Community FORCE

Attention Baker County District 5j Families!

If you received this letter FILL IT OUT! This is important to the special education departments budget and could really help in providing health-related services to our kids!!

Disappointing news. This directly impacts COMMUNITY FORCE. But nevertheless we remain available. Please continue to reach out to us for any resources.

Stay healthy and unwavering.

-Vanessa

An Important Budget Update on Family Networks

Dear Advocates,

Family peer support is vital, and changes lives.

The Oregon Consortium of Family Networks began as an idea 9 years ago. The idea was simple: provide some infrastructure and support to networks of families, and they would go on to change local communities for the better. The idea was a huge success and has grown to a network of more than 12,000 families across Oregon.

Sadly, the Coronavirus pandemic has meant very hard financial times for Oregonians as well as Oregon's state budget. As a result, the state funding that supported these networks of families was cut and will end in just a few months. The Council will continue to support these organizations as they pursue other sources of funding. In the meantime, please join us in looking within our communities and relying on each other to ensure this work continues.

We're in this together, and when our communities come together, we make amazing things happen. Our community fought hard to preserve this funding, and our fight for this work is not over. I'm eager to see what we do next.

Sincerely,

Beth Kessler
Interim Director
Oregon Council on Developmental Disabilities