In a perfect world, every child would be treated with care ... Oregon is one of 35 states, along with the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, that have laws in place specifically protecting ...

Oregon's foster ... complaint filed in U.S. District Court details stories of foster children being neglected or harmed while under Department of Human Services care, including a 16-year-old ...

Oregon lawmakers are considering ... that showed in real-time where kids were. This map from 2019 shows the number of times children in foster care were placed in residential treatment facilities ...

Oregon’s foster care system could soon face additional monitoring ... The lawsuit was supposed to go to trial this past Monday in Eugene. But U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken pushed the trial ...

Lawyers for the 10 plaintiffs, who range in age from 18 months to 17 years old and are all in Oregon foster care, accuse the ... other than Oregon and the District of Columbia.

Plaintiffs alleging widespread dysfunction within Oregon ... foster care system can now sue on behalf of all children within that system, a judge ruled this week. With that decision by U.S ...

A trio of judges in Seattle heard arguments Tuesday in the case of an eastern Oregon ... year's district court or overrule that decision. If overruled, Bates can continue the foster care ...

Opening with a quote from Nelson Mandela, U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken approved millions of dollars in attorney fees and litigation costs to the counsel representing Oregon foster care children ...