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Bradley W. Parks/OPBA conversation on the Senate floor on Monday pivoted from being about a measure requiring the state to provide luggage to kids in foster care rather than trash bags into a larger bipartisan discussion about why the agency charged with kids in its care has struggled for so long. -
Kristyna Wentz-Graff/OPBA legislative hearing earlier this year highlighted that a child welfare watchdog doesn't have a ton of independence.
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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. -
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. -
Lawsuit alleges the agency neglected the child with placements in foster homes with sexual and physical abuse. -
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. -
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.
