Disability Support Services in Wilsonville, OR
In-home attendant care and disability support for individuals and families in Wilsonville and the surrounding Portland metro.
Wilsonville at a Glance
- Services Available
- In-Home Attendant Care
- County
- Clackamas County
- Local CDDP
- Clackamas County Developmental Disabilities Services · 503-655-8666
- Nearest Day Support Activities
- Salem
Disability Support Agency Serving Wilsonville and Clackamas County
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.
Disability Support Services in Wilsonville, Oregon
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 Services in Wilsonville, Oregon
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.
- Personal care and daily living assistance
- Skill building for independent living, including cooking and household management
- Community access — Memorial Park, Town Center, library, and Wilsonville recreation
- Travel training on SMART transit, WES commuter rail, and TriMet
- Assistance with medical and service appointments across the metro and Salem
- Consistent staffing from familiar, trained support workers
Day Support Activities Near Wilsonville, Oregon
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.
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Services are typically at no out-of-pocket cost to families, funded through Oregon's K-Plan (Medicaid).
Clackamas County Disability Resources
- Clackamas County Developmental Disabilities Services — Eligibility determination, case management, and service coordination for I/DD residents of Clackamas County, including Wilsonville. Main office: 2051 Kaen Road, Oregon City, OR 97045.
Phone: 503-655-8666
- Mentor Oregon — Personal Agent Services — Brokerage and personal agent services for adults with I/DD across the Portland metro and Clackamas County, supporting self-directed plans and community-based resources.
- The Arc of Multnomah-Clackamas — Advocacy, family support, and educational programs serving individuals with I/DD and their families across Multnomah and Clackamas Counties.
Phone: 503-223-7279
- SMART Transit — Accessibility Services — Wilsonville's free city transit system. Operates local routes, accessible Dial-a-Ride paratransit service, and connecting routes to Salem, Canby, and Tualatin — a unique two-metro mobility asset for Wilsonville residents.
Phone: 503-682-7790
- Disability Rights Oregon — Oregon's federally designated protection and advocacy agency for individuals with disabilities. Provides legal advocacy, rights information, and support across the state.
Phone: 503-243-2081
About North Star Oregon
North Star Oregon was founded in the Willamette Valley and has grown into a statewide provider serving individuals with I/DD across Oregon. Wilsonville and southern Clackamas County represent a natural extension of that growth — a community where our Willamette Valley experience and our Portland metro reach meet in the same place. We bring the same person-centered, in-home model that has worked for families in Salem, Corvallis, Albany, and Eugene to Wilsonville: relationship-based attendant care, consistent staffing, and a focus on the individual over the institution. As we expand further into the Portland metropolitan area, Wilsonville families can expect the same level of direct, personal service our clients across Oregon already receive.
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