Offender Aid And Restoration Of Arlington County Oara Inc

OAR IS A COMMUNITY BASED RESTORATIVE JUSTICE ORGANIZATION - SEE SCHEDULE O

REENTRY SERVICES: OAR IS ON A JOURNEY WITH INDIVIDUALS OF ALL GENDERS EXPERIENCING INCARCERATION IN ARLINGTON COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, ALEXANDRIA'S WILLIAM G. TRUESDALE ADULT DETENTION CENTER, COFFEEWOOD CORRECTIONAL CENTER, AND OTHER FACILITIES, AS WELL AS THOSE ON THE JOURNEY HOME FROM INCARCERATION TO ARLINGTON COUNTY AND THE CITIES OF ALEXANDRIA AND FALLS CHURCH, AND SURROUNDING AREAS IN THE DC METRO AREA AND BEYOND. DURING FY22, OAR HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH MORE THAN 580 PARTICIPANTS THROUGH THEIR REENTRY JOURNEY AND APPROXIMATELY 290 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

EDUCATION AND OUTREACH: OUR DOWNSTREAM WORK ALLOWS US TO BE ON THE JOURNEY WITH INDIVIDUALS RETURNING FROM INCARCERATION AND THEIR FAMILIES (BOTH PRE- AND POST-RELEASE). WE ALSO OFFER ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING OPTIONS (INCLUDING COMMUNITY SERVICE) AND DIVERSION PROGRAMS SO PEOPLE CAN AVOID THE TRAUMA OF INCARCERATION AND INSTEAD HELP THE COMMUNITY THRIVE.

ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING AND DIVERSION: THROUGH ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING AND DIVERSION, PEOPLE OF ALL GENDERS AND AGES CAN STAY WITH THEIR FAMILIES, CONTINUE WORKING OR GOING TO SCHOOL, GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, AND AVOID THE LIFELONG BURDENS AND COLLATERAL CONSEQUENCES THAT COME WITH INCARCERATION FOR THEM AND THEIR LOVED ONES. OAR WORKS WITH ARLINGTON COUNTY AND THE CITY OF FALLS CHURCH COURTS TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING PROGRAMS. IN ADDITION, OAR'S COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM ALLOWS YOUTH AND ADULTS TO VOLUNTEER IN THE COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF JAIL TIME AND FINES AND TO WORK OFF THEIR ACCRUED COURT COSTS. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

RACIAL JUSTICE AND LIBERATION - OUR REPUTATION AND IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE ALLOWED US TO CONVENE LEADERS AND MOBILIZE THEM TO MOVE THE NEEDLE FORWARD ON RACIAL JUSTICE AND LIBERATION. WE ADDRESS INCARCERATION, THE LEGAL SYSTEM, AND ALL SYSTEMS "UPSTREAM"- CALLING OUT THE RACISM THAT PERMEATES THESE SYSTEMS AND SEEKING JUSTICE. SINCE INDIVIDUALS MAKE UP SYSTEMS, WE ALSO SUPPORT PEOPLE IN CONFRONTING THEIR PERSONAL RACISM AND THE HARM THEY CAN CAUSE DAILY. WE LIFT THE VOICES OF THOSE WHO'VE EXPERIENCED RACISM AND OTHER INTERSECTING FORMS OF MARGINALIZATION. WE CHALLENGE THOSE WHO HAVE BENEFITED FROM PERSONAL AND SYSTEMIC RACISM TO BECOME LEADERS IN DISMANTLING SYSTEMIC INJUSTICE AND REDRESSING THE HARM CAUSED BY PERSONAL RACISM. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.