Tel: 503-640-0818
Email: office@homeward-bound.org

About Us

Bridge to Independence Day Program is a day support activity program for adults with acquired brain injury or cognitive impairment. Our program is certified by the State of Oregon and serves the Metro Portland, Oregon area. The program provides support and stimulation for the individual as they develop employment and other community skills to live life with a greater level of independent functioning. Program facility is located in a peaceful country setting.

A brain injury takes something away from each person whose life it touches—forever changing their life. It often causes those with the injury to feel “less than”, frustrated, angry, and even depressed or alone. An individual with a brain injury often struggles with the challenge of feeling “different”.

Bridge to Independence exists to support each participant’s growth, improvement, and progress in their independence and community integration. We work daily to help them create a life of higher quality with more joy and meaning. As one of our members recently stated, “This is the place I get my support—where people really understand and care about me.” At Bridge to Independence, life is not about being different; it’s about making a difference and giving each member the power to do just that.

 

Participant Story

BTI staff became aware of one participant’s risky social behavior and had been working with them to encourage safer choices. The participant’s unsafe choices ultimately led to them being evicted…

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One participant came to BTI bored and depressed about life. After their brain injury they had lost their friends, felt isolated, and their current socially unacceptable behavior had made them…

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Participant Story

Another participant came to BTI with a history of inappropriate sexual advances that had isolated them and kept vocational opportunities out of reach. BTI staff worked with this participant on…

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Participant Story

A participant with a history of substance abuse joined the day program. BTI staff developed with them goals that they wanted to achieve but active drug seeking was preventing them…

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Participant Story

Becoming easily irritated and then getting angry was interfering with another participant’s ability to be around people. Staff worked with the participant on strategies to use to take care of…

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