons, with its lake and surrounding shops and restaurants, sits at a walkable scale. Browns Ferry Park and the Tualatin River Greenway Trail provide quiet outdoor spaces along the river. The Tualatin Public Library is a steady, low-pressure place to spend an afternoon, and the Tualatin Community Park hosts the events and recreation that anchor a lot of family routines. Our attendant care workers in Tualatin help individuals use these resources at their own pace — a regular walk along the Greenway Trail, a coffee at the Commons, a stop at the library, an errand at Bridgeport Village, or a ride on the WES commuter rail to Tigard or Wilsonville for an appointment or a planned outing. We help with cooking, household routines, and skill building at home, and we help with the practical work of getting to medical and service appointments, whether that means coordinating transportation, riding TriMet together, or driving when that is what makes sense. The point is consistency — the same trained worker, showing up on a schedule the individual and family can count on. North Star Oregon does not currently operate a Day Support Activities (DSA) location in Tualatin or anywhere in the Portland metro area. In-home attendant care is the service we provide locally. Our DSA programs are located further south in the Willamette Valley — in Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Springfield, Salem, and Tangent — and in Grants Pass in southern Oregon. None of those sites is a realistic daily commute from Tualatin. For families in Tualatin who want group-based day programming, that means working with another provider in the Portland metro, and we are honest about that rather than pretending otherwise. We recognize the demand for DSA in the southern Portland metro is real — Tualatin, Tigard, Sherwood, and Wilsonville together represent a sizable population of individuals who could benefit from a quality day program closer to home. Expanding DSA into this part of the metro is something we are actively evaluating as our presence here grows. If DSA is something you would want for your family member, let us know if it would matter for your family. ### Lake Oswego, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/lake-oswego-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care (nearest DSA: Salem). County: Clackamas County. Local CDDP: Clackamas County Developmental Disabilities Services, 503-655-8666. Lake Oswego is a city of about 40,000 people just south of Portland, built around the private Oswego Lake and split mostly between Clackamas County, with smaller portions in Multnomah and Washington counties. It's connected to downtown Portland by Highway 43 and Macadam Avenue, by TriMet bus 35, and seasonally by the Willamette Shore Trolley. The city is known for its parks, its walkable downtown along A Avenue and State Street, and the Lake Oswego School District — one of the highest-rated public school districts in Oregon, anchored by Lake Oswego High School and Lakeridge High School. Foothills Park sits along the Willamette River, George Rogers Park marks the southern edge of downtown, and Millennium Plaza Park, the Iron Workers Memorial, and Sundeleaf Plaza form the civic core where the Saturday farmers market runs in the summer. None of that — the lake, the schools, the property values — changes the math for a family raising a child or supporting an adult with an intellectual or developmental disability. Disability is not selective by ZIP code, and Medicaid-funded I/DD services are available to anyone who qualifies, regardless of which neighborhood they live in. Some Lake Oswego families have been navigating the Oregon I/DD system for years and know exactly which case manager handles their file at Clackamas County. Others are newer to it — a child has just turned three and aged out of Early Intervention, or an adult son or daughter is approaching the end of high school and the family is figuring out what comes next. Both groups need the same thing: a provider who shows up consistently, communicates plainly, and treats the individual as a person rather than a service line. North Star Oregon brings its in-home attendant care model to Lake Oswego as part of our expansion into the Portland metro. We're a Willamette Valley-founded I/DD agency — with established programs in Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Springfield, Salem, and Tangent — and we coordinate with Clackamas County Developmental Disabilities Services and the brokerages that serve county residents to deliver attendant care under existing service plans. Clackamas County DD Services is located at 2051 Kaen Road in Oregon City and can be reached at 503-655-8666. Mentor Oregon and other Clackamas County brokerages serve Lake Oswego residents who use self-directed supports. If you're already enrolled, we can begin by working alongside your existing team. If you're new to the system, we can help you understand what eligibility looks like and what to ask for. **Portland Metro Reach, Willamette Valley Roots** Lake Oswego is part of North Star Oregon's expansion into the Portland metropolitan area. We started in the mid-Willamette Valley and grew the agency one community at a time — Albany, Corvallis, Salem, then south to Eugene and Springfield. The model has stayed the same as we've moved north: in-home, person-centered, and built around the individual rather than the building. Bringing that model into Clackamas County means working with the case managers and brokerages already in place, not asking families to start over. Clackamas County's Developmental Disabilities Services office in Oregon City handles eligibility, case management, and service planning for residents across the county, including Lake Oswego. The brokerages that serve Clackamas County — Mentor Oregon among them — coordinate self-directed supports for adults who choose that path. North Star Oregon adds direct-service capacity to that system. We're another option for the attendant care portion of an Individual Support Plan, and we're a small enough agency that the people answering the phone know the people doing the work. **Quality You Can Verify** In a metro market with more provider choices, families have room to be selective — and they should be. North Star Oregon is direct about what we offer: trained, background-checked attendant care workers matched to each individual, schedules you can count on, and a real conversation when something needs to change. We don't run a call center, and we don't rotate staff in and out without telling you. When we take on a new client in Lake Oswego, the intake is handled by a person, not a portal. We talk through what's already working, what hasn't worked with previous providers, and what the individual actually wants their week to look like — not just what fits a billing code. References from current Willamette Valley families are available on request, and we encourage prospective clients to ask for them. The I/DD system runs on trust, and trust is built by being checkable. In-home attendant care is the service North Star Oregon provides in Lake Oswego and across Clackamas County. For individuals with I/DD, this means one-on-one support inside your own home and out in the community — help with personal care, daily living tasks, skill building, and the kind of regular community access that keeps a life from shrinking. Lake Oswego happens to be a good environment for that work. The downtown grid around A Avenue and State Street is genuinely walkable, with the Lake Oswego Public Library, coffee shops, and the Saturday farmers market at Millennium Plaza Park all within a short distance of each other. Our attendant care workers in Lake Oswego help individuals use the resources around them — walking the riverfront path at Foothills Park, spending an afternoon at George Rogers Park, picking up a hold at the library, sitting on a bench at Sundeleaf Plaza or the Iron Workers Memorial, riding TriMet bus 35 into Portland for an appointment, or working through a grocery list at Safeway or New Seasons. At home, the work might look like cooking practice, laundry routines, medication reminders, or just steady company through a part of the day that's harder to navigate alone. The pace is set by the individual, not by a rigid program schedule. North Star Oregon does not currently operate a Day Support Activities (DSA) location in Lake Oswego or anywhere in the Portland metro. In-home attendant care is the service we provide locally. Our existing DSA programs are in the Willamette Valley — Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Springfield, Salem, and Tangent — along with our Grants Pass location in southern Oregon. DSA is the part of the I/DD system that provides structured, group-based day programming for adults — a place to go during the day, with peers, staff support, and planned activities. For families who rely on DSA, the absence of a local option is a real gap, and we don't want to gloss over it. Some Lake Oswego adults attend DSA programs run by other Portland-metro providers; others use a combination of attendant care hours and community-based supports to build a weekly rhythm without a formal day program. As North Star Oregon grows in the Portland metro, opening a DSA in this part of the state is something we're actively weighing. If that service would matter for your family, let us know if it would matter for your family. ### Gresham, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/gresham-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care (nearest DSA: Salem). County: Multnomah County. Local CDDP: Multnomah County Developmental Disabilities Services, 503-988-3691. Gresham is the fourth-largest city in Oregon and the largest of Portland's eastern suburbs, with a population of roughly 110,000. It sits between downtown Portland and the foothills of Mount Hood — close enough to the metro for daily commuting, close enough to the mountain for the Sandy River and the Columbia River Gorge to feel like part of the neighborhood. The TriMet MAX Blue Line runs straight through Gresham to downtown Portland, and Mt. Hood Community College anchors the north side of town. It's a working-class city with a significant Hispanic and Latino community, a strong public library, and a downtown that has been steadily reinvesting in itself around the Center for the Arts Plaza and Main City Park. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, Gresham offers real urban infrastructure without Portland-proper prices — but the disability service landscape here has historically been thinner than in Portland or the west-side suburbs. North Star Oregon brings its person-centered, in-home attendant care model to Gresham and the rest of east Multnomah County, extending the same approach we've built across the Willamette Valley into the Portland metro's east side. Gresham residents receive eligibility determination and case management through the Multnomah County Developmental Disabilities Services Division, headquartered downtown at 421 SW Oak Street, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97204 (503-988-3691). Multnomah County operates one of the largest CDDPs in Oregon, and case managers there serve every part of the county — from inner Portland out through Gresham, Troutdale, and the rural areas east toward the Sandy River. North Star Oregon coordinates with Multnomah County case managers to deliver attendant care under existing service plans, and we can help individuals and families new to the system understand how to get started. East-side brokerages — including Eastco Diversified Services and Inclusion Inc. — also serve Gresham residents who choose self-directed supports, and we work alongside whichever planning structure fits a person's life. **East-Side Reach, Oregon Roots** Gresham is North Star Oregon's east-side entry into the Portland metro. We're a Willamette Valley-founded agency — with roots in Albany, Corvallis, and Salem — and we bring that experience into Multnomah County. Our model has always been in-home and person-centered, built around the individual rather than the building. In a metro area where large, institutional providers dominate and many of them are concentrated on the west side or in central Portland, an east-side option grounded in relationship-based care matters. Gresham's working-class character also matters to how we operate — families here are often juggling jobs, transportation, school schedules, and extended family alongside disability planning, and our staffing rhythms need to fit real lives, not idealized ones. We staff Gresham the same way we staff our other Oregon communities: with consistent, trained, background-checked attendant care workers who get to know the individual and the household over time, and a coordinator families can actually reach when something changes. **Quality You Can Verify** In a metro area with more provider choices, families can afford to be selective — and they should be. North Star Oregon is transparent about what we offer: trained, background-checked attendant care workers matched to each individual, consistent scheduling, and direct communication with families. We don't hide behind a call center, and we don't rotate staff without notice. If something isn't working — a schedule conflict, a personality mismatch, a change in what an individual needs — we want to hear about it early, not after it's become a problem. Multnomah County's I/DD population is large, and the demand for quality attendant care providers on the east side is real. North Star Oregon adds capacity to that system. We'd rather grow carefully in Gresham — earning trust one family at a time — than scale faster than our staffing can support. Families in Gresham can expect the same level of direct, personal service our clients in Salem, Corvallis, and Albany already receive. In-home attendant care is the service North Star Oregon provides in Gresham and across east Multnomah County. For individuals with I/DD, this means one-on-one support in your own home — help with personal care, daily living, skill building, and community engagement. Gresham's geography makes community access especially varied: the TriMet MAX Blue Line connects Gresham directly to downtown Portland for appointments and events, the Springwater Corridor Trail runs more than twenty miles from Gresham toward the Willamette River for walking and rolling, Main City Park and the Center for the Arts Plaza anchor downtown gatherings like the Gresham Arts Festival, and the Sandy River area and Columbia River Gorge sit a short drive east for outdoor recreation. Mt. Hood Community College on the north side of town offers programs, events, and a campus that many community members use throughout the week. Our attendant care workers in Gresham help individuals use these resources — riding the MAX into Portland for a medical appointment, walking the Springwater Corridor in the afternoon, attending an event at the Center for the Arts Plaza, picking up a hold at the Gresham Library, or building cooking and household skills at home. The pace is set by the individual, not the schedule. North Star Oregon does not currently operate a Day Support Activities (DSA) location in Gresham or anywhere in the Portland metro area. In-home attendant care is the service we provide locally. Our existing DSA programs are in the Willamette Valley — Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Springfield, Salem, and Tangent — and one further south in Grants Pass. We recognize that Gresham and east Multnomah County represent a substantial population, and the demand for group-based day programming on the Portland metro's east side is real. East-side families have historically had fewer DSA options nearby than west-side families, and we hear that. As we grow our presence here, expanding DSA into the Gresham area is something we're actively evaluating — but we won't open one until we can staff it the way our existing programs are staffed. If DSA is important to you or your family, let us know if it would matter for your family. ### Oregon City, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/oregon-city-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care (nearest DSA: Salem). County: Clackamas County. Local CDDP: Clackamas County Developmental Disabilities Services, 503-655-8666. Oregon City sits at the falls of the Willamette, where the river drops 40 feet over a horseshoe of basalt that ranks as the second-largest waterfall by volume in North America. The city has been a place of importance long before it was a city — Willamette Falls was a Native fishing site for thousands of years, and Oregon City became the end of the Oregon Trail and, in 1844, the first incorporated city west of the Rocky Mountains. Today it's the seat of Clackamas County, with a population of roughly 38,000, a downtown built on terraces above the river, and a still-functional municipal elevator connecting the lower town to the bluff above. For families navigating intellectual and developmental disability services, Oregon City offers something practical: the county's case management and eligibility office is here, in town, on Kaen Road. North Star Oregon brings its person-centered, in-home attendant care model to Oregon City and the surrounding Clackamas County communities — extending the service we've built across the Willamette Valley into the south end of the Portland metro. We're a Willamette Valley-founded agency, and Oregon City is a logical place to grow. The city's character is closer to a Willamette Valley town than to suburban Portland — older housing stock, a working-river identity, a downtown you can walk — and the county's disability services infrastructure is local in a way that matters when you're trying to get something done. Clackamas County's Developmental Disabilities Services office is headquartered at 2051 Kaen Road in Oregon City, just off Beavercreek Road behind the county campus. The intake line is 503-655-8666. For Oregon City residents, that's a real proximity advantage — eligibility, case management, and service coordination happen at an office you can drive to in a few minutes, not across the river in another county. North Star Oregon coordinates directly with Clackamas County case managers to deliver attendant care services under existing service plans, and we can help individuals new to the system understand how to apply, what determination involves, and how attendant care fits into a broader plan of supports. **A Willamette Valley Agency in a Willamette Valley City** Oregon City is part of the Portland metro by geography, but its character runs closer to the river towns south of it — Canby, Salem, Albany — than to the suburbs west of the Willamette. That suits us. North Star Oregon was founded in the mid-Valley and grew north along the I-5 corridor; Oregon City fits naturally into our service map. Our model has always been in-home and person-centered, built around the individual rather than a facility, with consistent staffing as the backbone of the work. Clackamas County's I/DD population is substantial, and the demand for quality attendant care providers across the south metro is real. North Star Oregon adds capacity to the Clackamas County system, offering families another option — one grounded in relationship-based care and direct communication. We coordinate with case managers at the Kaen Road office, work within existing service plans, and meet families where they live, whether that's in the McLoughlin neighborhood, up on the bluff, out toward Beavercreek, or down along the river. **Quality You Can Verify** In a metro area with more provider choices than the smaller Valley towns, families can afford to be selective — and they should be. Oregon City is close enough to Portland that the larger institutional providers are an option, but proximity isn't the same as fit, and a big agency isn't always the right one. North Star Oregon is transparent about what we offer: trained, background-checked attendant care workers matched to each individual, consistent scheduling, and direct communication with families. We don't hide behind a call center, and we don't rotate staff without notice. What that looks like in practice is straightforward. You know who's coming. You know how to reach the people responsible for the care plan. When something needs to change, the conversation happens with a person who knows the situation, not a queue. That's the standard we've held in Albany, Corvallis, and Salem for years, and it's the standard we bring to Oregon City. In-home attendant care is the service North Star Oregon provides in Oregon City and across Clackamas County. For individuals with I/DD, that means one-on-one support in your own home — help with personal care, daily living, skill building, and community engagement. Oregon City's geography is unusual and worth using: the lower town along the river, the bluff neighborhoods above, and the historic core in between. There's more to do here than the population suggests. Our attendant care workers in Oregon City help individuals get out and use what the city offers — a walk to the Willamette Falls overlook at the end of Highway 99E, a visit to the End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center on Washington Street, a class or community event at Clackamas Community College on the south side of town, or a quiet afternoon at the Oregon City Carnegie Library on John Adams Street. The municipal elevator between the lower town and the bluff makes the historic district genuinely accessible, and TriMet bus connections link Oregon City to the rest of the metro for medical appointments, family visits, and broader community access. Closer to home, the work might be cooking a meal, sorting medications, getting ready for an appointment at the Clackamas County DD Services office on Kaen Road, or building the routines that make an ordinary day feel like one. We meet people where they are and help them build outward at their own pace. North Star Oregon does not currently operate a Day Support Activities (DSA) location in Oregon City or anywhere in the Portland metro. In-home attendant care is the service we provide locally. Our existing DSA programs are located in Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Springfield, Salem, and Tangent in the Willamette Valley, with an additional DSA in Grants Pass. We're aware that group-based day programming is something some Clackamas County families want and don't always have a good answer for. Oregon City is close enough to Portland that some families look toward providers across the river, but distance, traffic, and the realities of TriMet bus connections — Oregon City isn't on the MAX line — can make that harder than it sounds on paper. As we grow our presence in the south metro, expanding DSA into Clackamas County is something we're actively evaluating. If DSA matters to your family, let us know if it would matter for your family. ### Wilsonville, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/wilsonville-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care (nearest DSA: Salem). County: Clackamas County. Local CDDP: Clackamas County Developmental Disabilities Services, 503-655-8666. Wilsonville sits at the southern edge of the Portland metropolitan area, straddling the Willamette River where Clackamas County meets a small slice of Washington County. With a population of roughly 28,000, it is one of Oregon's most deliberately planned communities — built around recreation, walkability, and a network of parks and trails that few Oregon cities of its size can match. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, that planning matters. Sidewalks connect to parks, parks connect to public buildings, and public buildings connect to transit. The result is a city where independent community engagement is unusually achievable. What sets Wilsonville apart from other Portland metro suburbs is mobility. The TriMet WES commuter rail line terminates at Wilsonville Station, giving residents a direct rail connection to Tualatin, Tigard, and Beaverton on weekday peak hours. Layered on top of that is SMART — South Metro Area Regional Transit — the city's own free transit system, which runs local circulators and provides connecting routes to Salem, Canby, and Tualatin. SMART's Salem connection is the unusual piece: it gives Wilsonville residents real access to two distinct metro areas, with Salem's services and the state capital just a transit ride south. For an I/DD individual building independence, that range of accessible options is rare in Oregon. North Star Oregon brings its person-centered, in-home attendant care model to Wilsonville and the surrounding Clackamas County communities, extending the same quality of service we've built across the Willamette Valley into the southern Portland metro. Clackamas County operates its developmental disabilities services through the county's Health, Housing, and Human Services Department, with the main office at 2051 Kaen Road in Oregon City — about a twenty-minute drive from downtown Wilsonville. The county's case managers handle eligibility determination, Individual Support Plan development, and service coordination for residents across Clackamas County, including Wilsonville, Charbonneau, and the surrounding unincorporated areas. North Star Oregon coordinates directly with Clackamas County case managers to deliver attendant care under existing service plans, and we can help individuals and families new to the I/DD service system understand the steps to enrollment. **Willamette Valley Roots, Southern Metro Reach** Wilsonville is a natural fit for North Star Oregon. We are a Willamette Valley-founded agency, with established programs in Albany, Corvallis, Salem, Eugene, Springfield, and Tangent, and Wilsonville sits geographically on the boundary between the territory we know best and the Portland metro we are growing into. Many of the families we already serve in Salem and Marion County have connections northward into Clackamas County — and Wilsonville's SMART transit link to Salem makes that connection unusually practical day to day. Our model has always been in-home and person-centered, built around the individual rather than around a facility or a fixed schedule. That approach matters in a community like Wilsonville, where residents range from longtime homeowners in Charbonneau to young adults in newer developments north of the river. Each support plan starts with the person — their goals, their routines, the resources they already use — and our staffing follows from there. We do not rotate workers without notice, and we do not run our scheduling through a call center. **Quality You Can Verify** Wilsonville families have real choices among Portland metro disability service providers, and we think that is a good thing. It also means transparency matters. North Star Oregon is direct about what we offer: trained, background-checked attendant care workers matched to each individual, consistent scheduling, and ongoing communication with families and case managers. We are licensed and contracted through Oregon's Office of Developmental Disabilities Services, and our work is funded through the same Medicaid waiver and state plan services that fund every other I/DD provider in Oregon. What differs is how we deliver. Our service coordinators know each individual on their caseload personally. Our direct support professionals are trained, paid, and supported as the core of the agency rather than treated as interchangeable. Families in Wilsonville can talk to the people who actually do the work — and to the people who supervise them — without navigating a phone tree. In-home attendant care is the service North Star Oregon provides in Wilsonville and across southern Clackamas County. For individuals with I/DD, this means one-on-one support in your own home — help with personal care, daily living tasks, skill building, and meaningful community engagement. Wilsonville's infrastructure makes that engagement unusually accessible. Memorial Park, one of the largest city parks in Oregon at over 100 acres, includes paved accessible trails, picnic shelters, sports fields, river access along the Willamette, and a natural area with wildlife viewing — all within the city limits and reachable by SMART transit. For many of the individuals we support, Memorial Park becomes a regular part of weekly routines: morning walks, family gatherings, summer concerts, or simply a quiet place to spend time outside. Our attendant care workers in Wilsonville help individuals use the full range of community resources — the Wilsonville Public Library and its accessible programs, the Tauchman House and Town Center Park for community events, the Wilsonville Community Center, the trail network connecting neighborhoods to the river. Transit access shapes what is possible: WES commuter rail at Wilsonville Station for weekday trips toward Tualatin, Tigard, and Beaverton, and SMART buses for trips to Salem, Canby, Tualatin, and around town. Travel training — learning to use WES, SMART, and TriMet confidently — is a skill many of the individuals we support build over time, and it opens up genuine independence. Other days, support looks like cooking together at home, managing a medication schedule, or preparing for a medical appointment in Oregon City or Portland. The work meets the person where they are. North Star Oregon does not currently operate a Day Support Activities (DSA) location in Wilsonville or anywhere in the Portland metro area. In-home attendant care is the service we provide locally. Our existing DSA programs are concentrated in the Willamette Valley — Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Springfield, Salem, and Tangent — along with a program in Grants Pass in southern Oregon. For Wilsonville families, the practically relevant detail is that our Salem DSA hub is genuinely accessible from Wilsonville via SMART transit. SMART's 1X route runs between Wilsonville Station and downtown Salem on weekdays, connecting to Cherriots service within Salem. For individuals already comfortable with travel, that is a real option — not theoretical. We have not yet seen consistent demand for that pattern from Wilsonville families, but we are open to it where it fits an Individual Support Plan. We recognize that Wilsonville and the southern Portland metro represent a meaningful population, and the demand for group-based day programming closer to home is real. Expanding DSA into the Portland metro is something we are actively evaluating as we grow. If a local DSA option matters for your family's planning, let us know if it would matter for your family. ### Forest Grove, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/forest-grove-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care (nearest DSA: Salem). County: Washington County. Local CDDP: Washington County Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP), 503-846-4737. Forest Grove sits at the western edge of Washington County, where the Tualatin Valley's vineyards and farmland start to take over from suburban sprawl. With a population of about 26,000, it's smaller than Beaverton or Hillsboro — and it feels different. Forest Grove is a college town. Pacific University, founded in 1849, anchors the city's downtown and gives Forest Grove a steady undercurrent of students, faculty, and healthcare clinic activity that you don't find in the surrounding farm communities. The result is a place that's compact and walkable, with a real main street, a working farmers market, and concerts in the park during the summer — but still close enough to Hillsboro and Beaverton that families can reach metro-level services without a long drive. North Star Oregon brings its person-centered, in-home attendant care model to Forest Grove and the western half of Washington County. We're a Willamette Valley-founded agency, and Forest Grove fits naturally into how we already work — a smaller community where staffing consistency and direct family communication actually matter, served by an agency that knows how to operate outside major metro hubs. Washington County's Community Developmental Disabilities Program serves the entire county, including Forest Grove, from its main office in Hillsboro at 5240 NE Elam Young Parkway, Suite 150 (503-846-4737). Forest Grove residents access Washington County CDDP services through that office, and TriMet bus 57 connects Forest Grove to Hillsboro and onward to the broader metro for individuals who travel to appointments. North Star Oregon coordinates with Washington County case managers to deliver attendant care under existing service plans, and we can help individuals and families new to the I/DD system understand eligibility and the application process. For families in Forest Grove, Cornelius, and the surrounding rural-edge communities, having a provider that comes to you — rather than expecting you to travel to Hillsboro or Beaverton for every service interaction — is part of what makes our model work here. **A College Town Has Different Resources** Pacific University's presence shapes what's available in Forest Grove in ways that matter for I/DD families. The university operates a College of Health Professions with clinics in occupational therapy, physical therapy, audiology, vision, and psychology — many of which see community clients on a sliding-scale or training-clinic basis. For individuals with developmental disabilities, that can mean access to specialized evaluations and therapies in town, rather than a drive to Portland or OHSU. The university also has a long track record of accommodating students with disabilities, which has built a local culture that's generally familiar with disability accommodations and inclusive practices. North Star Oregon doesn't run any of these clinics, but our attendant care workers regularly help individuals get to and from appointments at Pacific's clinics, the Forest Grove City Library, and other community resources. Knowing the local landscape — which clinics take which referrals, which library programs are accessible, which routes are walkable — is part of what an in-home agency rooted in the community actually provides. **Quality at a Smaller Scale** Forest Grove isn't going to support the volume of I/DD provider options that Beaverton or Hillsboro do — the population just isn't there. That makes provider quality more important, not less. When the pool of agencies serving a community is smaller, families need to be able to trust that the agency they pick will show up consistently, communicate directly, and keep the same workers in place over time. North Star Oregon is transparent about how we staff: trained, background-checked attendant care workers matched to each individual, schedules built with the family rather than imposed, and direct contact with our office when something needs to change. We don't run a call center, and we don't rotate staff without notice. In a smaller community where word travels, that's how we expect to be evaluated. In-home attendant care is the service North Star Oregon provides in Forest Grove. For individuals with I/DD, that means one-on-one support in your own home — help with personal care, daily living, skill building, and getting out into the community. Forest Grove is a good place for that kind of community-based support because the city is compact and the resources are concentrated. Downtown Forest Grove, the Forest Grove City Library, and Pacific University's campus are all within a few blocks of each other, and Rogers Park and Lincoln Park sit close to residential neighborhoods. Our attendant care workers help individuals use those resources at their own pace — walking the B Street Permanent Trailhead, spending an afternoon at Rogers Park, attending library programs, going to the Forest Grove Farmers Market on summer Wednesdays, or catching a free Concerts in the Park show. For individuals who want to expand further out, the Tualatin Valley wine country is right next door, and TriMet bus 57 connects Forest Grove to Hillsboro and the broader metro for medical appointments, shopping, or simply a change of scenery. At home, attendant care covers the practical day-to-day — cooking, cleaning, hygiene, medication reminders, and the steady work of building skills toward more independence over time. North Star Oregon does not currently operate a Day Support Activities (DSA) location in Forest Grove or anywhere in the Portland metro area. In-home attendant care is the service we provide locally. Our DSA programs are located in the Willamette Valley — Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Springfield, Salem, and Tangent — along with Grants Pass in southern Oregon. We're realistic about Forest Grove. The population is about 26,000, and the surrounding rural-edge communities are smaller still, so a standalone DSA location here is unlikely in the near term. The more probable path, if and when we expand group-based day programming into Washington County, is a Hillsboro or Beaverton location that Forest Grove residents could reach via TriMet bus 57 or family transportation. None of that is on the schedule today — but it's something we evaluate as our presence in the metro grows. If DSA is important to you or your family, let us know if it would matter for your family. ### Milwaukie, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/milwaukie-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care (nearest DSA: Salem). County: Clackamas County. Local CDDP: Clackamas County Developmental Disabilities Services, 503-655-8666. Milwaukie is the northernmost city in Clackamas County, sitting along the Willamette River just south of Portland's city limits. With a population of roughly 22,000, it's a smaller, working-class community with its own clear identity — a downtown that hugs the river, neighborhoods of mid-century homes, and a cultural footprint that punches above its weight (Dark Horse Comics is headquartered here, and Milwaukie is the birthplace of the Bing cherry). It's also exceptionally well connected: the TriMet MAX Orange Line links downtown Milwaukie directly to downtown Portland and Portland State University, putting the full breadth of the metro area within reach without a car. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, that combination matters. Milwaukie offers a quieter, more navigable scale than central Portland while still opening the door to everything the metro provides. North Star Oregon brings its person-centered, in-home attendant care model to Milwaukie and the surrounding Clackamas County communities — extending the same quality of service we've built across the Willamette Valley into the Portland metro. We're a Willamette Valley-founded agency, and we approach the Portland metro the same way we've approached every community we serve: by showing up, getting to know the individual, and building support around the person rather than around a facility. Clackamas County operates its own Developmental Disabilities Services program out of 2051 Kaen Road in Oregon City — a short drive from Milwaukie — where eligibility, case management, and service coordination are handled for residents across the county (503-655-8666). Multiple brokerages serve Clackamas County residents who choose self-directed supports, and Milwaukie families have several options when it comes to building out their service plan. North Star Oregon coordinates with Clackamas County case managers to deliver attendant care services under existing service plans, and we can help individuals new to the system understand how to apply, what services are available, and how to choose providers. Our role isn't to replace the county or the brokerages — it's to be the agency that actually delivers the day-to-day support, with consistency and care. **Portland Metro Reach, Willamette Valley Roots** Milwaukie is part of North Star Oregon's expansion into the Portland metropolitan area. We were founded in the Willamette Valley — with established operations in Albany, Corvallis, Salem, Eugene, Springfield, and Tangent — and we bring that experience north to Clackamas County. Our model has always been in-home and person-centered, designed around the individual rather than a facility or a fixed program. In a metro area where larger, institutional providers often dominate, that approach stands out. Milwaukie's scale is part of what makes it a good fit for how we work: small enough that staff can build real familiarity with the neighborhoods, the bus stops, the riverfront, and the people, but close enough to Portland that community access is genuinely abundant. North Star Oregon adds capacity to the Clackamas County system — offering Milwaukie families another option, one grounded in relationship-based care and the kind of staffing consistency that's harder to find as agencies grow larger. **Quality You Can Verify** In a metro area with more provider choices, families can afford to be selective — and they should be. North Star Oregon is transparent about what we offer: trained, background-checked attendant care workers matched to each individual, consistent scheduling, and direct communication with families and case managers. We don't hide behind a call center, and we don't rotate staff without notice or explanation. If something isn't working, you can talk to someone who can actually do something about it. We expect families to ask hard questions before choosing an agency — about training, about turnover, about how we handle gaps in coverage — and we're prepared to answer them. Milwaukie families deserve a provider who treats their loved one as a person first and a service plan second, and that standard doesn't change based on which side of the Willamette you live on. In-home attendant care is the service North Star Oregon provides in Milwaukie and across northern Clackamas County. For individuals with I/DD, this means one-on-one support in your own home — help with personal care, daily living, skill building, and community engagement. Milwaukie's setting makes community access especially workable: Milwaukie Riverfront Park sits right on the Willamette and connects to the Trolley Trail, a flat, paved path that runs along the route of the old streetcar line and is genuinely accessible for walkers and wheelchairs alike. The Milwaukie Public Library anchors the downtown, the Milwaukie Sunday Farmers Market runs in the warmer months, and the North Clackamas Aquatic Park — a county-run facility with a wave pool and warm-water therapy pool — is a short drive away. The MAX Orange Line is a real asset here: from downtown Milwaukie stations, individuals can travel directly into Portland for medical appointments, jobs, classes, or recreation, opening up community engagement that wouldn't otherwise be practical. Our attendant care workers in Milwaukie help individuals use these resources at their own pace — a walk along the Trolley Trail, a Sunday morning at the farmers market, swim time at North Clackamas Aquatic Park, an Orange Line trip into the city. The opportunities are real, and our role is to make them reachable. North Star Oregon does not currently operate a Day Support Activities (DSA) location in Milwaukie or anywhere in the Portland metro area. In-home attendant care is the service we provide locally. Our existing DSA programs are located in the Willamette Valley — Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Springfield, Salem, and Tangent — and in Grants Pass to the south. For Milwaukie families, that means group-based day programming through North Star Oregon would require travel that isn't practical for most situations. We recognize that Milwaukie and Clackamas County represent a meaningful population, and the demand for quality day programming in the Portland metro is real. As we grow our presence here, expanding DSA into the metro is something we're actively evaluating — but we're not going to promise a program we haven't built yet, and we're not going to open one until we can staff it the way we staff our other locations. If DSA is important to you or your family, let us know if it would matter for your family. ### Newport, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/newport-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care (nearest DSA: Corvallis). County: Lincoln County. Local CDDP: Lincoln County Developmental Disabilities Services, 541-265-0482. Newport is the heart of the central Oregon Coast — the seat of Lincoln County, home to the Oregon Coast Aquarium, the historic Nye Beach district, and the working waterfront of Yaquina Bay. With a population of roughly 10,000, it serves as the medical, commercial, and cultural hub for a string of coastal communities stretching from Lincoln City to Waldport. But like much of the coast, Lincoln County has long had fewer disability service provider options than the communities of the Willamette Valley or the Portland metro. North Star Oregon is here to help close that gap, delivering dependable in-home attendant care to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities across Lincoln County. Families in Newport navigating the I/DD service system typically begin with Lincoln County Developmental Disabilities Services, the Community Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP) that handles eligibility and case management under contract with the State of Oregon. The county's office is located at 36 SW Nye Street, Newport, OR 97365 (phone: 541-265-0482). Whether you're already working with a service coordinator there or just beginning the eligibility process, North Star Oregon can work alongside your team to build a care plan that fits your life. Living on the coast means beautiful surroundings — but it also means geographic distance from larger service centers. Corvallis, the nearest mid-valley city, is about an hour east over the Coast Range on Highway 20. That distance makes it critical that families in Newport have access to high-quality disability support without leaving their community. North Star Oregon provides that support, bringing statewide experience to a region that deserves more choices. **Coastal Families Deserve More Choices** Lincoln County's roughly 50,000 residents are spread along a narrow strip of coastline and the forested hills behind it, from Lincoln City in the north to Yachats in the south. For families raising a child with a developmental disability — or adults living independently with I/DD — the limited number of local providers can feel like a dead end. North Star Oregon was founded to close exactly these kinds of gaps, offering in-home attendant care coordinated through Oregon's K-Plan and the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services (ODDS). Our services in Newport are available to anyone eligible under the ODDS service system. If you're connected with a case manager at Lincoln County Developmental Disabilities Services, we can integrate directly with your existing support team. If you're new to the process, we'll help you understand your options and get started. **Trust Built for a Tight-Knit Coast Community** In a close-knit community like Newport, reputation matters. You're not just hiring a provider — you're inviting someone into your home, into your routine, into your family's daily life. Every North Star Oregon support worker is trained, background-checked, and carefully matched to the individual they serve. We prioritize consistency because we know that familiar, reliable support workers make all the difference — especially in a community where word travels fast and trust is earned, not assumed. In-home attendant care is North Star Oregon's core service in Newport. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in Lincoln County, attendant care delivers one-on-one support in the comfort of home — covering daily living tasks, personal care, skill building, and community access. On the Oregon Coast, where specialized facilities may be an hour or more away over the Coast Range, having a trained support worker come to you isn't just convenient — it's essential. Whether it's helping with morning routines, preparing meals, supporting a walk along Nye Beach or a visit to the Newport Public Library, or providing transportation to medical appointments at Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital, our attendant care team is built for the long term. We don't do one-off shifts. We build relationships — the kind that matter in a community where people look out for each other. North Star Oregon offers Day Support Activities (DSA) at multiple locations across the state, including Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Springfield, Salem, Tangent, and Grants Pass/Medford. DSA groups are not currently based in Newport. For individuals on the central Oregon Coast, in-home attendant care is our primary service — and it provides robust community engagement, skill-building, and social opportunities right here in Lincoln County. We're always evaluating where to grow. If you're interested in seeing DSA programming come to the coast, let us know — community demand helps us plan future expansion. ### Lincoln City, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/lincoln-city-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care (nearest DSA: Salem). County: Lincoln County. Local CDDP: Lincoln County Developmental Disability Services, 541-265-0482. Lincoln City stretches for more than seven miles along the central Oregon Coast, a beach town of roughly 9,000 year-round residents built from five historic communities — Oceanlake, Delake, Nelscott, Taft, and Cutler City — that joined together in 1965. It is the largest community in the northern half of Lincoln County and a hub for the surrounding coastal towns, but like much of the coast, it has long had fewer disability service provider options than communities in the Willamette Valley or Portland metro. North Star Oregon is here to change that, delivering dependable in-home attendant care to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities across Lincoln County. Families in Lincoln City navigating the I/DD service system typically begin with Lincoln County Developmental Disability Services, the county's Community Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP), which handles eligibility, intake, and service coordination under contract with the State of Oregon. Their office is located at 255 SW Coast Highway, Newport, OR 97365 (phone: 541-265-0482). Whether you're already working with a service coordinator there or just beginning the eligibility process, North Star Oregon can work alongside your team to build a care plan that fits your life. Living on the coast means beautiful surroundings — but it also means geographic isolation. The nearest major service centers and our closest Day Support Activities hubs are over the Coast Range in the Willamette Valley, with Salem more than an hour east on Highway 18. That distance makes it critical that families in Lincoln City have access to high-quality disability support without leaving their community. North Star Oregon provides that support, bringing statewide experience to a region that deserves more choices. **Coastal Families Deserve More Choices** Lincoln County's roughly 50,000 residents are spread across a string of coastal towns — Lincoln City, Newport, Toledo, Waldport, and Depoe Bay — separated by headlands, bays, and miles of Highway 101. For families raising a child with a developmental disability — or adults living independently with I/DD — the limited number of local providers can feel like a dead end. North Star Oregon was founded to close exactly these kinds of gaps, offering in-home attendant care coordinated through Oregon's K-Plan and the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services (ODDS). Our services in Lincoln City are available to anyone eligible under the ODDS service system. If you're connected with a case manager at Lincoln County Developmental Disability Services or with a support services brokerage, we can integrate directly with your existing support team. If you're new to the process, we'll help you understand your options and get started. **Trust Built for a Tight-Knit Coast Community** In a close-knit beach town like Lincoln City, reputation matters. You're not just hiring a provider — you're inviting someone into your home, into your routine, into your family's daily life. Every North Star Oregon support worker is trained, background-checked, and carefully matched to the individual they serve. We prioritize consistency because we know that familiar, reliable support workers make all the difference — especially in a community where word travels fast and trust is earned, not assumed. In-home attendant care is North Star Oregon's core service in Lincoln City. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in Lincoln County, attendant care delivers one-on-one support in the comfort of home — covering daily living tasks, personal care, skill building, and community access. On the Oregon Coast, where specialized facilities may be an hour or more over the Coast Range, having a trained support worker come to you isn't just convenient — it's essential. Whether it's helping with morning routines, preparing meals, supporting a walk along the beach at the D River, a quiet afternoon at the Connie Hansen Garden, watching the harbor seals at Taft Waterfront Park on Siletz Bay, or providing transportation to medical appointments at Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital, our attendant care team is built for the long term. We don't do one-off shifts. We build relationships — the kind that matter in a community where people look out for each other. North Star Oregon offers Day Support Activities (DSA) at multiple locations across the state, including Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Springfield, Salem, Tangent, and Grants Pass/Medford. DSA groups are not currently based in Lincoln City. For individuals on the central Oregon Coast, in-home attendant care is our primary service — and it provides robust community engagement, skill-building, and social opportunities right here in Lincoln County. We're always evaluating where to grow. If you're interested in seeing DSA programming come to the coast, let us know — community demand helps us plan future expansion. ### Florence, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/florence-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care (nearest DSA: Eugene). County: Lane County. Local CDDP: Lane County Developmental Disabilities Services, 541-682-3695. Florence sits where the Siuslaw River meets the Pacific, a community of roughly 9,500 people surrounded by the towering dunes of the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. It's the largest town on the central coast between Reedsport and Newport, and it serves as the medical, commercial, and social hub for the rural communities of western Lane County. But like much of the Oregon Coast, Florence has long had fewer disability service provider options than the cities of the Willamette Valley. North Star Oregon is here to help close that gap, delivering dependable in-home attendant care to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities across the Florence area. Families in Florence navigating the I/DD service system begin with Lane County Developmental Disabilities Services, the Community Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP) that handles eligibility and case management for the county under contract with the State of Oregon. The CDDP office is located at 2513 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Eugene, OR 97401 (phone: 541-682-3695). Whether you're already working with a service coordinator there or just beginning the eligibility process, North Star Oregon can work alongside your team to build a care plan that fits your life — without requiring you to leave the coast for support. Living in Florence means natural beauty in every direction, but it also means real distance from the county seat. Eugene is more than an hour east over the Coast Range on Highway 126, and many specialized services are concentrated there. That distance makes it essential that families in Florence have access to high-quality disability support right in their own community. North Star Oregon provides that support, bringing statewide experience to a region that deserves more choices. **Coastal Families Deserve More Choices** Western Lane County's communities — Florence, Mapleton, Swisshome, Dunes City, and the smaller villages along the Siuslaw — are spread across coastal forest, dunes, and river valleys. For families raising a child with a developmental disability, or for adults living independently with I/DD, the limited number of local providers can feel like a dead end. North Star Oregon was founded to close exactly these kinds of gaps, offering in-home attendant care coordinated through Oregon's K-Plan and the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services (ODDS). Our services in Florence are available to anyone eligible under the ODDS service system. If you're connected with a service coordinator at Lane County Developmental Disabilities Services, or with a personal agent at a support services brokerage, we can integrate directly with your existing support team. If you're new to the process, we'll help you understand your options and get started. **Trust Built for a Tight-Knit Coast Community** In a close-knit place like Florence, reputation matters. You're not just hiring a provider — you're inviting someone into your home, into your routine, into your family's daily life. Every North Star Oregon support worker is trained, background-checked, and carefully matched to the individual they serve. We prioritize consistency because we know that familiar, reliable support workers make all the difference — especially in a small coastal town where word travels fast and trust is earned, not assumed. In-home attendant care is North Star Oregon's core service in Florence. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in western Lane County, attendant care delivers one-on-one support in the comfort of home — covering daily living tasks, personal care, skill building, and community access. On the central coast, where many specialized services are an hour or more away in Eugene, having a trained support worker come to you isn't just convenient — it's essential. Whether it's helping with morning routines, preparing meals, supporting a walk along Historic Old Town and the Siuslaw River waterfront, a trip to the dunes at Honeyman State Park, or providing transportation to medical appointments at PeaceHealth Peace Harbor Medical Center, our attendant care team is built for the long term. We don't do one-off shifts. We build relationships — the kind that matter in a community where people look out for each other. North Star Oregon offers Day Support Activities (DSA) at multiple locations across the state, including Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Springfield, Salem, Tangent, and Grants Pass/Medford. DSA groups are not currently based in Florence. For individuals on the central Oregon Coast, in-home attendant care is our primary service — and it provides robust community engagement, skill-building, and social opportunities right here in western Lane County. We're always evaluating where to grow. If you're interested in seeing DSA programming come to the coast, let us know — community demand helps us plan future expansion. ### Brookings, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/brookings-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care (nearest DSA: Grants Pass/Medford). County: Curry County. Local CDDP: Community Living Case Management (CLCM) — Curry County, 541-813-1867. Tucked into the far southwestern corner of Oregon, just north of the California line, Brookings is the largest community in Curry County — a coastal city of roughly 6,700 residents known for its mild "Chetco Effect" climate, its working harbor at the mouth of the Chetco River, and Azalea Park in the heart of town. It's a beautiful place to live, but its remoteness has long meant fewer disability service provider options than families would find in the Rogue Valley or the Willamette Valley. North Star Oregon is here to help close that gap, delivering dependable in-home attendant care to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities across Curry County. Families in Brookings navigating the I/DD service system typically begin with Community Living Case Management (CLCM), the organization that provides Community Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP) services under contract with the State of Oregon for Curry County. CLCM's Curry County office is located at 603 Hemlock St, Suite 3A, Brookings, OR 97415 (phone: 541-813-1867). Whether you're already working with a service coordinator at CLCM or just beginning the eligibility process, North Star Oregon can work alongside your team to build a care plan that fits your life. Living this far down the coast means stunning surroundings — but it also means real geographic isolation. The nearest larger cities, Grants Pass and Medford, sit well over two hours inland across the Coast Range on Highway 199. That distance makes it critical that families in Brookings have access to high-quality disability support without leaving their community. North Star Oregon provides that support, bringing statewide experience to a region that deserves more choices. **Southern Coast Families Deserve More Choices** Curry County's roughly 23,000 residents are spread thinly along a rugged stretch of coastline running from Brookings and Harbor in the south up through Gold Beach and Port Orford. For families raising a child with a developmental disability — or adults living independently with I/DD — the limited number of local providers can feel like a dead end. North Star Oregon was founded to close exactly these kinds of gaps, offering in-home attendant care coordinated through Oregon's K-Plan and the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services (ODDS). Our services in Brookings are available to anyone eligible under the ODDS service system. If you're connected with a case manager at CLCM, we can integrate directly with your existing support team. If you're new to the process, we'll help you understand your options and get started. **Trust Built for a Tight-Knit Coast Community** In a small, close-knit community like Brookings, reputation matters. You're not just hiring a provider — you're inviting someone into your home, into your routine, into your family's daily life. Every North Star Oregon support worker is trained, background-checked, and carefully matched to the individual they serve. We prioritize consistency because we know that familiar, reliable support workers make all the difference — especially in a community where word travels fast and trust is earned, not assumed. In-home attendant care is North Star Oregon's core service in Brookings. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in Curry County, attendant care delivers one-on-one support in the comfort of home — covering daily living tasks, personal care, skill building, and community access. On the southern Oregon Coast, where the nearest specialized facilities may be hours away in Grants Pass or Medford, having a trained support worker come to you isn't just convenient — it's essential. Whether it's helping with morning routines, preparing meals, supporting a walk through Azalea Park or an afternoon along the Chetco River harbor boardwalk, or providing transportation to medical appointments at Curry Medical Center, our attendant care team is built for the long term. We don't do one-off shifts. We build relationships — the kind that matter in a community where people look out for each other. North Star Oregon offers Day Support Activities (DSA) at multiple locations across the state, including Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Springfield, Salem, Tangent, and Grants Pass/Medford. DSA groups are not currently based in Brookings. For individuals on the southern Oregon Coast, in-home attendant care is our primary service — and it provides robust community engagement, skill-building, and social opportunities right here in Curry County. We're always evaluating where to grow. If you're interested in seeing DSA programming come to the coast, let us know — community demand helps us plan future expansion. ### Redmond, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/redmond-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care (nearest DSA: Salem). County: Deschutes County. Local CDDP: Deschutes County Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Program, 541-322-7554. Redmond sits at the geographic center of Central Oregon — a fast-growing hub of more than 38,000 residents where the high desert meets the gateway to the Cascades. As the area has grown, so has the need for reliable, person-centered disability support. North Star Oregon provides in-home attendant care throughout Redmond and Deschutes County, bringing the same relationship-driven approach we're known for across the state to families here in Central Oregon. If you're coordinating services through the Deschutes County Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Program (IDD Program), North Star Oregon can work directly with your service coordinator to build a care plan that fits your life. The Deschutes County IDD Program is the local Community Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP) and your starting point for eligibility determination and service coordination. Their Redmond office is located at 406 W Antler Ave, and you can reach their intake line at 541-322-7554 or by email at idd.intakes@deschutes.org. Whether your family has called Redmond home for generations or you've recently settled near the Dry Canyon or in one of the new neighborhoods spreading east toward the airport, we understand that finding the right disability support provider matters. North Star Oregon is here to close the gap between what families need and what's available — with dependable, familiar care delivered right where you live. **Serving the Center of Central Oregon** Redmond's central location — with Bend to the south, Prineville to the east, and Sisters and Madras within easy reach — makes it a natural anchor for services across the region. But for families navigating intellectual and developmental disability services, the options haven't always kept pace with the area's rapid growth. North Star Oregon was founded to fill exactly these kinds of gaps, delivering dependable disability support without requiring families to look outside their own community. Our services in Redmond are coordinated through Oregon's K-Plan and the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services (ODDS). If you're already connected with the Deschutes County IDD Program, we can begin working with your team right away. If you're new to the system, we'll help you understand the process from eligibility to enrollment. **Consistent Care You Can Count On** Trust is built over time — and it starts with showing up consistently. Every North Star Oregon support worker is trained, background-checked, and carefully matched to the individual they serve. We don't believe in a rotating cast of unfamiliar faces. Our goal is long-term relationships between our team members and the people they support, because consistency is what makes care feel like care. In-home attendant care is our primary service in Redmond. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in Deschutes County, attendant care provides one-on-one support in the comfort of home — assisting with daily living tasks, personal care, skill building, and community engagement. Whether it's helping prepare a meal, getting to an appointment at St. Charles Redmond on NW Canal Boulevard, or building the confidence to enjoy a walk through the Dry Canyon Trail or downtown Redmond more independently, our team is here for the long haul. Central Oregon's geography means distances between services can add up quickly. Rather than requiring clients to travel to a facility, our attendant care workers come to you — wherever home is in the Redmond area. From neighborhoods near Sam Johnson Park to homes out toward Redmond Airport, we meet people where they are. North Star Oregon offers Day Support Activities (DSA) at multiple locations across the state, including Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Springfield, Salem, Tangent, and Grants Pass/Medford. While DSA groups are not currently based in Redmond, our in-home attendant care services provide meaningful community engagement and skill-building opportunities for individuals in Deschutes County. We're always evaluating where to expand our group-based programming. If you're interested in DSA in the Redmond or Central Oregon area, we'd love to hear from you — community demand helps us plan where to grow next. ### La Pine, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/la-pine-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care (nearest DSA: Salem). County: Deschutes County. Local CDDP: Deschutes County Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Program, 541-322-7554. La Pine sits at the southern edge of Deschutes County, surrounded by the ponderosa pine forests and high desert that give Central Oregon its character. As one of Oregon's youngest incorporated cities, La Pine has a close-knit, small-town feel — but families navigating intellectual and developmental disability services often find that specialized providers are concentrated farther north, around Bend and Redmond. North Star Oregon brings reliable, person-centered in-home attendant care directly to La Pine so families don't have to travel to find quality support. If you're coordinating services through the Deschutes County Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Program (IDD Program), North Star Oregon can work directly with your service coordinator to build a care plan that fits your life. The Deschutes County IDD Program — with offices at 2100 NE Wyatt Court in Bend — is the local Community Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP) and your starting point for eligibility determination and service coordination. You can reach their intake line at 541-322-7554 or email IDD.intakes@Deschutes.org. Whether your family has deep roots in La Pine or you've recently settled in the area for its quiet pace and access to the outdoors, finding the right disability support provider matters. North Star Oregon is here to close the gap between what families need and what's available in southern Deschutes County — with dependable, relationship-driven care delivered right where you live. **Support That Comes to Rural Central Oregon** La Pine's location — roughly 30 miles south of Bend, tucked between the Deschutes National Forest and the open high desert — is part of what makes it special, but it can also make accessing services harder. For families coordinating intellectual and developmental disability supports, a long drive to a facility in Bend or Redmond isn't always practical. North Star Oregon was founded to fill exactly these kinds of gaps, delivering dependable disability support without requiring families to leave their own community. Our services in La Pine are coordinated through Oregon's K-Plan and the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services (ODDS). If you're already connected with the Deschutes County IDD Program, we can begin working with your team right away. If you're new to the system, we'll help you understand the process from eligibility to enrollment. **Consistent Care You Can Count On** Trust is built over time — and it starts with showing up consistently. Every North Star Oregon support worker is trained, background-checked, and carefully matched to the individual they serve. We don't believe in a rotating cast of unfamiliar faces. Our goal is long-term relationships between our team members and the people they support, because consistency is what makes care feel like care — especially in a small community like La Pine, where familiarity matters. In-home attendant care is our primary service in La Pine. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in southern Deschutes County, attendant care provides one-on-one support in the comfort of home — assisting with daily living tasks, personal care, skill building, and community engagement. Whether it's helping prepare a meal, getting to an appointment at the St. Charles Family Care Clinic on Huntington Road, or building the confidence to enjoy the trails around La Pine State Park more independently, our team is here for the long haul. Central Oregon's geography means distances between services can add up quickly, and that's especially true in a rural community like La Pine. Rather than requiring clients to travel to a facility, our attendant care workers come to you — wherever home is in the La Pine area, from neighborhoods near downtown to homes scattered among the pines south of town. North Star Oregon offers Day Support Activities (DSA) at multiple locations across the state, including Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Springfield, Salem, Tangent, and Grants Pass/Medford. While DSA groups are not currently based in La Pine, our in-home attendant care services provide meaningful community engagement and skill-building opportunities for individuals in southern Deschutes County. We're always evaluating where to expand our group-based programming. If you're interested in DSA in the La Pine or Central Oregon area, we'd love to hear from you — community demand helps us plan where to grow next. ### Madras, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/madras-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care (nearest DSA: Salem). County: Jefferson County. Local CDDP: Jefferson County Community Developmental Disabilities Program (BestCare), 541-475-6575. Madras sits at the crossroads of Central Oregon's high desert, the seat of Jefferson County and a hub for the farming communities, families, and tribal members who call this region home. For families navigating intellectual and developmental disability services, the right support can be hard to find this far from the state's larger metro areas. North Star Oregon provides in-home attendant care throughout Jefferson County, bringing the same person-centered approach that has made us a trusted provider across Oregon to the communities around Madras. If you're coordinating services locally, the Jefferson County Community Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP) is your starting point for eligibility determination and service coordination. In Jefferson County, the CDDP is operated by BestCare — a longtime local provider — and is located at 850 SW 4th Street, Suite 302 in Madras. You can reach their developmental disabilities team at 541-475-6575. Once you're connected with a service coordinator there, North Star Oregon can work directly with your team to build a care plan that fits your life. Whether your family has farmed the Agency Plains for generations or you've recently settled in Madras, we understand that finding a dependable disability support provider matters. North Star Oregon is here to close the gap between what families need and what's available — with reliable, relationship-driven care delivered right where you live. **Meeting Jefferson County's Need** Madras anchors a wide rural region, surrounded by open farmland and framed by the snowcapped Cascades to the west. It's a tight-knit community — but for families navigating intellectual and developmental disability services, the options haven't always been close at hand. North Star Oregon was founded to fill exactly these kinds of gaps, delivering dependable disability support without requiring families to drive to Bend, Redmond, or beyond. Our services in Madras are coordinated through Oregon's K-Plan and the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services (ODDS). If you're already connected with the Jefferson County CDDP through BestCare, we can begin working with your team right away. If you're new to the system, we'll help you understand the process from eligibility to enrollment. **Consistent Care You Can Count On** Trust is built over time — and it starts with showing up consistently. Every North Star Oregon support worker is trained, background-checked, and carefully matched to the individual they serve. We don't believe in a rotating cast of unfamiliar faces. Our goal is long-term relationships between our team members and the people they support, because consistency is what makes care feel like care — especially in a community where everyone knows their neighbors. In-home attendant care is our primary service in Madras. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in Jefferson County, attendant care provides one-on-one support in the comfort of home — assisting with daily living tasks, personal care, skill building, and community engagement. Whether it's helping prepare a meal, getting to an appointment at St. Charles Madras, or building the confidence to enjoy an afternoon at Sahalee Park or a day out at Lake Billy Chinook more independently, our team is here for the long haul. Central Oregon's geography means distances between services can add up quickly, and rural Jefferson County is no exception. Rather than requiring clients to travel to a facility, our attendant care workers come to you — wherever home is in the Madras area. From neighborhoods near downtown along SW 5th Street to homes out on the surrounding plains, we meet people where they are. North Star Oregon offers Day Support Activities (DSA) at multiple locations across the state, including Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Springfield, Salem, Tangent, and Grants Pass/Medford. While DSA groups are not currently based in Madras, our in-home attendant care services provide meaningful community engagement and skill-building opportunities for individuals in Jefferson County. We're always evaluating where to expand our group-based programming. If you're interested in DSA in the Madras or Central Oregon area, we'd love to hear from you — community demand helps us plan where to grow next. ### Prineville, Oregon — https://www.northstaroregon.com/prineville-oregon Services: In-Home Attendant Care (nearest DSA: Salem). County: Crook County. Local CDDP: Deschutes County Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Program (serving Crook County), 541-322-7554. Prineville is the heart of Crook County and one of Central Oregon's oldest communities — a high-desert town along the Crooked River where families know their neighbors and value services that feel personal. North Star Oregon provides in-home attendant care throughout Crook County, bringing the same person-centered approach that has made us a trusted provider across the state to the people of Prineville. If you're coordinating services for someone with an intellectual or developmental disability, your starting point in Crook County is the Community Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP). Crook County's CDDP services are administered through the Deschutes County Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Program, which provides case management and service coordination for Crook County residents. You can reach their intake line at 541-322-7554 or email idd.intakes@deschutes.org to begin eligibility and enrollment. Once you have a service coordinator, North Star Oregon can work directly with your team to build a care plan that fits your life. Whether your family has called Prineville home for generations or you've recently settled in Central Oregon, finding the right disability support provider matters. North Star Oregon is here to close the gap between what families need and what's available — with reliable, relationship-driven care delivered right where you live. **Serving a Close-Knit High-Desert Community** Prineville sits in the Crooked River valley, surrounded by the Ochoco Mountains and miles of high-desert ranchland. For a community this size, specialized disability support options have historically been limited — and families have too often had to travel to Bend or Redmond, or go without. North Star Oregon was founded to fill exactly these kinds of gaps, delivering dependable disability support without requiring families to look outside their own community. Our services in Prineville are coordinated through Oregon's K-Plan and the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services (ODDS). If you're already connected with a service coordinator through the CDDP that serves Crook County, we can begin working with your team right away. If you're new to the system, we'll help you understand the process from eligibility to enrollment. **Consistent Care You Can Count On** Trust is built over time — and it starts with showing up consistently. Every North Star Oregon support worker is trained, background-checked, and carefully matched to the individual they serve. We don't believe in a rotating cast of unfamiliar faces. Our goal is long-term relationships between our team members and the people they support, because consistency is what makes care feel like care — especially in a tight-knit town like Prineville. In-home attendant care is our primary service in Prineville. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in Crook County, attendant care provides one-on-one support in the comfort of home — assisting with daily living tasks, personal care, skill building, and community engagement. Whether it's helping prepare a meal, getting to an appointment at St. Charles Prineville, or building the confidence to enjoy a morning at Ochoco Creek Park or a walk through downtown along Main Street more independently, our team is here for the long haul. Central Oregon's geography means distances between services can add up quickly, and rural communities like Prineville feel that most. Rather than requiring clients to travel to a facility in another town, our attendant care workers come to you — wherever home is in the Prineville and Crook County area. From neighborhoods near the Crooked River to homes out toward the Ochocos, we meet people where they are. North Star Oregon offers Day Support Activities (DSA) at multiple locations across the state, including Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Springfield, Salem, Tangent, and Grants Pass/Medford. While DSA groups are not currently based in Prineville, our in-home attendant care services provide meaningful community engagement and skill-building opportunities for individuals in Crook County. We're always evaluating where to expand our group-based programming. If you're interested in DSA in the Prineville or Central Oregon area, we'd love to hear from you — community demand helps us plan where to grow next. ## Guides and articles - [Getting Around: Transportation Options for Adults with I/DD in Oregon](https://www.northstaroregon.com/getting-around-transportation-options-for-adults-with-i-dd-in-oregon) — September 4, 2026 — Transportation is the quiet gatekeeper of adult life with I/DD. A family guide to free OHP medical rides, ADA paratransit, bus training, and building a plan around the person's actual week. - [Supported Employment in Oregon: How Individuals with I/DD Find Real Jobs](https://www.northstaroregon.com/supported-employment-in-oregon-how-individuals-with-i-dd-find-real-jobs) — September 2, 2026 — Oregon starts from the assumption that adults with I/DD can work real jobs at real wages. How Employment First, discovery, job coaching, and the team behind a job actually work — and how to start. - [Emergency Preparedness for Individuals with I/DD in Oregon](https://www.northstaroregon.com/emergency-preparedness-for-individuals-with-i-dd-in-oregon) — August 31, 2026 — September is National Preparedness Month. Go-bags built for the person, a one-page About Me sheet, outage and evacuation plans, and practice that feels like routine — preparedness as love expressed in logistics. - [More Than Activities: How Adults with I/DD Build Real Friendships](https://www.northstaroregon.com/more-than-activities-how-adults-with-i-dd-build-real-friendships) — August 28, 2026 — A full calendar is not the same as a full life. How families and support teams help adults with I/DD build real, reciprocal friendships — repetition, shared interests, and support that knows when to step back. - [Supported Decision-Making in Oregon: A Less Restrictive Alternative to Guardianship](https://www.northstaroregon.com/supported-decision-making-in-oregon-alternative-to-guardianship) — August 26, 2026 — Before pursuing guardianship, Oregon families should know the less restrictive option state law now recognizes. What House Bill 2105 changed, how supported decision-making works, and the questions to ask first. - [A Day in the Life of a Direct Support Professional](https://www.northstaroregon.com/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-direct-support-professional) — August 24, 2026 — What does a DSP actually do all day? A walk through the real work — mornings where trust is built, ordinary outings that double as goal work, and the invisible skills that make it a profession. - [From Summer to September: A Fall Routine Reset for Individuals with I/DD in Oregon](https://www.northstaroregon.com/from-summer-to-september-fall-routine-reset-for-individuals-with-i-dd-in-oregon) — August 20, 2026 — A practical late-August guide for easing the transition from loose summer days back to fall structure — gradual sleep shifts, schedule previews, a real goodbye to summer, and a synced support team. - [Preparing for Oregon Wildfire Smoke Season for Individuals with I/DD](https://www.northstaroregon.com/preparing-for-oregon-wildfire-smoke-season-for-individuals-with-i-dd) — July 23, 2026 — A practical guide for Oregon families getting ready for smoke season — checking air quality, indoor backup plans, masks and sensory needs, and keeping routines steady. - [Helping Individuals with I/DD Sleep Better During Oregon Summer Routine Changes](https://www.northstaroregon.com/helping-individuals-with-i-dd-sleep-better-during-oregon-summer-routine-changes) — July 5, 2026 — A practical summer guide for Oregon families and support teams protecting sleep when heat, daylight, travel, outings, and routine changes make evenings harder. - [Making a Summer Communication Plan for Individuals with I/DD in Oregon](https://www.northstaroregon.com/making-a-summer-communication-plan-for-individuals-with-i-dd-in-oregon) — June 28, 2026 — A practical summer guide for Oregon families on who to contact, what to share, and how to keep outings, DSA days, and routine changes better coordinated. - [Preparing for Fourth of July Fireworks and Holiday Routine Changes for Individuals with I/DD in Oregon](https://www.northstaroregon.com/preparing-for-fourth-of-july-fireworks-and-holiday-routine-changes-for-individuals-with-i-dd-in-oregon) — June 22, 2026 — A practical holiday planning guide for Oregon families preparing for fireworks, crowds, noise, sleep disruption, and routine changes around the Fourth of July. - [Sensory-Friendly Summer Activities in Oregon for Individuals with I/DD](https://www.northstaroregon.com/sensory-friendly-summer-activities-oregon-idd) — June 22, 2026 — Practical sensory-friendly summer planning for Oregon families supporting individuals with I/DD, from quiet outings and visual supports to exit plans and caregiver pacing. - [How to Read Your ISP: A Line-by-Line Guide for Oregon Families](https://www.northstaroregon.com/how-to-read-your-isp-line-by-line-guide-oregon-families) — June 5, 2026 (updated August 4, 2026) — Your ISP is the operating manual for your loved one's services — but most families just sign it. A section-by-section guide to reading the Oregon Individual Support Plan and knowing what to check. - [Preparing for Your Annual ISP Meeting: A Family Checklist and Advocacy Guide for Oregon](https://www.northstaroregon.com/preparing-for-your-annual-isp-meeting) — May 1, 2026 — What to do before, during, and after the annual Individual Support Plan meeting so the plan reflects your loved one's goals — not a service menu. - [The Olmstead Decision at 27: Why Community-Based Care Still Matters for People With I/DD](https://www.northstaroregon.com/the-olmstead-decision-at-27) — April 30, 2026 — 27 years after the Supreme Court ruled unjustified segregation is discrimination, what Olmstead has changed, what it hasn't, and why it still shapes Oregon services. - [Summer Safety for Individuals with I/DD: A Caregiver's Guide to Heat, Hydration, and Sensory Comfort](https://www.northstaroregon.com/summer-safety-for-individuals-with-i-dd) — April 30, 2026 (updated August 4, 2026) — Practical strategies for Oregon caregivers — heat illness prevention, hydration, sensory comfort, water safety, and avoiding burnout — so summer is joy, not crisis management. - [Planning for the Long Run: Special Needs Trusts, Letter of Intent, and Oregon ABLE Accounts](https://www.northstaroregon.com/planning-for-the-long-run) — April 28, 2026 — Most parents share a quiet, persistent worry: what happens when I'm no longer here? A practical guide to Special Needs Trusts, Letters of Intent, and Oregon ABLE accounts. - [Dirt, Seeds, and Growth: Spring Gardening and Nature Activities for Individuals with I/DD](https://www.northstaroregon.com/dirt-seeds-and-growth-spring-gardening-and-nature-activities-for-individuals-with-i-dd-in-oregon) — April 23, 2026 (updated August 4, 2026) — April in Oregon means the world is waking up — get hands in the soil and experience the therapeutic power of nature. - [Spring Into Community: DSA Activities Across the Willamette Valley](https://www.northstaroregon.com/spring-into-community) — April 22, 2026 — From outdoor adventures to creative workshops, here's how Day Support Activities programs help individuals with disabilities build skills, friendships, and confidence this spring. - [Oregon's Brokerage System Explained: Personal Agents, Case Management, and Your Support Team](https://www.northstaroregon.com/oregons-brokerage-system-explained) — April 21, 2026 — How Oregon's I/DD support system actually works — Personal Agents, Services Coordinators, brokerages, and CDDPs in plain language. - [We're in Southern Oregon: Announcing Our New Josephine County DSA Program](https://www.northstaroregon.com/we-re-in-southern-oregon) — April 21, 2026 — Our DSA program now serves Grants Pass and Josephine County. Same model of care, same person-centered approach, now in southern Oregon. - [You Deserve a Break: Relief Care for Caregivers](https://www.northstaroregon.com/you-deserve-a-break-understanding-relief-care-for-oregon-parent-caregivers) — April 9, 2026 (updated August 4, 2026) — Caring for a loved one with a disability is rewarding — and exhausting. Learn how relief care can help you recharge while ensuring your loved one receives quality support. - [From School to Adult Services: A Practical Guide for Oregon Families](https://www.northstaroregon.com/from-school-to-adult-services) — April 8, 2026 (updated August 4, 2026) — The transition from school-based services to adult disability support can feel overwhelming. Here's what to expect and how to prepare for this important milestone. - [How Parent Caregivers Can Save Thousands in Taxes](https://www.northstaroregon.com/how-parent-caregivers-can-save-thousands-in-taxes-under-irs-notice-2014-7) — March 20, 2026 (updated August 4, 2026) — If you're a parent caregiver for a child with a disability, you may be eligible for significant tax benefits under IRS Notice 2014-7. Here's what you need to know. - [Finding Our True North: The Healing Power of Nature in Our DSA Programs](https://www.northstaroregon.com/finding-our-true-north-the-healing-power-of-nature-in-our-dsa-programs) — November 28, 2025 — Some of the most profound growth happens not within four walls, but out in the world. How nature shapes our DSA programming. - [How to Be Inclusive of People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities](https://www.northstaroregon.com/how-to-be-inclusive-of-people-with-intellectual-and-developmental-disabilities) — August 12, 2024 (updated August 4, 2026) — Disability inclusion is beneficial for everyone. Practical ways to be inclusive in workplaces, schools, and community life. - [What is Trauma Informed Care?](https://www.northstaroregon.com/what-is-trauma-informed-care) — July 22, 2024 — Everyone goes through different life experiences that shape them. How trauma informed care principles guide our work with individuals with I/DD. - [Benefits of Day Support Programs for Adults with Disabilities](https://www.northstaroregon.com/benefits-of-day-programs-for-adults-with-disabilities) — June 19, 2024 (updated August 4, 2026) — Why day support activities and programs are essential for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. - [Myths and Facts About People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities](https://www.northstaroregon.com/myths-and-facts-about-people-with-intellectual-and-developmental-disabilities) — June 19, 2024 (updated August 4, 2026) — Dispelling some common myths about people with intellectual and developmental disabilities — and the facts that matter. - [What is Person-Centered Language?](https://www.northstaroregon.com/what-is-person-centered-language) — June 19, 2024 (updated August 4, 2026) — When working with individuals with I/DD, it's crucial to use destigmatizing, respectful language. A practical guide. - [Why Is Person-Centered Disability Support Care Important?](https://www.northstaroregon.com/why-is-person-centered-disability-support-care-important) — June 19, 2024 (updated August 4, 2026) — What person-centered disability support care is and why it's essential, especially at North Star Oregon.