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NOTICES
Re-entry Network Helps with
Transition
The Re-entry Network contains
important information for families and
persons from Oregon’s prisons and jails
community members who are
concerned about the future of tribal
back to their communities and their
members when they are released from
families and neighborhoods.
correctional facilities.
Kathryn Dick, Karen Gerttula, and Mike Holden, Charitable Contribution
Fund members; Van Peters, Siletz Valley School; Rosemary Landis, Charitable
Contribution Fund member; and and Craig Whitehead, SVS School Board
issues relating to the transition of
successful reintegration into their
If you would like to subscribe to
The Re-entry Network is an
The Re-entry Network, go to this link
Internet communications system that
and follow the directions - http://
lets subscribers communicate with all
those admitted on the network, which
webhost, osl.state.or.us/mai Iman/
has more than 60 subscribers. The focus
of this Oregon Department of
Corrections re-entry network is on
listinfo/reentry-network or contact Tim
Cayton, re-entry chaplain for the
Oregon Department of Corrections, at
tim.s.cayton@state.or.us.
CRB Seeks Volunteers
Jim Nelson and Alyson Harper, Oregon Coast Community Collete; and
Kathryn Dick and Mike Holden, Charitable Contribution Fund members
Karen Gerttula,
Charitable Contribu­
tion Fund member;
Denny Heinen, Port
of Toledo; and Mike
Holden, Charitable
Contribution Fund
member
Dan Wilson, OSP Park Volunteers; and Karen Gerttula and Rosemary Landis,
Charitable Contribution Fund members
Volunteers are needed to serve on
the Citizen Review Board (CRB) in
Lincoln County. The CRB, which meets
in Newport, Ore., is recruiting citizens
who are concerned about the welfare
of children and families in Oregon.
The CRB is a program of the
Oregon Judicial Department and it
reviews cases of children in the custody
of the Department of Human Services
(formerly CSD) and Oregon Youth
Authority (OYA). The children are in
foster homes, group homes, and
residential treatment facilities.
It’s especially important that the
Lincoln County board have represen­
tatives from the Siletz Tribe since many
cases of tribal member children are
reviewed by the CRB in Lincoln County.
The board reviews the plans for each
child, identifies the needs of the children
and families, and makes recommenda­
tions to the Juvenile Court, DHS, and
OYA. The board ensures that children
receive adequate services from the state.
The chief justice of the Oregon
Supreme Court appoints the board
members, who serve two-year terms.
Board members agree to participate in
16 hours of training before serving (plus
ongoing annual training) and review the
case materials before each review.
Members participate in fact-finding at
the review by interviewing the
caseworker, family members, and other
interested parties who are invited to
attend the review.
The board also develops a summary
of the review with findings and
recommendations, which is sent to the
Juvenile Court and DHS or OYA. All
information it handles is confidential.
It also makes recommendations to
Juvenile Courts, DHS, OYA, and the
Legislature concerning services,
policies, procedures, and laws that affect
children, youth offenders, and families.
The Lincoln County board has two
half-day boards that each meet once a
month to review cases. One Lincoln
board meets on the Wednesday after­
noon that precedes the fourth Thursday
of each month (this is usually the fourth
Wednesday, but not always) and the
other board meets on the fourth
Thursday morning of the month.
Knowledge of or interest in foster
care and child Welfare is desired. A
board member cannot, however, be an
employee of DHS or OYA or any
private agency regulated, certified,
directed, or licensed by DHS or OYA,
nor can a board member be an
employee of a Juvenile Court or the
Oregon Judicial Department. Members
must be either residents of Lincoln
County or work in Lincoln County to
serve on the Lincoln County CRB.
Anyone interested in serving on the
board should call the CRB office in
Salem at 503-986-5906; e-mail Ann
Hubard at ann.m.hubard@ojd.state.or.us;
or write to her at Citizen Review Board,
1163 State Street, Salem, OR 97310.
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