OYA's most important charge is to protect the public and hold youth offenders accountable for their behavior. Our greatest challenge is to continue to improve our treatment, education, and job training services to provide youth with the opportunity to learn personal responsibility and develop skills to make positive choices for themselves.

Oregon is a national leader in using effective treatment practices to prevent youth in our custody from committing additional crimes.

Our goal is to continue to effectively use the resources that Oregonians have given us to improve our ability to protect them and to help youth offenders become productive members of their communities.