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.

 
Administrative Office
One North Third Street, Suite 200
Richmond, Virginia 23219
(804) 643-2746     FAX (804) 643-1187
Email address:  info@oarric.org    Website:  www.oarric.org
Office hours are 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday
 

A printable version of  this information is available as a .PDF file when you click the link below:

2009 Annual Report.pdf

 

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