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Never stop tryingAfter years of going through different programs, family finds solution in their home ... 5
Family Victories from Youth Villages Oregon Spring 2012
Turning Point Campaign helps more children ... 4
Senate Bill addresses need to get children home ... 8
Artist’s legacy continues with donation ... 7
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Lynne Saxton
Executive Director of Youth Villages-ChristieCare
503-675-2207
Oregon CityLake Oswego
Oregon
A Message from
Our director
A year of change, a future of service
Nearly a year ago, ChristieCare of Oregon merged with Youth Villages. Since
then, we’ve been focused on a number of changes, including more services,
enhanced training and support for our staff, upgrading and enhancing our
residential facilities and expanding our services to the Native American com-
munity through the Cedar Bough Native American Program.
But here’s the bottom line: We’re serving more children and families. We’re
doing it at a lower cost, and we’re getting results.
It’s an exciting time in our history. We began offering Youth Villages’ Inter-
cept intensive in-home services a year ago, and the result has been outstand-
ing. The ability to intensively serve families in their homes and on their terms
means we’re able to keep children at home with their families instead of being
placed in foster care. A story in this newsletter highlights the effectiveness of
Intercept. The family in the story tried many different therapies and medica-
tions, but nothing worked as well as helping the family in their home.
Change takes hard work, patience and a sense of humor. In addition to add-
ing Intercept, we’ve also been able to upgrade our residential facilities inside
and out, and provide our staff with enhanced support, training and education.
This year, we’ve added a level of care to support youth stepping down from
psychiatric residential care and to the commercially sexually exploited com-
munity of need. We will continue to help more youth and families at home, re-
ducing Oregon’s over-reliance on foster care and doing what we do best – being
the force for families.
We particularly want to thank those of you who individually contributed to
our ability to change and grow, including the Meyer Memorial Trust, the Or-
egon Community Foundation, the Ford Family Foundation, The James R. Kuse
Family Foundation, Spirit Mountain Community Fund, the Collins Foundation,
HEDCO and Juan Young Trust. Thank you for bringing us to this exciting point
in our history. And thank you for your support to help us get here.
CONTACT US
YOUTH VILLAGES BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mike Bruns, Chairman
Ronnie Randall, Vice Chairman
Jimmy Lackie, Secretary
Paul Bower, Treasurer
Jim Barton Jr.
Eric Bolton
Kenneth Campbell
Marietta Davis
Nicholas R. Ehlen
Joanna Jacobson
Rev. Robert Earl Jones
Bryan Jordan
Karole Lloyd
Mark Medford
Jim Parrish
Johnny Pitts
Ray Pohlman
Jennifer Queen
Pat Ritz
Matthew Tarkenton
Scotland Thede
David Tyler
Betsy Walkup
George White
Patrick Lawler, CEO
Mailing Address:
Youth Villages-ChristieCare
of Oregon
PO BOX 368
Marylhurst, OR 97036
Christie Campus
Phone: 503-635-3416
Fax: 503-697-6932
Clackamas River Campus
Phone: 503-607-0520
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WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT YOUTH VILLAGES
Fred Granum, a local business
leader and special advisor to Or-
egon’s Attorney General for Business,
became chairman of Youth Villages-
ChristieCare of Oregon’s leadership council.
In addition to being politically active in the state,
Granum practiced law in Portland for nearly 20 years
and ran a small business. A former U.S. Army field
artillery officer, Granum has extensive experience as
an entrepreneur, investor and business executive. He is
also a co-founder and executive of two Tualatin-based
logistics companies, Co-Operations Inc. and Hedges
Creek Logistics LLC.
The Oregon leadership council supports our mission
to help children and families live successfully and ad-
vocate proven solutions for the child welfare/juvenile
justice systems.
GRANUM NAMED LEADERSHIP COUNCIL CHAIR
Fred GranumLeadership Council Chairman
“In one of the cases, a girl was on the run and in a really dangerous situ-ation. The Youth Villages
staff sat with her at the hospital for several hours advocating for her to be admitted, and it was past midnight by the time they were done. For my other client, the clinician has been extremely available to meet this youth’s needs — and has been able to be there on short notice and during a crisis to help the youth cope with the situation. These few experiences have made a very strong positive impression on the quali-ty of the service that (Oregon) Intercept provides. I am so glad we have them as a resource!”
Oregon has one of the
highest rates of children in
foster care in the country,
at nearly twice the national
average. In Multnomah
County, the rate is more
than twice the national aver-
age.
The Oregon Department
of Human Services reported
more than 13,000 children
in foster care in 2010, an in-
crease of 4 percent from the
previous year. In addition,
the number of children leav-
ing foster care decreased
by 10 percent. That means
more children are entering
and staying in foster care.
Gov. Kitzhaber signed
Senate Bill 964 into law in
June 2011. It requires the
Department of Human Ser-
vices and county partners
to implement programs to
provide family preservation
and reunification child wel-
fare services, and instructs
DHS and private providers
to focus on reducing foster
care caseloads in Oregon.
This law will help safely re-
duce the number of children
in foster care and other
out-of-home placements by
investing in programs that
will allow children to remain
in their own homes perma-
nently.
A child in foster care to-
day has a better opportunity
OREGON SENATE BILL 964 ADDRESSES NEED TO GET FOSTER CHILDREN HOME
continued on page 4Sen. Alan Bates
Andrea BirchmanCase Manager, Oregon Department of Human Services
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The Ford Family Foundation,
based in Roseburg, Ore., recently
donated $250,000 to Youth Villages-
ChristieCare of Oregon to expand
and enhance programs that help
children and families in the state.
The donation goes toward Youth
Villages-ChristieCare’s Turning Point
Campaign, whose goal is to make
permanent, meaningful improvement
in care for Oregon children with emo-
tional and developmental challenges.
The campaign has raised more than
$1.2 million through private dona-
tions and contributions from Ford, the
Meyer Memorial Trust, Oregon Com-
munity Foundation and the Collins
Foundation. Its goal is $1.8 million.
“The Turning Point Campaign has
allowed Youth Villages-ChristieCare
of Oregon to launch Intercept, a
breakthrough in-home therapy
program, to families in Clackamas,
Multnomah and Washington counties,”
said Lynne Saxton, executive direc-
tor of Youth Villages-ChristieCare of
Oregon. “In addition, we will be able to
serve a larger population more cost-
effectively and enhance our facilities.”
Other contributors include Health-
Net, HEDCO, Henry Lea Hillman Jr.
Foundation, James R. Kuse Family
Foundation, Joseph E. Weston Fam-
ily Fund, Juan Young Trust, Kinnune
Trust, Leupold & Stevens, the Harold
and Arlene Schnitzer CARE founda-
tion and PacGlobal.
An estimated 47,000
children in Oregon may
be described as severely
emotionally disturbed,
and Oregon’s Depart-
ment of Human Services
estimates as many as 600
Oregon children require
psychiatric residential
treatment each year.
The Turning Point Campaign will
also transform the way children re-
ceive residential mental health treat-
ment in Oregon.
“We currently provide 35 percent of
the care for this high-need group of
Oregon children,” Saxton said. “Our
goal is simple. We want to improve
outcomes, increase impact and reduce
costs.”
ChristieCare merged with Youth
Villages last summer to provide chil-
dren and families of Oregon access to
proven, cost-effective alternatives to
more expensive foster care and resi-
dential services, as well as prevention
services that preserve and strengthen
families before they fall apart.
“Children are raised best by their
families, and we want children to
return to a family member as soon
as safely possible,” Saxton said. “This
campaign will assist our goal of pre-
venting at-risk youth from entering
state custody and to help ones already
in out-of-home placements to return
home.”
For more information on the Youth
Villages-ChristieCare of Oregon
Turning Point Campaign, or to find
out how to donate, please contact
Betsy Miller at 503-675-2206 or e-mail
REACHING MORE CHILDREN; TRANSFORMING CAREHelping more children in Oregon
through the Turning Point Campaign
to return home through services sup-
ported by SB 964, like Intercept. This
legislation demands accountability and
encourages the necessary structure for
a child to succeed.
“This new approach is critical to
improving outcomes for these children
and families,” said Sen. Laurie Monnes
Anderson, D-Gresham. “This program
will reduce the costs of foster care and
help avoid other societal costs down
the road. This will help with the strain
on our mental health services, alcohol
and drug treatment and the criminal
justice system.
Two key provisions of the law provide
for objective, observable measures
of outcomes for services provided to
children and their families, including
measures relating to permanency. In
addition, the law implements perfor-
mance-based contracting so organiza-
tions are accountable for successful
results.
Youth Villages’ Intercept achieves
the intent of this legislation, and is
specifically highlighted in the bill for its
results. Intercept serves Clackamas,
Multnomah and Washington counties.
Youth Villages has nearly two decades
of data that show the program’s effec-
tiveness in keeping children at home
with their families.
“We have seen tremendous success
with this approach to taking care of our
kids in Southern Oregon,” said Sen.
Alan Bates, D-Medford, chief sponsor
of the bill. “Through this program, fos-
ter care placements have been halved,
there is less risk of continued abuse
and a lower risk of children re-entering
the child welfare system.”
SENATE BILL 964from page 3
Abby was a handful. Precocious,
energetic and playful, she would also
have tantrums.
Severe tantrums.
Her mother, Michele, and the rest
of the family had done about all they
could do.
“Abby was the mellowest baby in the
world, and then she gradually turned
into this little Tasmanian devil,” Mi-
chele said. “She was off the wall loud
and demanded so much. Before she
turned 3 years old, she was full-blown
out of control.”
Michele and her family were un-
fazed, but they needed help. When
Abby entered kindergarten, Michele
was told Abby needed medication for
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
and oppositional defiant disorder. A
psychiatrist prescribed medication,
and to Michele, Abby just wasn’t Abby
any more.
“She was up and down like a roller
coaster,” Michele said. “She was just
miserable.”
After taking Abby, 11, off the medica-
tion, Michele and her family decided on
intense counseling services. They tried
different programs, but nothing worked.
In fact, she said it became worse.
Meaghan Mayeda is a family inter-
vention specialist for Youth Villages-
ChristieCare of Oregon. And from
the first time Meaghan visited Abby’s
home, Michele said she knew this time
would be different.
“It was obvious,” Michele said.
“Meaghan’s so passionate about what
she does, and the kids absolutely loved
her.”
Meaghan visited the home at least
three times per week, working with
Michele and her husband, Zeb, on
parenting skills training, and then
meeting with Abby at least once a
week. In addition to the parenting
skills, Meaghan worked with Abby on
identifying triggers to her tantrums
and how to regulate her emotions.
They discussed coping strategies for
maintaining positive behaviors and
the parents became more aware of
Abby’s behavior and how to handle dif-
ferent situations.
“She walked us through it,” Michele
said. “She told us ‘This is why you’re
doing this and this is how it works.’
When you’re in the heat of the mo-
ment, you can forget, so you have to
take a step back. It was an ‘aha’ mo-
ment for us.”
After a few training sessions with
the parents, Meaghan turned her fo-
cus more to Abby. She used drawings
of overlapping bubbles for Abby to
identify thoughts, feelings and behav-
iors. She helped Abby create a book
with those drawings, along with cop-
ing strategies for maintaining positive
behaviors.
Abby has three sisters.
“They’re a great family with super-
great kids,” Meaghan said. “The whole
family needed to be more aware of
what was happening so they could
identify what was going on with Abby.”
Michele and Zeb still struggle, as
any family with small children would.
Michelle’s convinced Abby would not
be at home if it weren’t for Meaghan.
“We felt she really
cared, and Abby’s suc-
cess really meant some-
thing to her,” Michele
said. “If we didn’t suc-
ceed at something, she
didn’t blame us. We just
tried another way.”
Abby completed the Intercept pro-
gram in December. The family had a
party with Meaghan. At the end, they
had a story time, where Abby shared
her book. Michele said the family is
still a work in process, and there are
more good days than bad.
“It takes the whole family to make
it right,” Michele said. “We’re getting
there. But Abby is happy. To hear her in
the bedroom playing with her sisters,
it’s as if she just grew up in half a year.”
ABBY RESPONDED TO INTERCEPT IN-HOME SERVICESFamily exhausts
options for help,
finds success
through therapy
in the=ir home
Abby, right, with her mother, Michele
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YV Visionary ($50,000+)
Mr. Cameron GeddesMeyer Memorial Trust
YV Pillar($10,000-$24,999)
Henry Lea Hillman Jr. FoundationRitz Family Foundation
Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation
Walsh Construction Co.
YV Family Champion($5,000-$9,999)
Harder Mechanical Contractors Inc.Maybelle Clark MacDonald FundOregon Community Foundation
Joseph E. Weston Public Foundation
YV Champion for Children($1,000-$4,999)
Mr. and Mrs. William BarrBecker Capital ManagementMr. and Mrs. J. David Bennett
Mr. and Mrs. J. Laurence CableThe Childrens Charity Ball
Mr. Mark CooneyMr. and Mrs. Bob Forster
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen HarderMr. and Mrs. Dan Harmon
Hoffman CorporationMr. and Mrs. Fred Horstkotte
Mr. David JohnsonMr. and Mrs. Bill Kinnune
Leupold & Stevens FoundationMr. and Mrs. Robert Moore
PacGlobalPeet’s Coffee
Oregon Chapter Pacific Northwest Section PGA
Mr. and Mrs. Ron SaxtonSisters of the Holy Names of Jesus
and MaryMr. and Mrs. Robert SznewajsMr. and Mrs. Scotland ThedeMr. and Mrs. Robert Walsh
Mr. Paul Wargnier
The Robert C. & Nani S. Warren Foundation
WRG Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Steven Wynne
YV Leader($500-$999)
The Brasada ClubMr. and Mrs. James BurkeCentral County United Way
Christie School Women’s CommitteeCostco
Mr. Terry CrossMr. and Mrs. Jack FanningMr. and Mrs. Steven Hull
Ms. Amy KerleMr. Kevin Lafave
Mary McKinney & Flay Ezell FundMr. Tony Mehalovich
Pacific Northwest Section PGAMr. and Mrs. Michael Powell
Dr. and Mrs. Ugo William RaglioneEsther Maegly Reinecke Trust
Schwab Charitable FundMr. Derrick Sturm
Mr. Matthew Werger
YV Friend($50-$499)
Mr. James BackusBanner Co
Mrs. Anne BarbeyMs. Andrea Barney
Mr. and Mrs. John BeckerMs. Beth Berselli
Dr. and Mrs. Robert BerselliMr. Jeffrey Bieker
Mr. Joseph BienickMs. Mary Bishop
Ms. Joy BlairMs. Shelley BlairMrs. Janet Bohn
Mr. and Mrs. Harry BoonMr. and Mrs. Michael Brand
Mr. Gary BrandenMrs. Elizabeth Brooke
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick BrophyMs. Patricia Burke
Mr. and Mrs. John CalhounMr. Howard Callahan
Mr. and Mrs. Russell CampbellMr. Timothy Chapman
Mrs. John Collins
Dr. and Mrs. Mark ColvilleMr. and Mrs. Edwin Coulter
Ms. Denise CrabtreeMrs. Dorothy Craven
Mr. and Mrs. John CrowellMr. and Mrs. John Daily
Mr. and Mrs. Robert DantMs. Linda Davis
Dr. J. Michael DeeneyMr. and Mrs. Raymond Dodge
Mr. Lloyd ElstonMr. and Mrs. Les Fahey
Mr. and Mrs. Louis FasanoMr. and Mrs. Dodd FischerMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey FooteMr. and Mrs. Larry FragerMr. and Mrs. Dennis FreedMr. and Mrs. William Galen
Mr. Don GeddesMr. Anders GiltvedtMr. Phillip Gorchoff
Mr. and Mrs. Robert GrayMr. Lawrence Hansen
Mr. Thomas HayesMs. Dianne Heimel
Dr. and Mrs. George HenriksenMr. and Mrs. James HenryMr. and Mrs. Joseph Herrle
Mr. John HollisMr. Kenneth Hume
IBM Employee Services CenterMrs. Wendy Wells Jackson
Ms. Michelle JencoMr. William Jepson
Mr. and Mrs. Steven JewellMs. Katrine JohannessenMr. and Mrs. Fred Jonske
Sister Wanda Marie JordanMr. Timothy KalbergMs. Kathleen KelleyMs. Kathryn Kelley
Dr. and Mrs. John KrippaehneMr. and Mrs. Milton LanktonMr. and Mrs. Robert LarsenMr. and Mrs. James LittleMr. Richard Lauborough
Mr. and Mrs. F. Faber LewisMs. Marilyn LindgrenMs. Paula Madden
Mrs. Lorna MansfieldMrs. Sara Marckx
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Marquardt Jr.Ms. Janet MartinMr. Robert Martin
Mr. and Mrs. Don McCabeMs. Mary Louise McClintock
Ms. Elizabeth McCormickMs. Katherine McCrayMs. Mary Ann McGrath
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert MeigsMr. and Mrs. Fred Miller
Mr. and Mrs. Randolph MillerMrs. Sally Hoffman MillerMr. and Mrs. John MorrisMr. Douglas Mortensen
Mrs. Constance MuessleMr. and Mrs. Terry Murphy
Mr. Steven Myers
Mrs. Hester NauMr. and Mrs. Thomas Neilsen
Nelson Family Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation
Mrs. Hai NguyenMr. and Mrs. Dennis Norton
Oregon Health Sciences UniversityMs. Kathy OvercastMr. Marilyn Ozanich
Mr. and Mrs. R. PetersonPortland General Electric Co.
Ms. Darla PostilMr. and Mrs. Steven Pratt
Mr. Andrew RatcliffMs. Laurie RawsonMrs. Susan Rech
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce RemzMary T. Rich Rev Trust
Mr. Joseph RoseMr. and Mrs. Francisco Rosito
Mr. Rick Haselton and Ms. Sura Rubenstein
Mr. and Mrs. Barry RussellMs. Muffie Latourette Scanlan
Mr. and Ms. James ScherzingerMs. Mary Schwabe
Ms. Mary Lou SchraderMr. and Mrs. William Senders
Mr. Harlan SetheThe Shepherd Group Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy SimmonsMs. Kristine Simpson
Mr. and Ms. Anthony SmithMs. Shauna SmithMr. Daniel SnowMs. Wanda Spry
The Standard Employee GivingMr. and Mrs. Donald Stark
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph StaufferMr. Patrick StupekMrs. Eloise SullivanDr. Richard Tabor
Mr. and Ms. William TierneyMr. and Mrs. William Tomlinson
United Way of the Columbia-Willamette
Mrs. Jarmila VranaMr. and Mrs. Jeff Webb
Mrs. Julie WeitzerMs. Leslie Wheeler
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel WhittemoreMr. and Mrs. Nick Wigen
Ms. Judy Wilkinson
CONTRIBUTIONS Thanks to our many supporters
The following donors made gifts to Youth Villages between
July 1 and Dec. 31, 2011. The board of directors and staff
of Youth Villages gratefully acknowledge these thoughtful
contributions.
If you made a contribution during this time but it is not
listed, please call the Youth Villages Development depart-
ment at 503-635-3416.
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Youth Villages-ChristieCare of Oregon’s Christie Campus has
benefited greatly from the volunteer efforts of the Lake Oswego
chapter of the National Charity League.
Its monthly Girls Night Out program gives Christie Campus
residents a chance to interact with NCL mothers and daughters
through conversation and various events.
“This event has been a tremendous success with our young
people,” said Betsy Miller, development manager, Youth
Villages-ChristieCare of Oregon. “They get to speak with
people their own age, and they see and experience the power
of positive relationships.”
National Charity League was founded in 1925 in Los Angeles.
From that small group of women interested in philanthropic
work, NCL now has 156 chapters in 16 states with more than
39,000 members. The NCL embraces the philosophy of strength-
ening the mother-daughter relationship and the communities in
which they exist through philanthropic work and the develop-
ment of future community leaders.
The Lake Oswego chapter is one of five Portland-area NCL
chapters, and in its five years, has supported 25 different chari-
ties and agencies.
How you can help!
There are numerous ways to help. Volunteer or
donate such needed items as new, unworn clothing,
shoes and toiletries for boys and girls ages 5-18.
Betsy MillerDevelopment Manager
THINKING ABOUT A PLANNED GIFT?There are as many different ways to support Youth Villages as there are
needs for your support. If you are new to the concept of planned giving,
please visit youthvillages.org and click Donate for information. We have
information on wills and bequests, gifts of appreciated stock, real estate,
charitable remainder trusts, gifts of retirement assets, life insurance and
charitable lead trusts.
There are definitions, wording for wills, stories of how instruments are
created and much more. You may want to visit the planned giving calcula-
tor to see what a planned gift would mean in your unique circumstances.
For information, contact Betsy Miller at 503-675-2206 or e-mail
NATIONAL CHARITY LEAGUE OFFERS YOUTH POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS
Artist’s legacy lives on through
family donation to Youth VillagesBarbara Bartholomew’s paintings are very well
known in Portland and nationally by collectors of fine
art. She had her last show in 1999, and passed away
unexpectedly in 2007. Barbara taught art at Lewis
and Clark College in Portland and taught a class
at Marylhurst College. As an artist, she was quite
prolific, and was careful to see that her work, while
she was alive, was donated to various charities in
Oregon.
Barbara’s son, Cameron, wanted to donate some of
her art to non profits in and around Portland. Youth
Villages-ChristieCare of Oregon was one of three
nonprofits selected to receive the donated art.
“I was overwhelmed at the amount the family was
donating,” said Betsy Miller, development manager
of Youth Villages-ChristieCare of Oregon. “We are
blessed that her legacy of giving to the community
is continued with her family, and our staff and youth
have visual reminders of that giving spirit.”
Bartholomew’s work is on display in the admin-
istration building at the Christie Campus of Youth
Villages-ChristieCare of Oregon.
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Youth Villages-ChristieCare of Oregon is a new name for a nonprofit organization that has been helping children and families live successfully in Oregon since 1859. Formed last year through the merger of ChristieCare and the national nonprofit Youth Villages, the organization provides Intercept intensive in-home and residential services to children with emotional and behavior problems and their families. Using its Evidentiary Family Restoration™ approach, which involves intensive work with the child and family, a focus on measuring outcomes, keeping children in the community whenever safely possible, and providing accountability to families and funders, Youth Villages consistently produces lasting success for children.
A private nonprofit organization, Youth Villages serves more than18,000 children and their families from offices in the following cities:Alabama: Auburn, Birmingham, Dothan, HuntsvilleArkansas: Jonesboro, Little RockFlorida: Lakeland, Miami, TampaGeorgia: Atlanta, DouglasvilleIndiana: Bloomington, Jeffersonville, MadisonMassachusetts: Lawrence, Plymouth, Springfield, Woburn, WorcesterMississippi: Biloxi, Greenwood, Hattiesburg, Hernando, Jackson, TupeloNew Hampshire: ManchesterNorth Carolina: Asheville, Boone, Charlotte, Concord, Greensboro, Greenville, Pinehurst, Raleigh-DurhamOregon: PortlandTennessee: Chattanooga, Clarksville, Columbia, Cookeville, Dickson, Dyersburg, Jackson, Johnson City,Knoxville, Linden, Memphis, Morristown, Nashville, ParisWashington, D.C.