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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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The suit says the state Department of Human Services ignored complaints about abuse, injuries and neglect and kept children in the home.
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The numbers of child abuse cases continue to climb in Douglas County, and not just in the population center around Roseburg. So the organization taking…
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The children's advocacy center concept has helped authorities investigate child sex abuse cases; advocacy centers are quiet, comfortable places for…
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The people of Lane County had had enough. They watched as child abuse rates stayed stubbornly high in the county, and wanted to bring them down. So 90by30…
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We've made inroads in limiting child abuse and neglect, but there's more road to travel. A number of organizations gathered in Oregon over the last year…
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We have come a very long way indeed from the days when spanking and belting children was common and accepted. It's not just that children don't especially…
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David Pittman began writing a blog about being sexually abused as a teenager. The blog caught on, and led to the formation of a non-profit group, Together…
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Lane, Klamath and Lake Counties are the first in Oregon to adopt a Different Response Model that could reduce placements of children in foster care.May is…
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Child abuse is more widely recognized than ever before, and the work of eliminating it continues.Lane County is home to the 90 by 30 program, an effort to…