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Oregon’s long-term care ombudsman highlighted significant issues at the facility in a report released earlier this month.
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Oregon’s child welfare agency has been in and out of court since 2019, defending against a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of every child in foster care in the state.
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The plaintiffs have accepted the offer, which is the agency’s largest award in Oregon history to settle a foster care lawsuit.
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Independent watchdog’s draft report obtained by OPB argues that “whole child care” and changes in state agencies are required to stop this practice.
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A Malheur County woman is appealing a federal judge’s ruling against her lawsuit that challenges state adoption policies for transgender children on the basis of religious freedom.
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Oregon cancels contract with nonprofit that places foster care kids in unlicensed short-term rentalsOPB wrote about the nonprofit Dynamic Life Inc. last month, noting the organization grew at a shocking rate over a short time fueled by taxpayer’s dollars and placed children in unlicensed short-term rental homes. Several attorneys and children’s advocates raised questions about the type of care children were receiving when placed with Dynamic Life.
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Lawsuit alleges the agency neglected the child with placements in foster homes with sexual and physical abuse.
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Oregon has spent more than $25 million housing 462 kids in foster care in hotels after the state promised to stop the practice as part of a legal settlement in 2018.
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Oregon has until June 2024 to process eligibility redeterminations for all 1.5 million Oregon Health Plan and Children’s Health Insurance members. It’s the largest benefits renewal process the state has ever attempted. And it’s fraught with challenges.