Oregon's new laws include new rules around cat adoptions, a new non-opioid option for patients in care and updates to child ...

Oregon DHS child welfare audit:Staff endured 'bullying, intimidation' by agency leaders Department of Human Services:Brown seeks $14.5M for more foster care caseworkers "We really appreciate the ...

According to state data, about 24% — roughly one in four — of Portland Public Schools students lives in a family that receives government anti-poverty aid or is homeless, is from a migrant family or ...

SALEM, Ore. — Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed around 20 bills into law Monday. Most involve reworking data sharing and submission requirements, as well as changes to the Psychiatric Security ...

This means that the vast majority of people who would lose SNAP under an expanded work requirement — including older adults, parents, veterans, people experiencing homelessness, and young people who ...

Providing Specialized, Emergency Care to an Aging Rural Oregon Population ... The ABCs of Adult Foster Homes, presented by Lynette Caldwell, Adult Foster Home Program Manager, DHS, and Mike Warner, ...

Senate Bill 729, which aims to improve healthcare access for Oregonians with developmental disabilities by mandating public ...

The state will pay $3 million to settle a lawsuit filed on behalf of two children who were sexually abused while in foster care after caseworkers placed a teenage boy with a documented history of ...

Advocates for abused and neglected children in Oregon lost more federal funding in late April after the U.S. Department of Justice abruptly terminated grants. While attorneys and caseworkers are ...

Lawmakers attempted to secure more financial support for Oklahoma foster parents this legislative session. While they weren't ...

(KTVZ) – Every Child Central Oregon is proud to announce PacificSource as the title event sponsor for its annual Foster Appreciation Event, taking place in May during National Foster Care Month.

During her tenure, the number of children in Oregon’s foster care system declined from a high of 7,908 in 2018 to 4,481 at the end of 2024, according to information from the state.