The state is not only willing, but eager to work with LGBTQ couples as foster parents Growing up LGBTQ can be tough. For kids growing up Oregon’s foster care system, it can be even tougher. From the time Rickey Bedolla was about 3 years old, he spent mos ...
16 Jun 2017 - Emily Green
Gov. Kate Brown signs the legislation that foster youths brought before lawmakers On May 17, Gov. Kate Brown signed the Oregon Foster Children’s Sibling Bill of Rights into law. Oregon Foster Youth Connection, a youth-led advocacy group composed of curre ...
18 May 2017 - Emily Green
According to state law, Oregon should be providing every foster child with an advocate as they’re ferried through the system, but most kids go it alone Oregon has no shortage of unfunded mandates, but there is one on the books that, if fully funded, could ...
30 Mar 2017 - Emily Green
Foster youths have created a bill that would make sibling contact a legally binding right It’s been two years since DeAnna Baker has seen or heard from her two little brothers. Baker, 16, and her younger siblings have been in and out of Oregon’s foster ca ...
2 Feb 2017 - Emily Green
Conversations about Oregon’s shortage are moving forward, but progress is slow It’s been six months since an Oregon Judicial Department task force quietly released a report outlining troubling shortfalls in the state’s placement and treatment of children ...
14 Jul 2016 - Emily Green
Advocates are hoping a bill in Salem will change DHS policies to give foster parents an equal voice in the future of foster children Caleb was only an infant when he was sent to live with Emily and Greg Sisk in 2009. He had seven broken bones and shaken b ...
29 May 2015 - Emily Green