An intergenerational setting at New Meadows supports youths as they transition into adulthood You might think senior citizens would shudder at the thought of a throng of teenagers and 20-somethings moving in down the block, but the so-called “elders” at t ...
10 Aug 2018 - 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
Child-abuse prevention shouldn't be the responsibility of victims who feel powerless, experts say “I didn’t know it was wrong until another man did it.” As a young girl, Connie Ferris (name has been changed to protect her identity) didn’t realize her ...
2 Nov 2018 - Libby Dowsett
In the early 1900s, the publication was a way for Japanese immigrants to stay connected JAPANESE IMMIGRANTS who came to Oregon in the early 1900s stayed connected with one another and the rest of the world by reading the local Oshu Nippo newspaper. The a ...
11 Jan 2019 - Libby Dowsett
Portland’s Old Town is well known as Chinatown, but in the late 1800s through 1942, a number of blocks made up Nihonmachi, or Japantown JAPANESE-AMERICAN CHILDREN who grew up in Northwest Portland’s Japantown in the 1930s remember it as a safe, happy pla ...
11 Jan 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
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
New Day Program offers one-stop services for youths in Multnomah County Social service professionals who work with sex-trafficking survivors in Multnomah County will tell you there are a lot of myths and misconceptions surrounding the commercial sexual ex ...
15 Mar 2019 - Libby Dowsett
Youths are taught that the dynamics of a coercive relationship emerge slowly after a power imbalance is established Many youths caught up in the deceptive world of sex trafficking might not even realize it, said Emmy Ritter, executive director of Raphael ...
15 Mar 2019 - Libby Dowsett
"This system is not making kids better; it’s making them worse” A federal class-action lawsuit filed April 16 on behalf of all current and future foster children in Oregon demands the governor and leaders of the Oregon Department of Human Services be ...
16 Apr 2019 - Libby Dowsett