Oregon APSE Information

Oregon APSE Vision: Oregonians with all types of disabilities are employed, enjoy careers, and build assets in pursuit of meaningful lives. Oregon APSE Mission: To promote equitable, integrated employment of people with disabilities that recognizes their contributions as community members. Oregon APSE supports: •Integrated individual employment defined as a job that meets the needs of the business community, pays competitive wages, provides comparable benefits and opportunities to fully engage with non-disabled co-workers, and for most people is at least 20 hours per week. Therefore, Oregon APSE will: •Build alliances with advocates, families, employers, providers, funders and local communities to promote integrated individual employment throughout Oregon. •Advocate for policies, communication, and training that supports substantial improvement and measurable outcomes specific to integrated individual employment.