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“Holy Ground”: How Faith Grounds Youth at MacLaren
At MacLaren, faith can be simultaneously vibrant and deeply personal. In some ways, that makes sense: a difference in identity can become another source of division or conflict. Yet in speaking with youth from different faith backgrounds, it’s clear that spirituality grounds their experiences of the justice system. As youth are removed from their communities, ...
Trask River High School Students Use Teamwork to Face Engineering Challenge
Students at Trask River High School serving Camp Tillamook and Tillamook Youth Correctional Facility had the opportunity to participate in a 16-week hands-on engineering challenge to create pedal cars that could race each other around the facility track. Led by Trask teachers Mark Roberts and Aaron Yarnell, two teams of students took on the task ...
Mentorship in Practice: Finding The Next Step Together
January is National Mentoring Month, and OYA celebrates the many mentors who support youth on their journey to become productive, crime-free adults. Much of this work unfolds in small moments, such as a November coffee between a youth and his mentor, Andre White. Mr. White arranged the coffee after the youth shared that he needed to start earning money. Mr. White then reached out to an organization that could help the ...
“People in the community that care”: Supporting Youth With Thanksgiving Boxes
For many justice-involved youth, the holidays can be complicated. Some come from families facing food insecurity or unstable housing. Others live in homes where resources are stretched thin, or where family relationships make large holiday meals difficult to navigate. For OYA’s parole and probation officers, supporting youth means paying attention to these realities – not ...
Collaboration in Action: New Principal Miranda Cryns Shares Her Vision for Lord High School
The Oregon Youth Authority is proud to welcome Miranda Cryns as the new principal of Lord High School, which serves MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility. Lord High operates through a partnership between the Oregon Department of Education (ODE), the Willamette Education Service District (WESD), and the Oregon Youth Authority. Together, the agencies educate youth in OYA ...