GUIDE TO INCLUSIVE
ROGUE VALLEY LIVING

The Arc of Jackson County

Address: 121 N Central Ave, Medford, OR 97501
Website: https://thearcjackson.org/
Phone: 541.283.3056
Email: office@thearcjackson.org
Groups Serviced/Service Provided: Individuals with Disabilities and their Families
Description: “We, together with our network of members and affiliated chapters, advocate for the rights and full community participation of all children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.”

Autism Society of Oregon

Address: 9320 SW Barbur Blvd Suite 240, Portland, OR, 97219
Website: https://autismsocietyoregon.org/
Phone: 503.636.1676
Email: info@AutismSocietyOregon.org
Groups Served: Individuals with autism and their families
Description: “We create connections, empowering everyone in the Autism community with the resources needed to live fully.”

Black Alliance & Social Empowerment (BASE)*

Address: 325 S. Riverside, Suite 4435 Medford, OR 97501
Website: https://baseoregon.org/
Email: https://baseoregon.org/contact-us/
Demographic Experience: Black, African American
Groups Serviced: Black, African American
Description: Create a welcoming and supportive community where Black people in Southern Oregon feel safe, respected, and comfortable being themselves when expressing any aspect of their many cultural ethnicities. We are a community platform for connection, collaboration, and prosperity.

Black Southern Oregon Alliance*

Address: 120 N First Street, STE 1372. Ashland, OR 97520
Website: https://blacksouthernoregonalliance.com/
Phone: 541.205.9223
Demographic Experience: African American
Groups Serviced: African American Community in Southern Oregon
Description: “The mission of the Black Southern Oregon Alliance is to improve the quality of life within our communities by bringing people together to enhance educational and economic opportunities for all Black/African Americans, and People of Color.”

Bridging Communities

Address: 100 East Main Street, Medford, OR 97501
Website: https://bcoregon.org/
Phone: 541.690.8542
Email: info@bcoregon.org
Groups Serviced: Parents of disabled children
Description: To connect families with resources and each other; and support communities in being welcoming, strong and diverse.

Community Alliance of Tenants

Address: 1017 N Riverside Ave, Medford, OR 97501
Website: https://www.oregoncat.org/
Phone: 541.414.2220
Groups Serviced: Educating and empowering tenants to demand safe, stable and affordable rental homes. To educate and empower tenants to demand safe, stable and affordable rental homes.
Description: We believe that housing is the basis of a strong community. So we bring tenants together to organize and collectively advocate for fair and equal protections in housing practices and policies.

Community Works

Address: 201 W. Main Street STE 3D, Medford, OR 97501
Website: https://www.community-works.org/
Phone: 541.779.2393 (x 200)
Groups Serviced: Southern Oregon Community
Description: Community Works strengthens lives and our community through prevention, support services, and advocacy for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and homeless youth and their families.

Dogs for the Deaf

Address: 10175 Wheeler Road, Central Point, OR 97502
Website: https://dogsforbetterlives.org/
Phone: 541.826.9220
Email: info@dogsforbetterlives.org
Groups Serviced: Individuals ages 16+ with disabilities
Description: “Dogs for Better Lives’ mission is to professionally train dogs to help people and enhance lives while maintaining a lifelong commitment to all dogs we rescue or breed and the people we serve.”

Down Syndrome Association of Southern Oregon

Address: 33 N. Central Ave, STE 205, Medford, OR 97501
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/jacksoncountysped/down-syndrome-association-of-southern-oregon
Phone: 541.776.9805
Groups Serviced: Families and Individuals with Down Syndrome
Description: “Our mission is to support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live in the same neighborhoods, work for the same employers, and share in the same experiences to which we all aspire.”

FACT (Families and Community Together)

Address: 2475 SE Ladd Ave, Portland, OR, 97214
Website: https://factoregon.org/
Phone: 888.988.FACT
Email: info@factoregon.org
Groups Serviced: Families with children with developmental disabilities
Description: Empower Oregon families experiencing disability in their pursuit of a whole life by expanding awareness, growing community, and equipping families.

Families for Community (FFC)

Address: 136 Dianne Way, Eagle Point, OR 97524
Phone: 541.690.6882
Groups Serviced: Families of children with disabilities

Hearts with Mission

Address: 529 Edwards St. Medford, OR 97501
Website: https://heartswithamission.org/
Phone: 541.646.7385
Groups Serviced: Youth 10-21
Description: Hearts With A Mission serves homeless and at-risk youth by providing shelter, educational support, mentoring and transition planning with a faith-based approach.

Hope Equestrian Center

Address: 716 Riley Road, Eagle Point, OR 97524
Website: https://hopeequestrian.com/
Phone: 541.776.0878
Email: info@hopeequestrian.com
Groups Serviced: Special needs individuals
Description: HOPE Equestrian Center is a non-profit organization providing therapeutic horseback riding to special needs individuals throughout southern Oregon.

Jackson County Developmental Disability Services

Address: 1915 Hazel Street, Medford, OR 97501
Website: https://jacksoncountyor.org/hhs/developmental-disability-services
Phone: 541.774.8205
Groups Serviced: Individuals with disabilities
Description: “It is the mission of Jackson County Health and Human Services to plan, coordinate, and provide public services that protect and promote the health and well being of county residents. Our community’s most vulnerable population is our priority.”

Latino/a/x Interagency Committee (LINC)

Website: https://www.jccommunityservicesconsortium.org/latinx-interagency-committee/
Demographic Experience: Latino/a/x
Groups Serviced: Southern Oregon Organizations
Description: To serve as an inclusive space for community agencies to create, improve and bridge services and opportunities for the advancement of the Latinx/a/o community in Southern Oregon.

Living Opportunities

Address: 861 Valley View Drive, Medford, OR 97504
Website: https://livingopps.org/
Phone: 541.772.1503
Email: info@livingopps.org
Groups Serviced: Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Description: “Our Mission is to support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live in the same neighborhoods, work for the same employers, and share in the same experiences to which we all aspire.”

MASLOW Project**

Address: 500 Monroe St. Medford, OR 97501
Website: https://www.maslowproject.com/
Groups Serviced: Homeless Youth 21 or younger
Description: Support for youth (21 or younger) and families experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness.

Options for Helping Residents of Ashland (OHRA)

Address: 2350 Ashland Street, Ashland, OR 97520
Website: https://helpingashland.org/
Phone: 541.631.2235
Email: info@helpingashland.org
Groups Serviced: Low-income individuals
Description: “OHRA’s mission is to help low-income people build better lives. By offering hope and access to social services, we encourage those in need on the path to self-sufficiency.”

Queer Families of Southern Oregon**

Location: Medford, OR
Website: https://www.facebook.com/solgbtq/
Demographic Experience: LGBTQIA+

Red Earth Descendants*

Address: 9320 SW Barbur Blvd Suite 240, Portland, OR, 97219
Website: http://www.redearthdescendants.org/home/
Email: redearthdescendants@gmail.com
Demographic Experience: Native American
Groups Served: Indigenous Community
Description: Grassroots, indigenous-based organization committed to creating healthy, sustainable community while preserving Native values, traditions and culture. Our core strength is in joining our youth, elders, families and regional tribes together to share knowledge and skills. As we practice healthy community interaction, our goal is to give Native teachings to the next Generations of life.

Rogue Action Center**

Address: 205 N Phoenix Rd Suite G, Phoenix, Oregon 97535 (Currently closed due to covid)
Website: https://www.rogueactioncenter.org/
Phone: 541.292.1741
Email: info@rogueactioncenter.org
Description: “Our mission is to build organizing infrastructure, leaders, and community power for a just, inclusive, and sustainable Southern Oregon for everyone.”

Rogue Valley Mentoring**

Address: 2931 S Pacific Hwy, Medford, OR 97501
Website: https://rvmentoring.org/
Phone: 541.708.6688
Description: We vet any safe, caring adult and support them into becoming well-trained, effective mentors who have the ability to change the course of a young person’s life. Mentoring heals trauma. It takes just an hour a week. Join the movement.

Samoa Pacific Development Corporation

Address: 7820 NE Holman St. B-1, Portland, OR 97218
Website: https://www.samoanpdx.org
Demographic Experience: BIPOC
Groups Served: Samoan
Description: A non-profit organization that serves the Samoan community in Oregon through educational and economic resources and cultural empowerment.

SOPRIDE**

Location: Ashland, OR
Website: https://www.sopride.org/
Demographic Experience: LGBTQIA+
Groups Served: LGBTQIA+
Description: Organizing body for annual Pride event in Ashland.

Southern Oregon Black Leader, Activists, and Community Coalition (SOBLACC)*

Location: Medford, OR
Website: https://www.soblacc.org/who-we-are
Demographic Experience: African American
Groups Served: African American Community in Southern Oregon
Description: “SOBLACC’s mission is to be a political home for Black people in Southern Oregon. By building an engaged and active base of Black people, we will co-create a Black political agenda for Southern Oregon, partner with aligned Black organizations across the state and nationally in support of the liberation of Black people.”

Southern Oregon Challenger Little League

Address: 213 Stevenson, Cave Junction, OR 97523
Website: https://tshq.bluesombrero.com/southernoregonchallengerll
Phone: 541.659.8618
Email: hondhood@frontiernet.net
Groups Served: Children ages 4-21 with disabilities
Description: “The Challenger Division is an opportunity for children with physical, developmental or intellectual challenges (ages 4-21) to play baseball.”

Southern Oregon Regional Health Equity Coalition (SO Health-E)**

Address: PO Box 991, Talent, OR 97540
Office Location: 2931 S. Pacific Highway Medford, OR 97501
Website: https://www.sohealthe.org/
Email: annie.valtierra@sohealthe.org | MichelleGlass, michelle.glass@sohealthe.org | Policy + Advocacy Coordinator
Demographic Experience: BIPOC, LGBTQIA+
Groups Served: BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, people with disabilities and low-income community members
Description: Our mission is to seek systems change by creating community partnerships and together promoting health equity that centers the voices of impacted community members.

UNETE*

Address: 607 W Main St, Medford. OR 97501 (Basement)
Website: https://uneteoregon.org/about-us/
Phone: 541.840.9669
Email: UneteOregon@gmail.com
Demographic Experience: Latino/a/x
Groups Served: Farm workers and Latino/a/x immigrants
Description: Farm Worker Advocacy began in 1996, is a movement of farm workers and immigrants that strives to empower and enrich the lives of both groups through education, cultural presentations, advocacy, representation in issues that affect their lives and organizing to defend immigrant rights. UNETE formed due to the need for farm worker representation in legislative actions which would have excluded them from state minimum wage requirements and from their rights to file grievances related to labor violations.

US Veterans Affairs

Address: 8495 Crater Lake Hwy, White City, OR 97503
Phone/Mental Health Care: 541.826.2111
Groups Served: US Veterans
Description: VA Southern Oregon Healthcare System’s mission is to offer options to timely, quality services for Veterans through care and respect for one’s physical, psychological, and spiritual health.

Wild Womyn**

Location: Medford, OR
Website: https://www.wildwomynrv.com/
Demographic Experience: LGBTQIA+
Groups Served: LGBTQIA+ Women
Description: Fosters connection and community for LGBTQ+ women in Southern Oregon “Wild Womyn of Rogue Valley is a support community in Southern Oregon (and surrounding regions) for lesbians, bisexual women, pansexual women, trans women, and non-binary individuals who seek a women-centered group. The group’s mission is to promote connection and foster community for their members by offering safe, social, supportive, and recreational activities.”

Youth Era – Medford Drop**

Address: 123 S. Front Street Medford, OR 97501
Website: https://www.youthera.org/medford-drop
Phone: 541.214.6643
Groups Served: Ages 14-21

**LGBTQIA+ Affirming