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OAR describes regional reentry, probation and recovery work; warns of federal funding uncertainty
Summary
Ross Carew, executive director of OAR, told council the agency serves about 4,400 people annually across nine jurisdictions, outlined programs from pretrial to reentry and recovery courts, and said federal grant uncertainty threatens some programming.
Ross Carew, executive director of Offender Aid and Restoration (OAR), told Charlottesville City Council on Oct. 20 that OAR serves roughly 4,400 people annually across Charlottesville and surrounding counties and emphasized the agency’s role in alternatives to incarceration.
Carew described OAR’s programs — pretrial services, misdemeanor probation, adult recovery court, therapeutic docket for people with serious mental illness, reentry services and a peer-support program — and said…
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