Partners
Girl Scouts Beyond Bars
Instituted in 1992 through a partnership with the National Institute of Justice, Girl Scouts Beyond Bars provides girls an opportunity to visit their incarcerated mothers weekly to monthly and take part in mother/daughter Girl Scout troop meetings.
Boys and Girls Aid –The Pettygrove Program
Pettygrove is a nine month program serving young women, 14 to 18 years of age who are in Oregon Youth Authority custody. Since 1975, the Pettygrove program has been working to help young women in our community. Today, the program operates in a NW Portland home and serves more than 25 girls each year.
SUN Community Schools
Located in neighborhood schools, SUN Community Schools coordinate and provide educational, recreational, social and health services. There are currently 58 SUN Community Schools in 6 school districts across Multnomah County.
SUN Community Schools serve all ages, preschool to seniors, with focus on the students in the immediate school community. They are open before and after school, evenings and weekends.
Boys and Girls Clubs of Portland Metropolitan Area
Since 1946, Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland has been providing thousands of young people throughout the Portland metro area with affordable, high-quality after-school and summer programs designed to help them develop the qualities needed to become responsible citizens and leaders. Our Clubs offer kids what they want most: safe, clean, fun places to go when they’re not in school; caring adults who respect and guide them; and challenging programs that teach them life skills and keep them engaged in productive activities.
Outside In
Outside In is a social service agency dedicated to serving low-income adults and homeless youth. It began in 1968, and has continually revised services to meet changing client needs. Current programs include a community health clinic, a homeless youth program designed to help homeless youth obtain independent living, and risk education. There are an estimated 2,000 homeless youth in Portland, and many myths associated with their homelessness. Youth end up on the street for multiple reasons, but most run away from violent and abusive homes. Outside In takes the approach of meeting youth where they are to provide them with services proven to be successful. We have had outstanding success helping Portland’s homeless youth transition off the streets and into stable lives. For the past 40 years, Outside In has remained committed to creating and providing essential services needed by the homeless, low-income, and uninsured members of our community.
Oregon Youth Authority
The Oregon Youth Authority is the state juvenile corrections agency. OYA incarcerates youth who cannot safely live in the community, and provides supervision and treatment opportunities to youth offenders in all 36 Oregon counties. OYA provides a continuum of services to protect the public and reduce juvenile crime through programs and partnerships with local communities and counties. Services emphasize decisive intervention in delinquent behavior, certain sanctions for crimes committed by youth, restitution to victims, and effective and innovative rehabilitation programs for youth offenders. The mission of the Oregon Youth Authority is to protect the public and reduce crime by holding youth offenders accountable and providing opportunities for reformation in safe environments.
Caldera
Caldera started as a summer camp in the mountains. The idea was to bring kids with limited opportunities, both from the city and from the country, together to make art.Turns out it was a pretty good idea. Kids who said they couldn’t draw found out they were artists. Students who were at risk of dropping out of school kept with it, graduated from high school, won college scholarships and came back to work at Caldera.The artists who worked with the kids found the experience made them better artists, so we invited them back during the winter to work on their own projects.And because art isn’t just for summertime, we started working with students every week, expanding our activities into their schools and communities in Portland and Central Oregon.Today, we work year-round with thousands of students, and we invite artists from all over the world for month long residencies at our arts center near Sisters. Caldera’s mission is to be a catalyst for transformation through innovative art and environmental programs.