OAR 416-415-0050
Offender Work Program Evaluation, Stipends and Revenue
(1)
OYA must evaluate an Offender’s Work Program performance.(a)
Program Staff will provide the Offender and the Offender’s Multidisciplinary Team with feedback on the Offender’s job or service performance at least monthly.(b)
Work Program performance feedback will address, at a minimum, the Offender’s quality and quantity of work, initiative, amenability to learn, dependability, response to supervision and instruction, safety and care of equipment, ability to work with others, and overall job or service proficiency.(2)
At OYA’s discretion, OYA may award Stipends or other recognition to Offenders who work well or otherwise successfully participate in Work Programs. Factors considered when deciding whether to award a Stipend to an Offender participating in a Work Program include the program’s educational and vocational requirements, physical demands, working conditions, the degree of responsibility held by the Offender participant, the degree of skill and supervision required for the Offender’s participation in the Work Program, and the Offender’s treatment, reformation and rehabilitation progress.(3)
Intentionally left blank —Ed.(a)
Work Program Stipends must be awarded at a rate and manner established by the OYA Assistant Director Facility Services to ensure consistency throughout all close-custody facilities, using the methodology below and according to the chart in Appendix A.(b)
Factors considered when assigning a Stipend rate to a Work Program include the program’s educational and vocational requirements, physical demands, working conditions, the degree of responsibility held by the Offender participant, and the degree of skill and supervision required for the Offender’s participation in a Work Program.(4)
OYA must deposit any Stipend awarded to an Offender into the Offender’s trust account according to OAR chapter 416, division 260 (Offender Welfare and Trust Accounts).(5)
OYA must report Stipend awards according to Internal Revenue Service reporting requirements.
Source:
Rule 416-415-0050 — Offender Work Program Evaluation, Stipends and Revenue, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=416-415-0050.