“A challenge to do better for our youth”: OYA’s new IMPACT system strengthens accountability
In November and December, a few divisions began ...
OYA Creates 2024 – 2026 Strategic Plan
What is the Strategic Plan? OYA’s 2024 – 2026 Strategic Plan sets a clear and common direction for our work. Over the next two years, we will focus on stabilizing the agency, the fundamentals of our work with youth, improving youth and staff safety, and continuing the direction of making data-driven decisions. The plan provides ...
Two Youth Run Away from Camp Tillamook
Tillamook, Ore. — Two youth ran away from Camp Tillamook in Tillamook at about 12:55 p.m. today, June 26th. Warrants have been issued for their arrest, and law enforcement are actively searching for the youth. At this time, we do not believe the youth are a risk to the public. The youth are: Diaz Castro ...
Youth Celebrate Asian-American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Filipino community advocate and hip hop artist Talilo Marfil greets staff and youth at recent heritage event at MacLaren. “Everybody’s got their own culture,” says Talilo Marfil. “If you don’t have a grasp on those roots, you can get lost. You may identify with what’s around you, and that’s not always a positive thing.” Marfil ...
Celebrating Foster Care Month
This month we celebrate National Foster Care Month, a recognition especially relevant to our work. Many of OYA’s youth have lived, are currently residing, or will transition to foster care at some point. We are so grateful for our current foster families who have opened up their homes to support and care for our youth. ...
OYA Celebrates Black History Month
Black History and the Connection to the African Diaspora Black History Month is an opportunity to acknowledge the past and honor the significant contributions and achievements of Black Americans across the African Diaspora, while also looking at the present and towards the future. Diaspora is when a population is scattered across regions that are separate ...