• OREGON CITY GLADSTONE PARTNERSHIP FOR YOUTH

    Our Vision:
    We inspire community action that empowers youth to thrive and carry forward a
    legacy of strength, leadership, and care.

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Communities that Care

OUR JOURNEY SO FAR

At OCGPFY, we’re bringing together our two school districts, community organizations, businesses, families, and young people in Oregon City and Gladstone to move upstream and build a future where every youth thrives.

We’ve formed six dedicated work-groups, held our Key Leader Orientation and Community Board Orientation, and officially moved into Phase 3 of the Communities That Care (CTC) process—a nationally recognized, science-based prevention model.

With the support of a five-year grant from Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), we’ve completed orientation, defined our shared vision, built the foundation of our coalition and gathered youth and community data from both communities.

WHAT WE’VE ACCOMPLISHED

  • Created our name and vision: “We inspire community action that empowers youth to thrive and carry forward a legacy of strength, leadership, and care.”
  • Recruited passionate community changemakers and launched six work ­groups to focus on targeted areas of prevention, data, and action.
  • Launched the CTC orientation training modules, establishing key leader and board structures that set us up to collect data and build a strategic plan.
  • Began the collaborative work between the two districts and community partners to align systems, establish shared language, and commit to the evidence-based model of CTC.

OUR PATH FORWARD

Phase 3 & Beyond: We’re now entering the next stage of our work where we move from planning to action. Here’s how we’ll advance:

  1. Build our community profile – We’ll collect, analyze and translate data on youth behaviors, risk & protective factors, and community assets so that our work is grounded in evidence.
  2. Prioritize & plan – Using the data, our workgroups will identify the top 2-5 risk and protective factors to target, map existing resources and gaps, and develop an action plan of proven strategies.
  3. Implement with fidelity – We’ll select evidence-based programs, policies and practices, roll them out in alignment with CTC guidelines, and monitor the outcomes so we know what’s working.
  4. Sustain & scale – As we demonstrate early wins, we’ll build capacity for infrastructure, partnerships, and funding to ensure long-term impact and community ownership.
  5. Engage & communicate – We’ll continually invite community members, youth, parents, businesses and organizations to join, stay informed, and help shape the future of our coalition.

This work doesn’t happen in isolation. If you’re passionate about youth thriving in Oregon City and Gladstone—if you’re ready to share your time, expertise, networks, voice—there’s a place for you. We are actively seeking changemakers to join our
board, JOIN US!participate in one of the six workgroups, or support key initiatives as we move from prevention strategy into action.

  1. Risk & Protective Factor Assessment Workgroup
  2. Resource Assessment & Valuation
  3. Community Board Maintenance Group
  4. Youth Involvement
  5. Outreach and PR
  6. Sustainability/Funding

This work doesn’t happen in isolation. If you’re passionate about youth thriving in Oregon City and Gladstone—if you’re ready to share your time, expertise, networks, voice—there’s a place for you. We are actively seeking changemakers to join our
board,participate in one of the six workgroups, or support key initiatives as we move from prevention strategy into action.

  1. Risk & Protective Factor Assessment Workgroup
  2. Resource Assessment & Valuation
  3. Community Board Maintenance Group
  4. Youth Involvement
  5. Outreach and PR
  6. Sustainability/Funding

JOIN US!

Community Comes Together to Explore Prevention Data

On September 28, Oregon City–Gladstone Partnership for Youth brought together several community members for our Community Data Reveal Meeting — an important step in our Communities That Care prevention planning process.

Participants included community partners, educators, youth-serving professionals, local leaders, and other stakeholders from Oregon City and Gladstone. Together, we explored local data related to youth substance use, risk and protective factors, and the conditions that can influence the health and well-being of young people in our communities.

Rather than simply presenting the data, the meeting was designed to be interactive. Participants had the opportunity to discuss what stood out, share their perspectives and local knowledge, and provide input on the risk and protective factors that should receive further consideration as we identify prevention priorities.

The information and community input gathered during the meeting will help guide the next phase of our work. Our team and Community Assessment Workgroup will use these findings to develop a Community Assessment Report and recommend priority risk and protective factors and youth behavior outcomes for Oregon City and Gladstone.

Those priorities will ultimately help shape locally informed prevention strategies designed to strengthen protective factors, reduce risk, and support healthier outcomes for young people.

Stay tuned as we share the Community Assessment Report and the next steps in our Communities That Care process.

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Key Leaders

  • Dr. Dayle Spitzer – Superintendent, OCSD62
  • Michelle Prusso – Gladstone Community Center
  • Brian Shaw – Oregon City Together member
  • Lisa Normand – OOregon City Together member
  • Simon Fulford – Parrot Creek
  • Diana Grindea – OCSD District Administrator for Belonging & OCCE Programs Administrator (Early Ed, After The Bell, Community Ed)
  • Heidi Blackwell – OCSD62 School Board Member
  • Pam Wilson – Volunteer
  • Laura Sisulak – Children’s Center
  • Tim Cook – Clackamas Community College
  • Brian McCrady – Clackamas County Children, Family & Community Connections
  • Edgar Cuellar-Rubio – Latino Network
  • Chief Shaun Davis – Oregon City Police
  • Capt David Edwins – Oregon City Police

Community Board Members

  • Mary Winterhalter – Communities That Care Facilitator
  • Robin Bergeron
  • Betty Mumm
  • Chris Groener
  • David Edwins
  • Tammi Coehlo
  • Kelli Upkes
  • Lori Aase
  • Lee Grace
  • Michelle Cvitanich
  • Eric Macnab
  • Charlie Chu
  • Jammie Landis
  • Raymond Rendleman
  • Kelly Rogers