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Advocacy, Networking, Education, Leisure
Education Service District with links to Schools, Early Intervention & Special Education
Brokerage Housing
Juvenile Department
Community Action Agency with Links to Emergency Food, Shelter, & More Legal Aid Service
Community Developmental Disability Program
Community Mental Health Program
Public Health
Department of Human Services (DHS)
•Self-sufficiency & Vocational Rehabilitation
•Seniors & People with Disabilities
•Child Welfare Program
Respite

Residential & Vocational Service Provider

Social Security Administration
Domestic Violence Help Transportation
Vocational Services

Type of Organization
Name
Address/Phone/Fax
Email/Web site/Notes
Advocacy
Networking
Education
Leisure
Special Olympics,
Blue Mountain Area

Kim Joslin, Local Program Coordinator

541-932-9870 
www.soor.org

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Brokerage Eastern Oregon Support Services Brokerage

Bill Uhlman
Executive Director
email: wfu@eossb.org
P.O. Box 329
1216 "C" St.
Hood River OR 97031

Phone:
800-387-3601
541-387-3600
Fax:
541-387-2999
www.eossb.org
Zane Cooper, Personal Agent

Cell: 541-771-9971
Email: zcooper@ortelco.net
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Community Action Agency Community Connection of NE Oregon, Inc.
104 Elm Street
La Grande, OR 97850

Phone
541-963-3186
Fax:
541-963-3187
www.ccno.org/
email: mdavidso@orednet.org

CCNO serves Union, Baker, Grant & Wallowa Counties

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Community
Mental Health &
Developmental Disability Program
Community Counseling Solutions

Kimberly Lindsay,
Director

Phone:
541-676-9161


PO Box 469
528 East Main,
Suite W
John Day, OR 97845

Phone:
541-575-1466
Fax:
541-575-1411
As a community mental health program (CMHP) CCS also provides mental health services and alcohol, drug and gambling addiction treatment services.

As the Community Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP) CCS helps with access to Developmental Disabilty Programs.

Karla Salsbury Colson
Super Service Coordinator
Phone: 541-575-1466, ext. 35
Karla_a._salisburycolson@class.oregonvos.net

Patti Wright, Service Coordinator
Phone: 541-575-1466, ext. 39
Patti_wright@class.oregonvos.net

Carol Speed, QA Coordinator
Phone: 541-278-8668
Carol_M._Speed@class.oregonvos.net

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Department of Human Services

Child Welfare Program

Self- sufficiency & Rehabilitation Services

Seniors & People with Disabilities
DHS--
John Day Multiple Services Office
725 West Main St, Suite A
John Day, OR 97845

Phone:
541-575-0309
800-358-6267
(Voice and TTY)
Fax:
541-575-0656

Child Welfare
541-575-0728

SPD
541-575-0255
The Department of Human Services Web site offers valuable explanations and information about eligibility and services for children, families, seniors and people with disabilities.

http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/index.shtml

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Domestic Violence Help COBRA
(Central Oregon Battery & Rape Alliance)
Grant County Office
173 Dayton St.
John Day, OR 97820

Phone:
541-575-4335
Crisis:
541-389-7021 &
800-356-2369  
www.cobra-dvsa.org
COBRA serves Deschutes, Crook, Jefferson and Grant Counties.

Oregon guide to domestic violence services
http://egov.oregon.gov/DHS//abuse/domestic/gethelp.htm

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Education Service District with links to
--Schools
--Early Intervention
--Special Education
Grant County Education Service District 835 S. Canyon Blvd
John Day, OR 97820

Phone:
541-575-1349
Fax:
541-575-3601
www.grantesd.k12.or.us


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Housing Northeast Oregon Housing Authority 2608 May Lane
PO Box 3357
La Grande, OR
97850

Phone:
541-963-5360
800-452-8638
TTY
800-963-2465
Fax:
541-963-3682
http://www.oraoha.org/northeast.cfm

The Northeast Oregon Housing Authority serves Baker, Union, Grant & Wallowa Counties.
Programs offered include:
Section 8 & Voucher Certificates, Low Rent Public Housing, Family Self-Sufficiency, Section 8 Home ownership Program, Transitional Housing Program, Housing for Seriously Mentally Ill, Rent to Own Home ownership Program, and Property Management.

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Juvenile Grant County Juvenile Dept. 201 S. Humbolt,
Suite 160
Canyon City, OR 97820

Phone:
541-575-1722
after hours:
541-575-0030
Fax:
541-575-2276


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Legal Aid
Ontario Law Center 2449 SW 4th Ave, Suite 208
Ontario, OR 97914

Phone:
541-889-3121
888-250-9877
Fax:
541-889-5562
http://www.lawhelp.org/OR
This Web site can be viewed in Spanish.
The web site contains legal information about subjects such as domestic law, special education, housing, social security disability, consumer issues and other topics.

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Public Health Grant County Health Office and Family Planning Clinic
528 E. Main Street,
Suite E
John Day, OR 97845

Phone:
541-575-0429
Fax:
541-575-3604
www.grantcounty.cc

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Residential and Vocational Services Step Forward Activities Inc. PO Box 339
Canyon City, OR 97820

Phone:
541-575-2251
http://www.stepforwardactivities.org

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Respite Lifespan Respite Care Network for Grant County

Lifespan Respite Care Network
c/o Blue Mountain Hospital
170 Ford Rd.
John Day, OR 97845

Phone:
541-575-1648
Coordinator:
Sara Jane Hendrix Moorer

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Social Security Office, Pendleton Social Security Administration
325 SE Byers Ave
Pendleton, OR 97801

Phone:
800-772-1213
TTY
800-325-0778

www.socialsecurity.gov
(links to national web site)



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Transportation People Movers
Grant County Transportation District
229 NE Dayton St.
PO Box 126
John Day, OR 97845

Phone:
541-575-2370
Fax:
541-575-1823
Service area is John Day and intercity service to Bend.
Fixed Route, General Public, & Demand Response Service.

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Vocational Services Oregon's Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Services
(OVRS)
John Day Self Sufficiency Office
725 W. Main St., Suite A
John Day, OR 97845-1036

(Mailing address: Baker City OVRS, 1768 Auburn Ave, Baker City, OR,
97814-3913)

Phone:
541-575-0309 (Voice)
541-523-5349 (TTY)
Fax:
541-523-9743
(from the OVRS web site)
" OVRS assists Oregonians with disabilities to achieve and maintain employment and independence."

"OVRS is a state and federally funded program that works in partnership with the community and with business to develop employment opportunities for people with disabilities."

http://egov.oregon.gov/DHS/vr/

Assistance with counseling, guidance, evaluation, vocational and other training services, information and referral, and custom-designed programs for each individual.

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