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2009 Newsletters (Click to open.)

Summer 2009: Oregon Community Circles of Support for Veterans’ Families; Transition: Micki Knuckles appointed new Executive Director; Ways and Means Committee hears riveting testimony...; Thank You Blu Clark and Hair by Laurie Salon; Willamette Family Spared Governor’s Budget Cuts…
Spring 2009: Notes From The Director's Desk... An outpatient-only model...; Oregon's budget cuts...; Turning The Corner... An investment in the future...; Grateful for grants...; SAMHSA sponsors Rally...; Getting To Know Us... Spotlight On Staff: Michael Adams

2008 Newsletters (Click to open.)

Summer 2008: Willamette Family's New Website; Notes From The Director's Desk... A disparity in funding...; Getting To Know Us... Spotlight On Staff: Lauri Reginato; Turning The Corner... SAFETY FOR CHILDREN is the first priority; Thank you, Troop 205; SPOTLIGHT on MORGAN
Winter 2008: Notes From The Director's Desk... Preventing Drug Abuse among Children and Adolescents; Access to Treatment Remains a Crisis; Turning The Corner... The Family Reunion Project Receives Significant Funding; Getting To Know Us... Spotlight On Staff: Sandy Haldeman; McKay Family Awards Gift; Kelley Family Foundation Challenge Met!; Thank you Chambers Family Foundation!; Oregon Community Foundation Awards Second Year Funding; Check it out! Higher Ed and Willamette Family Partnerships; HOLIDAY MAGIC

2007 Newsletters (Click to open.)

Spring 2007: Notes From The Director's Desk... Willamette Family is a proud member of OPERA and supports HB 2535...; Life-Saving Partners; The Child Development Center is a collaborative effort...; Getting To Know Us... Spotlight On Staff: Carol Crowe; NIC Unit Needs More of what Willamette Family provides...; Turning The Corner... There’s an elephant in the room…and its name is addiction.

2006 Newsletters (Click to open.)

Autumn 2006: Turning The Corner... In this edition, Willamette Family proudly launches a new feature highlighting the progress being made in treating the twin cycles of addiction and child abuse.; Notes From The Director's Desk... LEGISLATORS IN SALEM NEED TO ACT RESPONSIBLY….; The Rewards and Heartaches: A Day in Admissions; Getting To Know Us... Spotlight On Staff: Edith Young
Summer 2006: Children are the silent victims of addiction.; “We DID It….Now it’s YOUR turn!”; Meth Addicts can be treated successfully…; Notes From The Director's Desk... For Many Kids, Oregon is a State of Neglect*; Many Thanks to the Eugene Rotary Club
Spring 2006: Notes From The Director's Desk... Dangers of alcohol abuse amongst our elderly...; Willamette Family’s ITS-GIRLS Program Joins the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative; Willamette Family’s Executive Director is honored…; Small Miracles…

Originally published in the Winter 2008 issue of Willamette Family News

Thank you Chambers Family Foundation!

With great appreciation, Willamette Family received a substantial grant from the Chambers Family Foundation for the Family Reunion Project! This award will allow the project to provide intensive therapeutic visitation services to return children in foster care to their parents who are in treatment for alcohol and drug addiction. Therapeutic visitation is a key element of the Family Reunion Project.

The Chambers' funding will also allow Willamette Family to contract for training from the National Family Preservation Network (NFPN) on their nationally acclaimed reunification protocol. Utilizing the scale developed in North Carolina, the protocol measures family progress in key areas, such as safety, attachment, family functioning, and others. Parental involvement in the process is vital: the information obtained through the protocol helps them focus on aspects of parenting that need improvement while learning effective skills to use.

This generous gift will bring new hope and skills to our community to support child safety, families in recovery, and to reduce the length of time children will be in foster care. Thank you, Chambers Family Foundation, for helping our community turn the corner.