Oak Forest Police Launches
Find My Home Program 

The Find My Home Program has been designed to help adults and children with disabilities that may be unable to find their way home in our town.  It is a database only accessible to the Oak Forest Police Department to assist the individuals in finding their residence when they cannot communicate it.  

The database will include a picture of the child or adult, information on their disability, physical description and emergency contact information.  If the individual is encountered alone or is reported missing, the officers can access the database by their name or description to locate their information.  This is a free service offered to developmentally and cognitively disabled citizens of Oak Forest.

This program is open to any adult OR child who may have difficulty communicating due to a developmental or cognitive disability, while lost or in an emergency situation. These individuals tend to be at risk for wandering and may include people with disabilities such as Alzheimer’s, Autism, Dementia, Down Syndrome etc. We ask that anyone enrolling an individual is either a family member, legal guardian or is turning in a signed registration form on behalf of the individual’s family with their permission.
 
Information You Should Have Ready

• Contact information of at least 3 emergency contacts (addresses, names, and phone numbers).
• Information about the person you are registering such as their date of birth, hair and eye color, height, weight, disability, what school they attend (if they are in school)
• Medications they take on a daily basis
• Any other information an officer should know that may assist them in helping the individual, such as calming techniques, likes and dislikes, typical behaviors and language level, cognitive function, or places they like to visit

Find My Home Program Form

For additional information, contact Community Programs Officer Tracy Weiland at tweiland@oak-forest.org. 

Oak Forest Welcomes New Principal

At the Bremen High School District 228 School Board Meeting on May 11, 2021, Mrs. Jane Dempsey was named the new Principal of Oak Forest High School. 
This announcement comes after the current Oak Forest High School Principal, Dr. Brad Sikora, was named the new Superintendent of Bremen High School District 228 in March.
 
Dempsey received her Bachelor of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences from Eastern Illinois University, her Masters in Counseling from Eastern Illinois University, and her Masters in Educational Administration from Governors State University.
 
She currently serves as the Assistant Principal of Teaching and Learning at Oak Forest High School, but has served the school for the last 28 years in various roles.  Specifically, from 1993-2006 as a Guidance Counselor, and from 2006-2016 as the Assistant Principal for Student Services.
 
Mrs. Dempsey will be the first female principal in the 50-year history of the school.  She will assume her new role on July 1, 2021, after the 2020-2021 school year closes out.

City Hall Continues to Follow CDC Guidelines Due to Coronavirus

For the continued safety of our clerks and the public, we will continue to require residents to drop off payments for water bills, tickets, vehicle stickers, etc. in the deposit drop outside City Hall.  You can also pay on-line here. 
    
As a community, we need to continue to do our best to make sure people remain healthy and safe, which is why social distancing and the use of face masks or face coverings by residents visiting city hall are still required at this time.  These remain very difficult times socially and economically, so we need to remain vigilant and do our part to help beat this global health crisis.

COVID-19 Vaccination Available

Spring 2021 Edition of The Leaflet