ORA - Oregon Resource Association

05/18/2026

05/18/2026

Best dressed Father and Son at Medford Comicon last weekend. 🎉❤️

05/11/2026

05/08/2026

Big win for Oregon's disability services workforce! 🙌 Governor Tina Kotek just signed HB 4115 into law, and we are HERE for it! This new legislation streamlines the background check process for providers — cutting the red tape, removing redundancy, and making checks portable across care settings. That means less time on paperwork and more time doing what matters most: supporting the individuals in our communities. 💙
A huge shoutout and thank you to Rep. Nancy Nathanson for championing this bill and making it happen! 👏

04/28/2026

We’re at it again with the Leadership Olympics! 🏅

Because teams that can compete in wonderfully ridiculous Monday morning challenges are teams that can conquer the world — or, at the very least, work together, keep growing, and provide excellent supports to our community.

At Sunrise, we believe leadership is built through learning, teamwork, laughter, and the occasional highly competitive silly game.

Congratulations to this week’s winners! Wear those medals proudly this week — and always. You earned the glory. 👏🏆

04/28/2026

Portland area self advocacy event!
Do you want to meet other self advocates in the Portland area I/DD community and learn how to advocate for yourself? You are invited to our lunch event next Friday! We will be partnering with Self Advocates Taking Action on an advocacy workshop and making connections.
Please register using this link so we can make sure we have enough food for everyone: https://forms.gle/h2Ea8s9d8duiQwD17

04/28/2026

We had another very successful April Quarterly and Excellence Awards this year!

Congratulations to all of this year’s Excellence Award winners. We are so grateful for the incredible work happening across our community and the people who continue to make a difference every day.

We also want to give a special thank you to Managed Healthcare Pharmacy and Westcare Management for sponsoring this event. Your support helps make these events like this possible, and we truly appreciate your partnership and support.

2026 Excellence Award Winners

🏆 Support Professional of the Year
Dianna Helton, Dungarvin Inc.

🏆 Private Employer of the Year
Great Northern Trailer Works, nominated by Sunrise Enterprises

🏆 Public Employer of the Year
The City of Bend, nominated by Pathway Enterprises, Inc.

🏆 Employee of the Year
Gary Mah, Marie Mills Center, Inc.

🏆 ORA Extra Mile Award
Amy Earl, PCL - Partnerships in Community Living, Inc.

🏆 Leadership Excellence Award
Nermina Cehic, Dungarvin Inc.

🏆 Shaping the Future Award
Tiffany Rukstalis-Johnson, PCL - Partnerships in Community Living, Inc.

🏆 Al’s Award
Jennifer Pruden-Gay, Center for Continuous Improvement, Inc.

Thank you to everyone who joined us and helped make this event such a meaningful and successful Quarterly!

04/21/2026

Tomorrow is Administrative Support Professional Day! We want to say thank you to all of those amazing people behind the scenes who keep things at this agency moving in the right direction. You all are the BEST!

04/21/2026

Confidence doesn’t happen overnight. It builds through experience.

Having a job creates opportunities to learn, grow, and succeed in real time. Showing up, building routines, and completing tasks all contribute to something bigger.

Over time, those small moments add up. What starts as something new and unfamiliar becomes something someone feels proud of.

Our latest blog shares how being in the workplace helps build confidence and why opportunity matters.

👉 Read more: https://www.tvwinc.org/post/building-confidence-through-work

04/20/2026

This month is an opportunity to learn, listen, and strengthen the way we show up for one another in our communities. Through greater understanding, thoughtful conversations, and a commitment to inclusion, we can help build communities where everyone feels welcomed, respected, and supported.