J Bar J Youth Services

About J Bar J Youth Services

In July 1968, J Bar J Boys Ranch opened on a county-owned ranch in Bend, founded by Lyle and Mary Jarvis and Bill Jones of the Deschutes County juvenile division; the name comes from Jarvis and Jones.source In November 1972, tax-exempt nonprofit, EIN 93-0677650.source 1989-1997: Craig Christiansen was executive director, then founded New Leaf Academy of Oregon.source In 1989, Cascade Youth and Family Center, for runaway and homeless youth, established.source In 1994, became an affiliate of Big Brothers Big Sisters.source In 1995 it started the Academy, a school for girls in Sisters (Source, source); the r/troubledteens wiki dates the Academy at Sisters to 1994.source

In 2008, Woodbury Reports names Stephanie Alvstad executive director of J Bar J Youth Services, operator of the Academy at Sisters.source In 2017, Grandma's House, a shelter for pregnant and parenting girls founded in 1992, joined J Bar J.source In 2018 the Boys Ranch is a subcontractor to the Oregon Youth Authority for boys aged 13 to 18.source In 2021, the ranch could hold up to 28 youth, usually for 6 to 18 months.source In 2025, Academy at Sisters listed as closed.source

2021-08-02: a $2.3 million lawsuit against J Bar J alleged a no-intervention policy at the Academy at Sisters let a student be beaten in January 2019.source J5 Short Term Stabilization Program: staff-secure, 30 to 90 days, adjudicated boys 13-19, at 63360 NW Britta Street in the Deschutes County juvenile detention complex.source Fiscal 2025: revenue $15,195,874; CEO/President Stephanie Alvstad.source