Background & Overview
The Comprehensive Strategy was developed by the Office of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) as a way for communities to prevent
and immediately intervene in adolescent problem behavior as well as to develop
a systematic approach to serious, chronic and violent juvenile offenders.
The Comprehensive Strategy operates on five basic principles: strengthen
families; support core social institutions; promote delinquency prevention
as the most cost-effective approach; intervene immediately and effectively
when delinquent behavior occurs; and identify and control the small group
of serious, violent, and chronic juvenile offenders.
The Comprehensive Strategy is a risk-focused approach to prevention. It identifies risk and protective processes that exist in communities, schools, families, peer groups and individuals. The OJJDP model believes that to make lasting changes in the number of adolescents who engage in problem behaviors, communities must focus their efforts in reducing risk factors and increasing protective factors.
The Commission on Children & Families
The Oregon Legislature created the State Commission on Children
and Families in 1993. The State Commission, comprised of eleven members,
was charged with bringing together under one organization the responsibility
for supporting community efforts aimed at meeting the needs of children
from birth to age eighteen.
Each of Oregon's thirty-six counties participates in the State Commission on Children and Families Act and has a local Commission comprised of citizen volunteers appointed by the local government entity. Local Commissions on Children and Families advise the County on children and family issues. The work of the Commission includes:
The Commission manages state and federal grant funds that are provided to the County through contracts with the State Commission and other State Departments. The Commission also manages other grants from government and private sources. These funds are allocated to local programs and projects based on priorities established during the community planning process. Programs and projects that receive funds are monitored regularly for program effectiveness in the form of program and client outcomes and for cost effectiveness in the form of budget review and program sustainability.
The Tillamook County Commission on Children and Families is comprised of fourteen volunteer community members who serve on staggered terms and are appointed by the Board of County Commissioners. They are the designated planning body in Tillamook County for current planning efforts happening in the State of Oregon including, Juvenile Crime Prevention Plan, Comprehensive Plan for Health and Human Services (HB2004 and SB555), Alcohol and Drug Prevention Planning (in conjunction with Mental Health provider and Local Alcohol and Drug Planning Committee), Early Childhood System of Supports, Perinatal Home Visiting Plan, and Child Care Improvement Plan. Our Mission - "to engage the community in creating and responsibly maintaining a healthy, safe and supportive environment in which each child can achieve his or her full potential."
Our Vision - " Children and families have access to a continuum of community-based services and supports that help to build "assets" in our children while strengthening the skills of adults to nurture, protect, support, educate and guide our children." In order to achieve this vision the community must be accountable for the well being of all children and families.