UCP Launches "This Is Our Voice"

Did you know that there is currently a workforce crisis in the Intellectual / Developmental Disabilities field?

It's increasingly hard to hire and keep great care providers. Throughout Oregon, customers are dealing with increasingly high turnover. Staff are dealing with too much overtime and not enough training or resources.​

When UCP customer John Griffiths came to our Executive Director, Ann Coffey, she knew that she had to do something personally to draw attention to the workforce crisis.

Together, John and Ann created a way for EVERYONE--customers, family members, and care providers--to share how the workforce crisis has impacted them.

​They created a webpage (This Is Our Voice) where everyone can share their personal stories (more about the webpage in a moment) and/or get more advice about filing a formal complaint. 

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Get Involved!

If you or someone you know if impacted by the workforce crisis, we encourage you to tell your story nowShare Your Story! We'll be doing all the work for the people who share their stories, including taking the stories to the media, the legislature, the Governor's Advocacy Office, and the Governor.

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