MISSION:MISSION: To protect the public To protect the public and reduce crime byand reduce crime by

holding youth holding youth offenders accountable offenders accountable

andand providing providing

opportunitiesopportunities for reformation in for reformation in

safe environments.safe environments.

Oregon Youth AuthorityOregon Youth Authority

Welcome to the Welcome to the Oregon Youth AuthorityOregon Youth Authority

OYA's most important charge is to protect the OYA's most important charge is to protect the public and hold youth offenders accountable for public and hold youth offenders accountable for their behavior. Our greatest challenge is to continue their behavior. Our greatest challenge is to continue to improve our treatment, education, and job to improve our treatment, education, and job training services to provide youth with the training services to provide youth with the opportunity to learn personal responsibility and opportunity to learn personal responsibility and develop skills to make positive choices for develop skills to make positive choices for themselves.themselves.

About OYAAbout OYA

The Oregon Youth Authority is the state The Oregon Youth Authority is the state juvenile corrections agency.  OYA juvenile corrections agency.  OYA incarcerates youth who cannot safely incarcerates youth who cannot safely live in the community, and provides live in the community, and provides supervision and treatment opportunities supervision and treatment opportunities to youth offenders in all 36 Oregon to youth offenders in all 36 Oregon counties. counties.

OYA exercises legal and physical OYA exercises legal and physical custody over youth offenders who custody over youth offenders who commit offenses between the ages of 12 commit offenses between the ages of 12 and 18 and have been committed to the and 18 and have been committed to the OYA by county juvenile courts.  Youth OYA by county juvenile courts.  Youth offenders may remain in OYA's legal and offenders may remain in OYA's legal and physical custody up to age 25.physical custody up to age 25.

OYA is committed to providing gender OYA is committed to providing gender and culturally responsive services for and culturally responsive services for young men and women committed to our young men and women committed to our care and custody. care and custody.

Facility ServicesFacility Services

Secure and transitional environments that ensure public safety and provide Secure and transitional environments that ensure public safety and provide accountability and reformation opportunities to youth who represent an accountability and reformation opportunities to youth who represent an unacceptable risk in the community. unacceptable risk in the community.

Eleven facilities located in communities across Oregon.  Eleven facilities located in communities across Oregon. 

Provide the highest level of security and range in size and function.Provide the highest level of security and range in size and function.

Provide a continuum of evidence based services established to prepare Provide a continuum of evidence based services established to prepare youth for return to the community with a lower risk to re-offend.  youth for return to the community with a lower risk to re-offend. 

Youth generally live in units of 25 youth, with many of the reformation and Youth generally live in units of 25 youth, with many of the reformation and treatment activities conducted in units.treatment activities conducted in units.

Community ServicesCommunity Services

Provide public safety, youth accountability and reformation through Provide public safety, youth accountability and reformation through partnerships and utilizing best practices.partnerships and utilizing best practices.

Case management supervision by parole and probation officers Case management supervision by parole and probation officers supported by a graduated series of community-based responses supported by a graduated series of community-based responses and services.and services.

Provide 40 contracted staff-secure and transitional community Provide 40 contracted staff-secure and transitional community residential services system programs statewide for youth offenders residential services system programs statewide for youth offenders who cannot remain in their own homes based on their risk to re-who cannot remain in their own homes based on their risk to re-offend.offend.

Provide family foster care placement option for youth offenders in Provide family foster care placement option for youth offenders in an environment certified by the OYA.  Foster care is a planned and an environment certified by the OYA.  Foster care is a planned and time-limited alternative living arrangement for youth in the absence time-limited alternative living arrangement for youth in the absence of a viable family resource.of a viable family resource.

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For your health…

Comprehensive medical and dental plans with premiums currently covered in full for employees and dependents

Fully paid employee basic life insurance coverage

Group-based premiums for optional life, disability and long-term care insurance

Optional long- and short-term disability plans and accidental death and dismemberment plans

Option to enroll in a pre-tax health care flexible spending account

Optional long-term care insurance available for self, spouse, and parents

Innovative employee assistance program that offers work-life counseling, along with homeowner, legal and family resources

Sick leave earned at the rate of 8 hours per month with no maximum accumulation

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For your future…

Membership in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS)/Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan (OPSRP)

Six percent employer paid contribution into a defined contribution program

Employer contribution into a defined benefit programOption to enroll in a pre-tax flexible spending account for

dependent day careOption to enroll in the Oregon Savings Growth Plan, a

deferred compensation program offering a wide variety of investment options

For your leisure…

Vacation leave earned at a minimum rate of 8 hours per month with accrual rate increases at 5-year increments

24 hours personal leave earned each fiscal year Nine paid holidays a year

Current VacanciesCurrent Vacancies

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Current OYA Vacancies 

Other State Agency Vacancies