Annual Report

President’s Message

During this past year one of our board committees has focused on how OAR can better communicate its mission to the larger community.  This has prompted me to reflect that every so often it is also very healthy for a not-for-profit organization to look at what it does from the perspective of the “customers” or clients it serves.  In other words, how would those who receive our services describe OAR?   Here are a few examples heard by our staff:

                          “…a safe place where I can always return for help.”

                          “…staff supports and encourages me.”

                          “…you listen and care about the obstacles I’m facing.”

                          “…you help me realize that I’m not alone.”

                          ”…you take the time to know what I’m going through.”

                          “…people here care about me and my family.”

Ultimately, those we serve can describe the impact of our mission best of all.  Their words are the ones we need to hear and remember.

Katie Campbell, Board Chair

Mission Statement

The mission of Offender Aid and Restoration (OAR) of Richmond, Inc. is to provide community managed services aimed at restoring the individual offender as a responsible member of the community.

Program Highlights

Pre-Release Services

Chesterfield County Jail, Fluvanna Correctional Center, Henrico County Jail and Regional Jail, Pamunkey Regional Jail, Petersburg City Jail and Annex, Powhatan Correctional Center, and Richmond City Jail

     a2,045 clients served

     a15,989 units of service provided

     a10,794 educational and support group sessions attended

     a1,801 job preparation service units provided

     a600 units of housing assistance provided

Post-Release Services

Offices in Petersburg and Richmond

     a2,229 clients served

     a29,554 units of service provided

     a1,246 clients attended Job Search classes

     a897 identification documents obtained

     a17,373 job search assistance and job retention support service units provided

     a151 full-time and 21 part-time jobs obtained

     a123 clients received incentives for maintaining consistent employment for 30 days to 3 years

Volunteers

120 volunteers and interns provided 3,779 hours of service as group facilitators, mentors, special projects consultants, and Board members at a value of $77,583 based on the Virginia average hourly rate for volunteer services.

One Client's Powerful Reentry Story

Josey, a 35 year old African American female from Richmond, was released from the Richmond City Jail in late April, 2009 and came to OAR's post-release services office May 1.  During her intake interview she admitted that all of her past convictions and marital problems, unemployment, and loss of custody of her daughter were related to her alcohol use.  Previous inpatient substance abuse programs and outpatient treatment groups had not been successful; however, Josey told the case manager during her intake that she could not continue her alcohol dependence and now understood that drinking was either going to kill her or get her locked up for a very long time.

She immediately began working on the service plan that she and her case manager developed.  She enrolled in the GED class at OAR and began seeing the Substance Abuse counselor and attending weekly counseling groups. During all this, she was also job searching and submitted over 15 job applications before she obtained employment in August.  She also voluntarily began attending parenting classes in hopes of regaining custody of her daughter. 

Josey has remained clean and sober since her release from jail and beams with pride at that accomplishment. She has been a delight for staff to work with and to watch her whole demeanor change from a depressed and sad young woman to one who is now smiling every time she comes into the office and constantly talking about getting her GED and reuniting with her daughter. 

Administrative Highlights

OAR was successful in raising $30,000 to match a Mary Morton Parsons Foundation challenge grant.

Christmas 2008 was a special time for OAR clients thanks to the generosity of the Church of the Epiphany, Sixth Baptist Church, and a number of individual donors.  21 pre-release clients’ families including 44 children received gift cards, toys, candy, clothes and many other items and 85 post-release clients were treated to a party and were able to “shop” at our Christmas store set up just for them by a crew of 10 staff and volunteers.  

The Richmond Regional Offender Reentry initiative, co-coordinated by the Richmond Department of Social Services and OAR, has expanded to the surrounding counties in order to serve inmates from those localities who will be releasing from our partner prisons, Fluvanna, James River, and Powhatan Correctional Centers.

Contributors

Thank you for investing in our work with your time, money, and advocacy.  If we have omitted anyone or misspelled a name, please accept our sincere apology.

Organizations, Churches, Foundations & Businesses

AIG Matching Grants Program

Alcoholics Anonymous

Boaz and Ruth, Inc.

Bon Air United Methodist Church Gifts of Hope

Bowyer Studio, Inc.

Cabell Foundation

Capital Region One Stop

CARITAS

Center for Creative Development

Central Intake

Chesterfield County Jail Canteen Fund

Church of the Epiphany

Colonial Webb Contractors

Crater Regional Workforce Center

DOC Staff

     Fluvanna Correctional Center

     Powhatan Correctional Center

     James River Correctional Center

Fifth Baptist Church

Freedom House

Ginter Park Presbyterian Church

Goodwill of Central Virginia

Hansen, Smith, Cone & Robertello, PC

Healing Place

Homeward

Jail Staff

      Chesterfield, Henrico, Pamunkey, 

      Petersburg, Richmond, Riverside

Long Walk to Freedom

Mary Morton Parsons Foundation

Minority Health Consortium

Narcotics Anonymous

New Deliverance Evangelistic Church

New Visions New Ventures, Inc.

Pamunkey Regional Jail Canteen Account

Petersburg Chapter of the Links

Probation & Parole staff

     Districts 1, 7, 27, 32, 41

Richmond Behavioral Health Authority

Richmond City Council & City Administration

Richmond Departments of Justice Services, Police,

     Public Schools, & Social Services

Richmond Division of Adult Probation and Pretrial

Richmond Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney

Richmond Office of the Public Defender

Richmond Regional Reentry Council

Robins Foundation

Salvation Army

Sixth Baptist Church

Sixth Mt. Zion Baptist Church

Teledyne Technologies, Inc.

Ukrop’s Golden Gift Program

United Way of Greater Richmond & Petersburg

VCU School of Social Work

Virginia Departments of Correctional Education, Corrections, Criminal Justice Services,  Health &  Social Services

Virginia Law Foundation

Virginia Supportive Housing

W.C. Hutchinson, Inc.

Yakabod, Inc.

YWCA

Individuals

Charles Adcock

Marcie Allen

Penelope Anderson

Michael Asante

Wali Bahar

Rick Bailey

Abigail Baker

Leah Baldwin

Vanessa Barber

Kirby Battle

Ruth Baumann

Gabrielle Beck

Laurence Behney

Monica Behney

Beverley Bell

Pam Bishop

Phillip Bly

Cynthia Booker

Philip Boulanger

Patrice Brooks

Jane Brown

Kristinne Brown

Virginia Brown

Jessica & Sam Brumberg

Karen Burruss

Katie Campbell

Sabrina Carter

William Carter

Linda Chaffins

Sally Chamberlin

David Clark

Seldon Clatterbuck

Thomas Coates

Sarah Cochran

Yolanda Coleman

William Conkle

Craig Cooley

Randolph Cosby

Ruth Cosby

Tim Counts

Barry Cox

Brendel Cox

Jessica Cox

Alan Crawford

Gwynne Cunningham

Clarice Davis

Joyce Davis

Sarah Davis

Elizabeth Day

Jan & Bob DeLaney

Mary Disney

Jerry Dixon

Lorenzo Dyer

Christine Eacho

Shirley Easter

Christy & Dennis Ellis

LaShaun Evans

Melanie Evans

Norris Evans

Jen Fell

Kim Fischer

Jay Ford

Jessica & George Forsythe

Bonnie & Robert Frazer

Anna Gallant

Thos Gammon

Khalilah Garrett

Susan Gibson

Ed Gilchrist

Pam Goodin

Kerrin Gordon

Suzanne Gore

Diana Gray

Linda B. Grasewicz

Barry Green

Virginia Hall

William Hall

Nathan Hamm

J.D. Harris

Mike Harris

Jenny Harrison

Richard Harwood

Robert Harwood

Gloria Hawkes

Allie Henderson

Peter Henry

Travis Hill

Charlene Hodges

Pamela Holmes

Valerie Holton

Dorothy Hopkins

Kim Hopkins

Peggy Horn

Mark James

Andrea Jarusik

Suzanne Jenkins

Cheryl Jennings

Richard Johnson

Connie Johnston

Richard Jonas

Cynthia Jones

Ron Jordan

Don Keck

Jamal Kelly

Juanita Kelly

Karen Kelly

Arthur King

Todd King

Shawna & Tibor Klopfer

Rachel Koob

Josh Kunellis

Jim LaNeave

Holly Larson

Polly Lay

Valerie Liggins

Melissa Ligh

Marlene Mack

Patricia Markey

Julie Marshall

Maureen & S. F. Marshall

Melissa Marshall

Jeanine Harper Maruca

Bill Massey

Douglas Massey

Richard Massey

James May

Sutton McMinn

Vanessa Meadows

James Mercante

Stephanie Merk

Sherilyn Merritt

Scott Miles

DuBois Miller

Thomas Mitchell

Wanda Moser

Suzanne Munson

Mary Munton

Rose Muse

Mark Nelson

Karyn Nurney

Robert Odor

Carole Olsen

Mark Oppe

Greg Owens

Alice & Robert Palmer

Alice Pastorius

Ross Patterson

Jacquan Penick

John Perkins

Edward Perry

Cari Pollard

Lori & Charles Pommert

Tim Porter

Grady Powell

Kevin Powers

Klara Prachar

Skye Purdum

Laura Radcliff

Carol-Lee Raimo

Sue & Ed Ramsey

Adyam Redae

Sonya Reynolds

John Rice

Sean Runyon

Kathleen Sage

Morgan Salvador

Natasha Savage

Dave Schottel

Todd Shasko

Roberta Shellenberger

Krystal & Trey Simpson

Sara Skeens

Barbara Slayden

Jackie Small

Becky Smith

Melinda Snow

Donyelle Spotsville

Jimmie Spragrans

Nancy & Paul Springman

Chrissy Stakem

Anne Stewart

Harold Straus

Patricia Summers

Bill Sweeney

Rick Tatnall

Kathleen Tauer

Maurice Taylor

Arlette Teele

Thomas Lee Terry

Mark Thomas

Shayne Thomas

Kent Thompson

Herbert Townes

Eric Vaughan

Shelby Vincent

Meredith Walters

Bobby Warcup

Clanita Ward

Shameka Ward

Rick Warner

Calvin Weaver

Susan Webb

Margaret Weiser

Dixie Wickre

Kenneth Willis

Tim Wilson

Beth Wohlfarth

Jill & Frank Wood

Michael Wright

Moses Wright

Susan Wynne

Marjorie Yates

LaTesha Young

Marty Younker

Board of Directors

                        Thomas F. Coates, III                          Donald P. Keck, Jr.

                        Robert G. DeLaney                              D. Ross Patterson, Jr.

                        Norris Evans                                         Sean Runyon

                        Kimberly D. Hopkins                           Basil A. Smith

                        Richard W. Johnson, Jr.                     Frank W. Wood

                                           Katherine H. Campbell, President

Staff

                  Grace Camillo                                      Megan Kirkland

                        Matt Crawford                                        Sherilyn Merritt

                        Sarah Cochran                                     Tony Mines

                        Pamela Elswick                                   Morgan Salvador

                        Joyce Fountaine                                   Krystal Simpson

                        Anna Gallant                                         Arlette Teele

                        Pamela Holmes                                  Calvin Weaver

                        Sherry Hoover                                      Moses Wright

                                         Barbara Slayden, Executive Director

 Financial Highlights

                       Fiscal Year:  July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2009

                   Total Income                                                               $   829,155

                   Expenses:

                               Program Services            $   774,181

                               Administration                  $     63,411

                               Fund Raising                    $     11,065

                    Total Expenses                                                         $   848,657

 

                    Beginning Fund Balance                                        $1,137,351

 

                    Year-End Fund Balance                                          $1,117,849

OAR of Richmond, Inc. has tax exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code as described in Section 501(c)(3).  The financial statements of the organization are audited by Hansen, Smith, Cone & Robertello, PC.  Copies of the organization’s financial report are available upon request.