Diversity in today's workforce is good for business, good for morale, and great for productivity as well as public relations. Abilities at Work is a non-profit that helps employers in Oregon hire wage-based employees with learning or developmental disabilities.

1. A non-profit 501(c)3 that partners with businesses in Portland, Oregon’s metropolitan
area to help adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities gain meaningful,
community-based employment.

2. Who We Are
Founded as Oregon Employment Services Corporation (OESCo) in 1986, Abilities at Work has fostered competitive
integrated employment for adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) for over 30 years. While much has
changed since the organization was first founded, our overall calling has not. We remain deeply committed to
identifying, creating and supporting positive wage-based work opportunities between local companies and individuals
with I/DD who have traditionally been excluded from employment in community settings. Since the organization was
founded, we have served more than 300 individuals and partnered with more than 100 local businesses.

3. What We Do
“We partner with businesses to
make a difference”
• Abilities at Work fosters partnerships with
local businesses towards the successful
employment of individuals with
disabilities and the enhancement of
workplace diversity.
• We encourage employers to hire the
people we serve and utilize the Work
Opportunity Tax Credit, a federal incentive
for businesses to employ individuals with
disabilities.

4. Our Approach
Our structured approach has the
power to generate mutually beneficial,
long-term relationships between local
progressive businesses and some of
the area’s most special individuals. We
work with the employer and the
individual every step of the process,
from resume-building, to interviewing,
to new-hire paperwork, to providing
ongoing “Job Coaching”/ liaison
services free-of-charge. Mutual
satisfaction is our specialty!

5. Why Partner with Abilities at Work?
/
Why Hire Someone with a Disability?

6. Work Opportunity Tax
Credit

10. Let’s Work Together to Make a Difference!
• Visit our website to learn more: http://abilitiesatwork.org/
• Contact us: http://abilitiesatwork.org/contact/
• Email: info@abilitiesatwork.org
• Phone: 503-641-5820
• Address: 134 SE 5th Ave Ste D, Hillsboro, OR 97123
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AbilitiesAtWork/