Oregon Community Programs

This place really is biased against Father's. if you are a single Dad looking for help for your child, look elsewhere. There is a severe lack of ethics and objectivity. In trying to find help for my child, I found people that were only effective at one thing, allowing their bias to create a situation where the person that was abusing my child was further enabled and emboldened to continue the abuse.

They do not take others’ comfort into consideration in the foster kid program. They do not work with the family of the foster parent, they do not seek to make a peaceful place for everyone.

sounds great. Pictures are nice, you get stuff sometimes. It's good if you aren't mentally unstable, not dissociative, or have had any amount of freedom prior to entering the program. If point systems make you exit reality, you hate authority, or want to have any kind of technological freedom or genuine privacy- this is not the program for you. Ocp will guarantee you wont get beat but some people just aren't meant to live governed by this kind of system. Cynicism aside, it's very difficult when your background doesn't match up with what they need. Sometimes your boss (your foster parents won't be deciding much) expects too much or just doesn't have the ability to see the world from their child's viewpoint. Sometimes it works great, plenty of opportunities. But when the system doesn't work for you, they don't really change it or even notice you're having a problem no matter how hard you try to say it without directly saying it. For some, this program isn't looking for opportunities, excited for the next day, hopeful about your new life. For some, it's counting the days until you can finally just lie down and not worry about 3 meetings a week, your ocp worker staring down at you for going "off-level", or some obscure thing that you feel obligated to do because the program says you should. It's exhausting not being able to enjoy what little you have left of your childhood, especially when you're only solace is knowing it'll end soon. This program is for those lucky ones who can manage to meet the status quo without getting burned out tl;dr: sucks to suck cuz then it sucks

this place does not support fathers being involved in their childrens counseling, my daughters counselers idea of helping is telling my daughters mom to call the police on my daughter , ive asked to speak to the counselor and every time i told i cant , but my daughters mom is in daily contact with her, ive told this place to stop having her mom call the police and call me , i never have any behavioral problems with my daughter, this is just another place allienating fathers and hurting children, ive ben waiting for 3 weeks now for a call back, fathers are just as important as a mom

In regards to Kirsten Kelso. If you want a counselor that will advocate for your child look elsewhere. Dishonest when confronted about conduct. Will do or say whatever to save her own skin abs suit the agenda of the agency that pays the bill. Do NOT recommend. Leadership fails to acknowledge and properly investigate misconduct allegations.. Complaint process is a joke. They have no ability to monitor their employees phone logs or emails. This agency works for the state and will advocate for their needs above the needs of the children.

This program has so much turn over with “therapists” being fired or quitting plus the complete lack of communication is appalling. Do not use this program, there are plenty of counseling services in the area that will serve you and your family much better.

Wonderful support from this program, many many layers of support. From the Program Supervisors, Skills trainers, and Therapists (family and individual) everyone is working hard for the kids in their programs. The transformation of the kids who are willing to put in the work in this program is amazing.