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*Due to current circumstances of COVID-19, services will be delivered by phone only until further notice.*
HASL provides a wide range of customized services intended to support and empower people who are differently abled – often as the result of aging or intellectual or physical disability. We believe that all people deserve to have access to all parts of our community and strive to advocate for those who need support.
We provide resources and information to ensure equal access for all people in all aspects of our community.
We help consumers learn their rights and responsibilities so that they can make informed choices about their lives.
We promote full inclusion for seniors and people with disabilities in all facets of society.
We provide opportunities to learn skills such as budgeting, nutrition, self-care & grooming, transportation access and more.
Our team will help explore eligibility criteria to access disability services available in the community. The world is a much friendlier place when you know how to navigate it with confidence!
Our goal is to help disabled people and their families stay in their homes.
We can help:
ERC helps consumers get the most from in-home services. We offer individualized tools on a variety of topics, such as hiring and managing home care workers.
We can work with you to build vital skills such as interviewing prospective workers and communicating your needs, preferences, and expectations. We also cover emergency preparedness for the aging and for people with disabilities.
WIN counseling helps people with disabilities make informed choices about work, benefits and the use of work incentives to achieve their employment goals.
We have Work Incentive Coordinators on staff to assist those who seek to understand how employment might affect their benefits. For a referral, please call the WIN help desk at 1-800-661-2571.
Healing Pathways is a program for woman over 18 with a physical disability and experiencing depressive symptoms.
This program was originally a pilot project in collaboration with OHSU and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). HP has since become an evidence-based program and is currently funded by Adults & People with Disabilities (APD) through Department of Human Services (DHS). Healing Pathways was a program founded by Lizzi McNeff & Dena Hassouneh.
DART helps people with disabilities who have survived sexual assault, domestic violence, caregiver abuse, and other forms of victimization with:
Project DART is a program of HASL Center for Independent Living serving the greater Portland area. DART is a community-based organization founded by Elizabeth McNeff which became a part of the HASL Service in October 2015. Located at the Gateway Center at 10305 E. Burnside St. in Portland, DART brings advocates and volunteers together to provide direct services to people with disabilities in the Portland Tri-county area. DART is funded by various federal and local grants including Victims of Crime Act and Violence Against Women funding.
To access services in the Portland Metro Area, call 1-503-988-6481 ext. 86481. You may also access their website or by calling Patricia Alvarez at HASL.