The Power of Reentry

Prisoner reentry is a powerful concept.  Think about it.

Reentry is powerful for offenders who make this their goal.  Returning to society, adjusting to freedom, connecting to services, contributing to family and community – these steps are incredibly difficult to achieve.  But when the individual is successful it means there has been a powerful and significant transformation in his or her life.

Reentry is also powerful for the larger community.  Neighbors, friends, employers and service providers – our welcoming and supportive actions are critical to successful reentry and to public safety.  We forgive the crime, acknowledge that the debt has been paid, and offer hope for a better future.  In doing so, we reinforce and sustain powerful community values.

OAR’s mission is all about harnessing the power of community to change individual lives.  Think about it.

Katie Campbell, President, Board of Directors

 

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, Henrico County Jail and Regional Jail,

Pamunkey Regional Jail, Petersburg City Jail and Annex, and

Richmond City Jail                                    

 

b      1,931 clients served

b      6,815 units of service provided

b      4,682 educational and support group sessions attended

b      674 clients received employment assistance

 

Post-Release Services

Offices in Chesterfield, Petersburg, and Richmond

b      2,251 clients served

b      22,009 units of service provided

b      645 clients attended Job Search classes

b      882 identification documents secured

b      1,545 clients received emergency services such as clothing, medications, food referrals, personal hygiene items, and housing

b      11,562 job search assistance and job retention support service units provided

b      307 full-time and 35 part-time jobs obtained

 

Volunteers

105 volunteers provided 3,258 hours of service as group facilitators, mentors, special projects consultants, and Board members at a value of $61,153 based on the national hourly rate for volunteer services. 

 

One Client's Powerful Reentry Story

Mark was incarcerated at age 17 and released at age 42.  After his release, he came to OAR for assistance.  All he asked for was a small number of bus tickets for his job search.  Mark was employed within 3 weeks of his return to the community.  One year later, Mark got a second full-time job working in the evenings.  He has received his 2 year job retention incentive from OAR and will be receiving his incentive for 3 years of consistent employment in a few months.  He has his own apartment and is still working 2 jobs.  Mark regularly checks in with his case manager and has spoken to OAR's job search class for new post-release clients. 

When Mark was asked how he came out of prison so prepared and ready to move on with his life so successfully after serving 25 years, he explained that he started his preparation as soon as he was incarcerated by taking every class and vocational trade that was available for him, saving his money, learning from the old timers inside, and keeping up with current events by reading several newspapers daily.  He doesn't understand why his success during his reentry is so remarkable--he thinks every inmate could do the same thing if he just took control of his situation and used every minute in prison to prepare for getting out.  Mark could write a book about the power of reentry!       

 

Administrative Highlights

Ø       Reopened a post-release office in Chesterfield County and relocated the post-release office in Petersburg.  Through cooperative agreements, both offices were moved to the Workforce Development one-stop centers providing better access for additional clients in those two communities.

Ø       Developed and implemented the AND (A New Direction) Program in collaboration with the Richmond Department of Adult Probation Services, the Commonwealth’s Attorney, the Public Defender, YWCA, Minority Health Consortium, and a number of other community partners and volunteers.  The AND program is designed to provide treatment and support services to prostitutes who are ordered by the court to participate in the program as well as women in the Richmond City Jail who volunteer to participate in the program.

Ø       Continued coordination of a pilot offender reentry program initiative in partnership with the Richmond Department of Social Services.  Richmond was selected as one of five pilot sites in the Commonwealth.

Ø       Participated as a member of the Community Services Team, a multi-disciplinary group of local service providers, that reviews cases of individuals who have been determined chronically homeless and in need of collaborative intervention to assist with the development of a treatment plan and long-term housing solution.

Ø       Celebrated the second anniversary of the Boaz & Ruth @ OAR retail store, a fund development collaboration.

Ø       Initiated a plan to co-casemanage a pilot group of clients who are also receiving services from the city’s Workforce Development one-stop center.

Ø       Entered into an agreement with the Virginia Department of Health to assist in providing easier access to incarcerated and previously incarcerated individuals for HIV testing and follow-up support services.

Ø       Received a donation of over 4,000 work boots and distributed half of them to 8 other community organizations.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous

Boaz and Ruth, Inc.

Bob Barker Company

Bon Air United Methodist Church

Capital Area Workforce Center

CARITAS

Central Intake

Crater Regional Workforce Center

Epiphany Catholic Church

Freedom House

Ginter Park Presbyterian Church

The Giving Heart

Hansen, Smith, Cone & Robertello, PC

Homeward

IBM

Jail Staff

   Chesterfield, Henrico, Pamunkey, 

   Petersburg, Richmond, Riverside

Maymont Enterprises, Inc.

Memorial Child Guidance Clinic

Minority Health Consortium

Narcotics Anonymous

New Visions New Ventures, Inc.

Pamunkey Regional Jail Canteen Fund

Pleasants Hardware

Probation & Parole staff

   Districts 1, 7, 27, 32, 41

REACH

Richmond City Council & City Administration

Richmond Departments of Justice Services, Police,

   Public Schools, & Social Services

Richmond Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney

Richmond Office of the Public Defender

Richmond Reentry Pilot Council

Robins Foundation

St. Peter Baptist Church

Salvation Army

Southside RSVP

Teledyne Technologies, Inc.

The Red Door

Tibotec Therapeutics

Ukrop’s Golden Gift Program

United Way of Greater Richmond & Petersburg

VATEX America, Inc.

Virginia Departments of Correctional Education, Corrections,

   Criminal Justice Services, Health & Social Services

Yakabod, Inc.

YWCA

Individuals

Charles Adcock

Khalil Ali

Marcie Allen

L. Michelle Allen

Sam Allen

Penelope Anderson

James Andrews

Lynn Aumack

Leah Baldwin

Vanessa Barber

Glo Barnes

Terry Basham

Janice Bentley

Jennifer Black

Leah Bolling

Yvonne Brandon

Lenore Brashler

Florence Brown

Jane Brown

Karen Brown

Virginia & Ed Brown

Tasha Brubaker

Paul Bruggeman

Erica Buie

J. Stephen Buis

Lindy Bumgarner

Keith Burdette

Patricia Burrell

Grace Butler

Katie Campbell

Owen Cardwell

Michael Carpenter

Tracy Carroll

Steven Carter-Lovejoy

Terry Casey

Michael Cathcart

Wallace Ceppi

Linda Chaffins

Sally Chamberlin

Natasha Christian

Cheryl Clark

David Clark

Seldon Clatterbuck

John Cobb

Sarah Cochran

Juanita Cole

Arthur Coles

Dale Cone

William Conkle

Michael Converse

Dave Coogan

N. David Cooper

Randy Cosby

Barry Cox

Daniel Cox

Alan Crawford

Gloria Creasy

Gwynne Cunningham

Marion Curry

Christy Dahlkemper

Elizabeth Day

Bob & Jan DeLaney

Helena DeLigt

Kirk Dobbins

Audrey Dorr

Brian Dwyer

Christy Ellis

Dennis Ellis

James Ericson

LaShaun Evans

Theresa Evans

Tyechia Evans

Thomas Fleming

Christina Ford

Jessica Forsythe

Daryl Fraser

Myrtle Fultz

Linda Galloway

Christine Gibson

Edward Gilchrist

Rhonda Gilmer

Pam Goodin

Suzanne Gore

Diana Gray

Patricia Gray

Queen Green

Scott Greenhalgh

Patrick Halpern

Patricia Hamilton

Nathan Hamm

Verla Hamm

John Hanrahan

Crystal Harding

Dorothy Harland

Kelvin Harris

Ralph Harris

Ervin Hart, Jr.

Bob Harwood

Rosemary Helms

Robin Henley

Chris Herbert

William Hicks

Maurice Hill

Charlene Hodges

Kimberly Hopkins

Peggy Horn

Lester Hughes

Cherrelle Hurt

Carol Ann Irby

Michael Jackman

Darrell Jackson

Suzanne Jenkins

Nicole Johnson

W. Randolph Johnson, Jr.

Connie Johnston

R. Kirk Jonas

Deborah Jones

Erika Jones-Haskins

Jim Jones

Keith Jones

Patti Jones

Reginald Jones

R. Ronald Jordan

Don Keck

Jamal Kelly

Juanita Kelly

Gail Kemper

Sue Kennon

Sandra Kerr

Anne Kisor

David Klisz

Kelly King Horne

Rachel Koob

Ann Larkum

George Lee

Tabitha Lester-Jones

Lori Little

Ronald Long

Robert Loker

Jennifer Lumpkin

Meghan Macgill

Patricia Markey

Risto Marttinen

Douglas Massey

Richard Massey

Kim Mason

Dorothy McCracken

Joseph McGreal

John McHugh

Freida McNeil

Delores McQuinn

Paul McWhinney

Lt. Sandra Middleton

Danielle Middleton-Hewitt

Thomas Mitchell

Estelle Moncure

Sean Monroe

Ric Moore

James Morris

Suzanne Munson

Mary Munton

Dr. Norma Murdoch-Kitt

Anne Newton

Kate Olenyik

Nicole Orton

Julie Osgood

Lewis Parker

Alice Pastorius

James Payne

John Perkins

Juan Pierce

Tom Piero

Chip Pommert 

Grady & Bertie Powell

Carol-Lee Raimo

John Rice

Nita Richardson

Gloria Rogers

Katharine Roller

Anthony Ross

Kristi Rowe

Kathleen Sage

Morgan Salvador

Debbie Sangster

Brenda Sanson

Terri Savage

Ann Schmidt

Christine Schmidt

Marilyn Schmidt

David Schottel

Casey Seelig

Todd Shasko

Mandy Sikorsky

Nicole Simmons

Takira Simmons

Krystal Simpson

Paulette Skapars

Barbara Slayden

Sandy Smalls

Antoinette Smith

Basil Smith

Becky Smith

Dawn Smith

Donna Smith

Kurt Smith

Karen Sposa

Paul & Nancy Springman

Jack Stamper

Donald Stern

Ronald Stilwell

Harold & Gail Straus

Carlease Street

Bill Sweeney

Ray Tarasovic

Sharon Taylor

Arlette Teele

James Temple

Shirletta Thomas

Alice Tousignant

Sonya Toney

Carla Turnage

Keith Turner

Yolanda Vazquez

Rodney Veney

Tom Wagstaff

Mary Washington

Margaret Weiser

Claude White

Dixie Wickre

Patricia Wilson

Frank Wood

Michael Wright

Glenn Yeatts

Marty Younker

John Zhang

Laura Zinanni

 

Board of Directors

Katherine H. Campbell                            Richard W. Johnson, Jr.

Thomas F. Coates, III                             R. Ronald Jordan

Robert G. DeLaney                                 Donald P. Keck, Jr.

LaShaun Evans                                       Suzanne S. Kennon

Myrtle D. Fultz                                         Lewis A. Parker

Kimberly D. Hopkins                                Basil A. Smith

Margaret (Peggy) Horn                           Frank W. Wood

 

Staff

Jacqueline Anderson                               Vickie Jones

Shereida Archie                                       Shanika Myles

Valens Barthelus                                     Morgan Salvador

Sarah Cochran                                        Krystal Simpson

Sandra Hall                                             Barbara Slayden

Nathan Hamm                                         Reggie Smith

Greg Harrell                                            Arlette Teele

Sherry Hoover                                         Calvin Weaver

 

Financial Highlights

Fiscal Year:  July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2007

Total Income                                           $   781,396

 

Expenses:

   Program Services                                 $   668,907

   Administration                                       $     60,951

Total Expenses                                        $   729,858

 

Beginning Fund Balance                         $1,047,088

Year-End Fund Balance                          $1,098,626

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.