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Serious and Violent Offender Reentry
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Serious and Violent Offender Reentry
Initiative Grantee
Oregon Department of Corrections (Amount: $2,000,000*)
The Oregon Department of Corrections will provide comprehensive
services and supervision for 300 male adult offenders and up to
12 juvenile offenders. The project will be available to offenders
returning to (largely rural) Marion County and (largely urban)
Multnomah County. Through the Going Home Project, the department
will partner with various service agencies to address the challenges
of recidivism, gang affiliation, substance abuse, and physical
and mental health issues and to support education, workforce participation,
housing, faith-based issues and other services as appropriate.
Local contact: Heidi Steward, 503–945–9056.
[Asterisk indicates award amount is subject to final review.]
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Local Organizations & Resources
Better People
Chip Shields
4310 NE Martin Luther King, Jr., Boulevard
Portland, OR 97211
503-281-2663
503-281-2667 (fax)
shields@betterpeople.org
Better People is a living-wage employment and cognitive-behavioral
counseling program for adult probationers and parolees.
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