When Oregon’s sweeping child welfare class action lawsuit was finally ... over-lawyered beyond belief” the case had been. U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken was blunt: She said the case ...

Child Welfare Director Marilyn Jones was optimistic about a lot of issues that once plagued the child welfare section of Oregon Department ... and placed with the district offices hardest hit ...

The Oregon Child Abuse Hotline (ORCAH) receives a high number of calls that are neither reports of child abuse nor require Child Welfare intervention. In 2024, ORCAH, received 176,393 contacts ...

Oregonians trying to alert the Department of Human Services to suspected child abuse could wait as long as an hour and a half when calling a new, specialized hotline that was supposed to ...