Transforming Lives through a Values-Driven Culture

Who We Are

Oregon Life Academy (OLA), established in 2023, is a non-profit project of Community Strong Cottage Grove, specifically to develop a Life Skills and Vocational Training program to effect positive change in Oregon.

Our Mission

  • Families

  • Victims

  • Communities

  • Those Experiencing

    • Homelessness

    • Drug & Alcohol Addiction

    • Incarceration

  • Bring a Classic Therapeutic Community program to Oregon.

  • Break the cycle of substance abuse, criminal behavior and homelessness through this proven model.

Who Benefits

What is a

Classic Therapeutic Approach?

  • Residential Program

  • Free to Participants

  • Life Skills/Vocational Training

  • No Cost to the Public

  • Values-Driven Culture

  • Peer Accountability

  • Self-Sustaining via Social Enterprises

  • High Success Rate

Metrics of Success

  • Drug-Free, Crime-Free, and Employed

  • The Longer the Stay, the Higher the Success Rate

  • Stronger, healthier families. Improved relationships

  • Employers Want Graduates

  • Emotional, Cognitive and Behavioral stability