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Offender Aid and Restoration of Arlington, Inc.
OAR provides reentry services to those coming out of incarceration. Reentry services include assistance with food, housing, employment (resume building, interview practice, online job searching, etc.), clothing, mental health and substance abuse treatment, and more.
Quick Facts:
- Focus of initiative/program:
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- Children and Families
- Education
- Employment/Job Training
- Housing
- Mental Health
- Mentoring
- Substance Abuse
- Year Established:
- 1974
- Lead agency/organization name:
- Offender Aid and Restoration of Arlington, Inc.
- Population served by initiative/program:
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- Returning from local detention facilities
- Returning from local jails
- Returning from prison
- Under community corrections supervision (parole or probation)
- Adults
- Juveniles
- Men
- Women
- People convicted of a violent offense
- People convicted of a non-violent offense
- Gang members
- Sex offenders
Offender Aid and Restoration of Arlington, Inc.
Contact:
Heather PritchettDirector of Development and Special Projects
Offender Aid and Restoration of Arlington, Inc.
Phone: 703-228-0071
1400 N. Uhle Street, Suite 704
Arlington, Virginia 22201
hpritchett@oaronline.org
www.oaronline.org
Offender Aid and Restoration of Arlington, Inc.
Initiatives and Programs
- Focus of initiative/program:
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- Children and Families
- Education
- Employment/Job Training
- Housing
- Mental Health
- Mentoring
- Substance Abuse
- Lead agency/organization name:
- Offender Aid and Restoration of Arlington, Inc.
- Funding sources for initiative/program:
- Federal, State and Local, Foundations, Individuals, Faith Communities, etc.
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Funding
Partners in the reentry initiative/program
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Participants
- Population served by initiative/program:
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- Returning from local detention facilities
- Returning from local jails
- Returning from prison
- Under community corrections supervision (parole or probation)
- Adults
- Juveniles
- Men
- Women
- People convicted of a violent offense
- People convicted of a non-violent offense
- Gang members
- Sex offenders
- Total number of people currently participating in initiative/program:
- Avg. of over 2,400 per year
Data Collection
- Does your organization collect demographic data on participants?
- Yes
- If "yes", what kind of data? And what results has this data yielded?
- We conduct an in-depth intake assessment on each client, where we collect basic data (contact information, education, etc.), as well as criminal history, mental health history, and substance abuse history.
- Does your organization collect data about the process of your initiative/program?
- Yes
- Does your organization measure and/or track the outcome of participation?
- Yes
- If "yes", what kind of data? And what results has this data yielded?
- We have a 5.8% recidivism rate for our Post-Release Employment Program (PREP) clients. In our fiscal year 2010, only 12 clients reoffended out of a total of 206 clients.
Activities
- What, if any, activities does your initiative/program include for people while they are incarcerated and how do these activities differ from those offered to the general population?
- We offer classes and training for individuals incarcerated in the Arlington County Detention Facility, such as Parenting, Employability, Stress Management, Health Awareness, and more.
- What activities does your organization engage in post-release and how do these activities differ from those offered to the general population?
- For our post-release clients, we offer assistance or referrals for food, clothing, housing, employment, education, and more. Our reentry services are meant to be comprehensive. If we cannot provide the service directly, we can refer our clients to a local agency that can.
- How are people placed into your program?
- Referral