A boost in funding is sought to hire more caseworkers and stabilize existing foster families Marissa Johnson’s former foster child had no place to go. When the youth’s behavior became potentially dangerous to herself and her foster family, the Oregon Depa ...
3 May 2019 - Libby Dowsett
Expansion proposed of Child Welfare’s Independent Living Program and other transition services Whitney Rodgers has spent nearly half her life moving from placement to placement in the foster care system, but it wasn’t until she turned 17 that she began to ...
8 Mar 2019 - Libby Dowsett
Legislation would establish an ombudsman to work with foster parents Many families believe the first step toward solving Oregon’s foster home shortage is giving current foster parents a spot at the decision-making table. “We weren’t treated like part of t ...
8 Mar 2019 - Libby Dowsett
An advocacy group of foster youths sets its sights for the 2019 legislative session on issues such as preventing houselessness Foster care youths past and present are drawing on their own traumatic experiences to help create policies to improve the system ...
14 Sep 2018 - Libby Dowsett
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