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Winter 2015 Retirements Bill Wolford Core Performance - Recidivism Review retires in March The turn of a new calendar year marks the season for government agencies to after 17+ years review their performance measures and begin planning for the next fiscal year. A at the Community core performance measure for community corrections is recidivism. In Oregon we Corrections measure this based upon the felony conviction rate within three years of admission Center as an to felony Probation, Parole, or Post-Prison Supervision (PPS). Data available alcohol & drug counselor. He looks from the state for the most recent three year period, 2008 through 2011, reports forward to spending time with his Washington County recidivism at 19.5% for probation and 23.8% for Parole/PPS. wife Nan and their grandkids, along Stated another way, over 76% of those on Parole/PPS and 80% on Probation do with enjoying his hobbies of tying not commit another felony crime while under our supervision. flies, fly fishing, making knives & leather work. So how does that measure up? The chart below highlights the difference between Gloria So the recidivism for Washington County in relation to the statewide average: Probation Officer, 2008/1st through 2011/1st Admissions began her career Average Statewide Average Washington Co. % Difference from in 1994 and retires Recidivism Rate Recidivism Rate Average Statewide on January 30. Throughout her Parole/PPS 27.0 23.8 -11.85 career she has worked primarily on Probation 21.1 19.5 -7.14 low risk caseloads. During the upcoming year the state measure for recidivism will expand to include Naomi Morena convictions for misdemeanor crime. While this will be a new measure for most also retires on counties around the state, Washington County has measured misdemeanor January 30 after convictions during supervision for many years. Data from combined felony 20+ years as and misdemeanor caseloads for the period 2011 through 2013 report a 9% first a Mental misdemeanor conviction rate. Over 90% do not commit a misdemeanor crime Health Specialist while under our supervision. then PPO Supervisor, working with our mental health & multicultural The Washington County Department of Community Corrections has a well clients. established reputation for being an effective leader in the area of evidence-based community corrections. We believe it is built upon the foundation of a working Also retiring in December were Linda Brandt, Probation Officer, “change agent” relationship with our clients under supervision. As our mission and Jim Conroy, Community states, we enhance community safety by promoting positive behavior change. Corrections Specialist. We wish all The work you do matters and is making a difference in our community. Great our retirees the best in their new work, folks! adventures. Department of Revenue Collections 2 Intern/Volunteer Program 2 Spotlight on Community Service 3 2014 Civil War Relay 3 Sheila’s Team Update 4 Steph’s Story 4 Jim Brown Department of Revenue Collections Jim recently By Christy Elven joined the As our clients complete their supervision and their files are discharged, any Community outstanding balance is sent to Oregon Department of Revenue. DOR then sends Corrections a letter to the client advising them that their outstanding balance has been Center as a transferred from our office for payment. The clients are given 30 days to contact Corrections DOR to set up a payment plan. If the clients fail to set up a plan they are subject to Specialist. He having their wages garnished or their Oregon tax refund withheld. attended Concordia University Our office submits approximately 100 new accounts to DOR each month. DOR and Paramedic school. Prior to will work the account through phone calls and letters to attempt to collect the working in an on-call position at outstanding balance. For this service DOR charges 16% of any amount collected. the Center, he worked in private DOR will keep the account as long as they are able to collect from the client. If security. Additionally he has they have had an account for one year and are unable to collect anything, DOR worked in business management, will return the account to our office as “uncollectable.” as a firefighter/paramedic and as a reserve deputy sheriff. Jim and Last year our office submitted over $778,000 to DOR for collection. This balance his wife Janelle (MRT & Anger includes supervision, polygraph, housing, treatment, community services and Management Counselor) have any other fee that is outstanding at discharge. We received payments from DOR two children, one crazy chocolate totaling $268,000 and DOR returned $477,000 as uncollectable. Currently there is lab, and a cat. He enjoys fishing, an outstanding balance at DOR of $2,504,919.44 for all of the accounts that they hiking, and camping with family, are currently working. along with gourmet cooking and barbecuing. One little known fact is that he used to have hair! Intern/Volunteer Program Andreas Correa By Susan Ranger As we sadly say good-bye to our Intern Coordinator, Naomi Morena, we are Andreas continuing on with the program. The transition to Susan Ranger supervising is a new the program started in December and we recently added our first Intern under Corrections that new supervision. Caitlyn Kolb, from Portland State University, joins our two Specialist existing volunteers, Kevin Novinger and Roxanne Lovelace. at the Corrections We get many emails from interested candidates, and a small number of those Center. follow through by downloading and sending in our intern application. Once In addition to working at the chosen, a criminal background check is conducted, followed by fingerprinting and CCC, he also attends PSU obtaining County identification. Visitour website for information about our Intern/ and previously studied human Volunteer program, as well as our department application. physiology and law in Stockholm, In the past, Parole and Probation Officers have not always been able to utilize Sweden. Originally from Sweden, interns and volunteers due to the time it takes to train them. We believe this can Andreas is a former member of be a win-win program, providing experience for those interested in a career in the Swedish Coastal Rangers, an Community Corrections, while helping decrease the workload of Officers. In an amphibious special operations attempt to do that, volunteers/interns will receive one-on-one training in many unit of the Swedish Navy. He also areas such as file closures, kick down summaries, report writing including bench has worked as a personal trainer, reports, violations reports and warrant requests. In addition, they will be taught martial arts instructor, and in to write sanctions, do filing, and contact clients for appointments as well as a various security events. One little number of other duties. After an intern/volunteer is sufficiently trained to work on known fact is that Andreas was a their own, they will be assigned a team to work with. It is our hope that each team former featherweight champion will be assigned an experienced, self-motivated intern/volunteer to help with large in Mixed Martial Arts and took caseloads. bronze at the 2012 Brazilian Jiu Jitsu World Championships in We appreciate the support of our interns and volunteers and remember that Long Beach, California. many of us got our start that way. We welcome any suggestions you may have for improving the program as we move forward. Spotlight on Community Service Kaylynn Berrios By Theresa Hunker Kaylynn has For the past 12 years our Community Service Program accepted a has been coordinated by Bernadine Marcom (you might PO position note the recent name change). In September, Bernadine with the tied the knot with Ray Marcom and changed her name department, from Evenson to Marcom. beginning in February. As the Community Service Coordinator, Bernadine She came to Washington County manages over 800 community service clients. in 2013 as a supervisor at the Community Service is an alternative sentencing Community Corrections Center. program which the courts may use instead of fines or Prior to her arrival, Kaylynn was incarceration. Clients are required to provide volunteer the Director of Children and labor on a work crew or approved community non-profit Adult Community Services in Fort agency. Bernadine tracks client hours and monitors due Meyer, Florida (yes, she chose dates to ensure clients comply with the sentence. Those beautiful Washington County over who do not complete community service hours as directed are referred back to dreary ol’ Florida). Her education the court. Failure to complete community service hours may result in a violation includes a bachelors degree hearing or warrant, unless waived by the court. from Kansas State University Additionally, Bernadine volunteers time for the Northwest Community Service and Masters in Criminal Association Board. The group recently implemented the OATS Program (Offender Forensics from Florida Gulf Coast Accountability Tracking System) which is our community service database. This University. Those who have program allows the Department as well as the Courts to share data. Also, by worked with Kaylynn over the utilizing Laserfiche, Bernadine has transformed the entire program from paper to last couple years can appreciate digital files; saving paper, time, and money. the positive and professional approach she brings to the P&P If you have suggestions or questions regarding Community Service feel free to division and know she’ll be a contact Bernadine at 503.846.3730. great fit with our team. On December 7, three teams from Community Corrections competed in Oscar Estrada Oscar the 2014 Civil War Relay, a one-day, 52- recently leg relay celebrating the football rivalry joined the between U of O and OSU. The route Community began in Eugene and wound through Corrections the countryside, ending in Albany. The staff as a three teams were from the Community Corrections Corrections Center, Probation & Specialist.