Even a decade ago, the horror stories behind some of the 13 bills Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Thursday seemed the stuff of fiction. No more.

The Roseburg event is part of a national campaign seeking 15,000 volunteers to build or deliver 12,000 beds for children.

Equine-assisted psychotherapy can offer young clients a different way to work through trauma, but the treatment can be difficult to access in Southern Oregon.

An anonymous donor's $390,000 gift will help pay for transportation, operations and outdoor improvements at a larger Grants Pass teen center.

Janessa Hartmann leads a new initiative that extends the farm-to-school model into the homes of licensed childcare providers to feed kids ranging in ages from zero to five years old.

Oregon State University researchers found that training and caring for family cats may increase activity and responsibility among children with developmental disabilities.

WinterSpring has doubled its school-based grief support program, bringing free peer groups to 15 elementary, middle and high schools in Southern Oregon.

Head Start is a federal childcare program that serves the country’s lowest-income families — those earning less than $33,000 a year for a family of four.

Major Connections, a nonprofit founded by a Klamath Falls family, is creating an inclusive play center and community hub for people with disabilities and their families.

Play Street, which opened last week, is open to all children but focused on those with disabilities.

Klamath Basin Behavioral Health is expanding free community events in Klamath County to help children build resilience and reduce the long-term impacts of childhood trauma.

Gov. Tina Kotek joined youth advocates and supporters of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library last week to sign the library program into state law.