About Oregon Home Care Commission (OHCC)

In 2000, Oregon voters elected to amend the State Constitution to create the Oregon Home Care Commission. The Commission is responsible for ensuring the quality of home care services that are funded by the Oregon Department of Human Services for older adults and people with disabilities. The Commission is made up of nine commissioners appointed by the Governor and four who represent the Oregon Department of Human Services, the Governor’s Commission on Senior Services, the Oregon Disabilities Commission and the Oregon Association of Area Agencies on Aging and Disabilities.

Our mission

The Oregon Home Care Commission supports homecare workers, personal support workers, personal care attendants and consumers/employers by:

• Defining qualifications of homecare and personal support workers and personal care attendants
• Providing a statewide Registry of homecare and personal support workers and personal care attendants
• Providing training opportunities for consumers and workers
• Serving as the “employer of record” for collective bargaining for homecare and personal support workers who receive service payments that are from public funds

Home care is a career that takes care of you

The need for more home care jobs is growing fast in Oregon. It is projected that by 2030, the state will need to fill 65,000 home care positions. “Home care is a career that takes care of you” is a year-long workforce recruitment campaign to increase awareness of the home care profession and inspire more people to apply and work in these roles.