300 W. Main St.
Medford, OR 97501
Phone: 541 774-8205
Fax: 541 774-7978
Contact: Pamela Moore
Email: Hours: 8am – Noon, 1pm – 4:00pm weekdays
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Developmental Disability Services
The mission of Developmental Disabilities Services is to promote the independence, integration, and productivity of citizens of Jackson County who experience developmental disabilities. We provide case management, crisis response and foster care for eligible children and adults. We conduct abuse investigations and provide protective services to adults. We sub-contract with private, non-profit agencies for a variety of residential and vocational services for adults. We offer family support services to minors living at home.
County Operated Services:
Case Management - eligibility determination, information and referral, crisis and protective services, monitoring of subcontractors, education, advocacy.
Family Support - direct financial aid to keep families intact.
Foster Care - license and monitor foster care homes.
Subcontracted Services:
Vocational/Day Programs - ranging from sheltered workshops to support for totally independent employment.
Residential Services - group homes, supported living and , independent apartments, a respite bed.
Transportation Services - Subcontractors are Goodwill Industries (Vocational), Living Opportunities (residential, vocational), Southern Oregon Training & Habilitation (residential, vocational), Alternative Services (residential, vocational), and Alternatives for the Severely Handicapped (residential).
Who is served:
The term developmental disabilities encompasses a variety of conditions. These can include autism, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, mental retardation, and other neurological and genetic impairments. (Learning disabilities and sensory impairments are specifically excluded.) These disabilities are not mental illnesses, nor are they diseases. Instead they constitute lifelong mental or physical impairments affecting brain dysfunction which become apparent during childhood and will hamper the individual's ability to participate in mainstream society, either socially or vocationally, through out his/her lifetime.
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