Developmental Disabilities Community Engagement

The Office of Developmental Disabilities Services (ODDS) is always working to better support and serve individuals and families. We want to hear from the community and learn from your ideas, experiences and feedback.

This page shares different ways you can get involved and help improve our services.

Statewide budget discussions Community conversations Policy feedback Workgroups and RACs Events calendar

Meetings with ODDS leaders about the budget

In April and May, we hosted a series of public meetings. We heard the community's feedback about our services, supports and core values. Thank you to everyone who joined and shared feedback.

What happens next

We're using your feedback to develop “guiding principles" for our 2027‒2029 budget requests.
We will post the draft guiding principles on this web page in early June.
We will also share them in a community email. Sign up here to get our updates.

Questions?

Email odds.questions@odhs.oregon.gov and a staff member will get back to you.

Monthly community conversations

Help us improve our services

Leaders from ODDS invite you to share your ideas, feedback and experiences.

Everyone is welcome at these virtual meetings.

Meeting details

When: First Wednesdays of every month

Time: Noon to 1 p.m.

Join on Zoom

You do not need to register for these meetings.

At the meeting you can:

Learn about ODDS services and updates
Ask questions
Share your experiences and feedback

How to participate

You can ask questions during the meeting or send questions ahead of time using our form.

If you use the form, please send your questions by 8 a.m. on the Monday before the meeting.
The form is available in English, Spanish, Arabic, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Somali and Vietnamese.

If we can't answer your question during the meeting, we will reply by email afterward.

If you want a private response, you can ask us to reply by email.

Free accessibility supports

We want everyone to feel welcome and safe. We provide free support for you to participate, including:

American Sign Language
Spanish interpreter
Live captioning

Need another language or support?
Call 503-945-5811 or email odds.engagement@odhs.oregon.gov. We accept relay calls.

We hope to see you there!

Other opportunities

Public comment on waivers
SACU redesign project Oregon Human Rights Commission meetings

Resources

Calendar of events

Use the search box to search the list below. You can also add one or more filters (be sure to click "add filter").