Resources for Everyday Life
Here you’ll find resources that can help you with everyday life, including benefits and work incentives, food and SNAP benefits, employment, health care, housing, Medicaid, planning for the future, and transportation.
Benefits & Work Incentives
One common concern about starting work is how a paycheck may affect your benefits. The impact of employment depends on several factors. Learn how working may affect your benefits and what resources are available to help you plan.
Food & SNAP Benefits
Get the latest updates about SNAP benefits from Oregon’s Department of Human Services (ODHS), check your SNAP benefits online, and find food resources in your local area.
Work can help you earn a living wage, build connections, be part of a team, and pursue the life you want.
Oregon’s Employment First initiative supports working-age adults in finding integrated, community-based jobs that match their skills, interests, and goals. It also promotes earning a livable wage.
Employment
Health Care
Explore these health care resources to find tools, services, providers, transportation, and mental health support.
OHSU’s Taking Charge of my Health Care Toolkit provides self-advocates with the knowledge, skills and tools to learn how to best advocate for their health and health care.
Health Share of Oregon’s Provider Search Tool can help you find health plans and providers that are right for you and your family.
Health Share of Oregon’s Ride to Care program provides free non-emergency medical transport.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) provides support for people with mental health crises.
Housing
There are many community resources that can support people in their efforts to find and secure affordable and accessible housing. These resources can include, but are not limited to:
Deposit and rent assistance
Legal advocacy
Renter's rights and responsibilities education
Access to home furnishing and necessities
Learn what Medicaid is, what it covers, and how it can support you. Medicaid may help pay for services such as:
Direct Support Professionals (DSPs)
Personal Support Workers (PSWs)
Case Management: Personal Agents (PAs) and Service Coordinators (SCs)
Oregon Health Plan (OHP)
Explore this resource to learn more about Medicaid and the services it may cover for you.
Medicaid
“The Book of [Insert Name]: What You Need to Know” is a workbook that helps current and new advocates plan for the future, organize important information, learn about support systems, and support an individual’s choices, needs, and goals.
You don’t have to do it alone. Use the workbook alongside family members, providers, case managers (including personal agents), attorneys, and other supports.
Planning for the Future
Transportation
Explore these transportation services available in the Portland Metro area: