Transcript •Oriana House started in 1981 with a Driver Intervention Program out of the YWCA in downtown Akron •The 3-day DUI Program served 309 clients.

•Oriana House started in 1981 with a
Driver Intervention Program out of the
YWCA in downtown Akron
•The 3-day DUI Program served 309
clients in the first year
•In 1982, Oriana House moved to East
Glenwood Avenue in Akron
1985 - Male Halfway House and Work
Release open in Akron
1987
Residential Correctional
Center (RCC) opens at 40
East Glenwood Avenue in
Akron and is licensed as a
Halfway House
Multiple DUI Offender
Program begins
Chemical Dependency
Treatment Program begins
Halfway House Program
• Diverts offenders from jails and prisons
• Highly-structured, residential setting
• Assesses clients for risk/need, chemical
dependency, and employment
• Accountability through case management
• Alcohol and drug testing
• Provides services proven to reduce
recidivism
1989
Bail Supervision Program and
Home Incarceration Program established
1990
Day Reporting Program established
1989
Oriana House begins on-site drug testing
The Glenwood Jail was approved as
a full-service jail for DUI offenders in
1989, and then in 1993 as a minimum
security jail
1990 – Summit County CBCF Groundbreaking
with Judge Mary F. Spicer at the podium
1990 – Summit County CBCF Groundbreaking
1991 – Summit County Community
Based Correctional Facility Construction
1992 Summit CBCF Opens
The 100-bed Summit County CBCF opened
in 1992 for male and female felony offenders
Community Based Correctional
Facilities (CBCF)
• There are 18 CBCFs in Ohio
• Oriana House operates three CBCFs; they are
in Summit, Seneca, and Cuyahoga Counties
• Funded by the Ohio Department of
Rehabilitation and Correction
• CBCFs are the most restrictive sentencing
option in the range of community based
sanctions
• Address issues of cognitive/behavior, chemical
dependency, education, employment, family
relationships
1992
The Employment
Placement Program
is developed to
assist clients with
job referrals and
pre-employment
classes
1992 – Residential Correctional Center opens on
Power Street in Akron
1993 – Female CBCF clients move to Power Street
Ohio Lt. Governor Mike DeWine, Ohio House Representative Cliff Skeen,
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction Director Reginald Wilkinson
1992
1993 – Oriana House is selected to plan and operate the
Detox/Central Assessment and Drop-in Center for
the County of Summit Alcohol, Drug Addiction, and
Mental Health (ADM) Services Board
1995 – ADM Crisis Center Opens
Summit County ADM Crisis Center
• Detoxification
• Chemical Dependency
Assessment
• Drop-In Center
• Peer Support Groups
• Open to all Summit
County residents
1994 – Juvenile Halfway House opens
1995 – Akron Municipal Drug Court begins with
Judge Elinore Marsh Stormer. Akron City
Prosecutor Doug Powley addresses the court.
Judge Marvin Shapiro
presides over Akron
Municipal Drug Court
Judge Alison McCarty presides over Akron
Municipal Drug Court’s ninth anniversary
1995 – Terrence Mann Residential Center opens
on Glenwood campus in Akron providing additional
male work release and halfway house beds
1996
•
Oriana House
Administration
offices move to
Buchtel Ave. in
Akron
• Drug Court, Day
Reporting, Bail
Supervision, and
Home Incarceration
move to West Market
Street in Akron
• The Chemical Dependency Treatment Center and a
Drug Lab are built on the Glenwood Campus in Akron
• The Summit County Prosecutor’s Pretrial Diversion
Program partners with Oriana House
1997 - The Special Housing Adjustment Residential
Program (SHARP) is developed to provide a link between
the mental health and the criminal justice systems
1998
• The Discretionary
Rehabilitation
Program (DRP) is
started as a selective
intervention program
for first time
misdemeanant
offenders from Akron
Municipal Court
• Family Violence Court is established to
provide a specialized level of supervision to
domestic violence offenders
1998 – Oriana House expands to
Central/Northwest Ohio with the groundbreaking of
the CROSSWAEH CBCF
CROSSWAEH construction - 1999
The 54-bed CROSSWAEH CBCF opens in
1999 to serve the counties of Crawford,
Richland, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca,
Wyandot, Ashland, Erie, and Huron
1999 - CROSSWAEH Grand Opening
1999 – Groundbreaking for the Cliff Skeen Community
Based Correctional Facility for Women
2000 – Oriana House begins operating
Midtown Apartments in Akron for AMHA to
provide single-unit housing for homeless adults
The Community Corrections and Treatment
Center Opens in Cleveland in 2001
2001 – CCTC
Grand Opening
Fannie M. Lewis
Community Corrections & Treatment Center
Cleveland
2001 - Cliff Skeen Community
Based Correctional Facility (CBCF)
for Women opens in Akron
2001
Cliff Skeen
CBCF for
Women
Summit County
Grand Opening
2001 – A new facility housing the kitchen,
Driver Intervention Program, and the drug lab
opens in Akron on the Glenwood Campus
2002
Felony Drug Court is established in Summit
County Court of Common Pleas
2003 - Family Violence Court receives the American
Correctional Association’s Exemplary Offender
Program Award
SCRAM Program begins - 2004
Secure
Remote
Alcohol
Monitoring
Program
(SCRAM)
provides 24/7
monitoring of
offenders to
determine
their use of
alcohol.
2007
CROSSWAEH CBCF for women
opens in Tiffin, Ohio
serving nine counties
2007 – CROSSWAEH CBCF for
Women Grand Opening
2007
The Cleveland Transition Center opens in
Cleveland as a residential pilot program with
the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and
Correction and Oriana House
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and
Correction Awards
2007 – The Clifford Skeen Award for Community Based
Correctional Facilities to CROSSWAEH
2008 – The Clifford Skeen Award for Halfway Houses
2009
The Beginnings project
provides housing and
supportive services to low
income adults with mental,
emotional, and/or physical
disabilities.
2009
Judge Nancy R.
McDonnell
Community Based
Correctional
Facility
Groundbreaking
Cleveland
Judge Nancy R. McDonnell CBCF
Groundbreaking
2009
2010 – North Star Neighborhood Reentry
Resource Center opens in Cleveland
North Star Neighborhood Reentry
Resource Center
 Services
offered through North Star
address certain factors proven to
reduce recidivism:
•Encouraging a prosocial attitude
•Associating with prosocial friends and family
•Maintaining self-control
•Utilizing problem solving skills
•Addressing substance abuse
•Improving employment readiness
2010
James J. Lawrence,
President/CEO of
Oriana House, Inc., was
presented with the 2010
Margaret Mead Award,
the highest honor
presented by the
International
Community Corrections
Association
2011 –Judge Nancy R. McDonnell CBCF Opens
Judge Nancy R. McDonnell CBCF
Cuyahoga County
2011
This collaborative program with Oriana
House, United Way of Summit County,
Akron Community Foundation, and the
Summit County Executive Office assists
adult felony ex-offenders with reentry to
society and the workforce.
2011 – Oriana House renovates the former
St. Hedwig church property
• Glenwood
Assessment
Center
• Aftercare
• Reentry Court
• Family
Violence Court
2011 - Community Residential Centers
• Open in Cuyahoga County and Summit
County
• Provide temporary, transitional housing
and some limited case management
• For offenders under Parole, Post-Release
Control and Transitional Control
Supervision
• Contract with Ohio Department of
Rehabilitation and Correction
2011
Oriana House is selected by the Ohio
Department of Rehabilitation and
Correction to operate a new halfway
house in Erie County, scheduled to
open later this year
Accreditations
• 12 of Oriana House’s community corrections
facilities are accredited by the American Correctional
Association
• American Correctional Association (ACA) standards
are the national benchmark for the effective
operation of correctional systems throughout the
United States and are necessary to ensure that
correctional facilities are operated professionally
Certification
The agency’s residential and
nonresidential chemical dependency
treatment programs are certified by
the Ohio Department of Alcohol and
Drug Addiction Services
The Ohio Association of Nonprofit
Organizations has certified Oriana
House under the Ohio Nonprofits
Standards for Excellence
Oriana House’s drug and alcohol
testing lab is certified by the Clinical
Laboratory Improvement Act
Licensure
• Licensing is granted
by the Ohio
Department of
Rehabilitation and
Correction to all
funded programs
By the Numbers…
• 1,246 total residential beds
• 1,461 current nonresidential clients
• 15,839 chemical dependency treatment
clients in 2010
• 5,906 nonresidential community
corrections clients in 2010
• 6,266 residential community corrections
clients in 2010
Oriana House is
proud to be
celebrating its 30th
anniversary. It is
with much gratitude
and hope that we
move forward with
our efforts to
continue serving
our communities.