What we're concerned about most,” one child welfare advocate said, “is that it seems like the state is taking a hands-off ...

A conversation on the Senate floor on Monday pivoted from being about a measure requiring the state to provide luggage to ...

Others have noted that too many kids are lingering in emergency rooms and hotel rooms because there is a lack of appropriate health and foster care in Oregon. They blame the systemic failures on ...

Opponents say the proposal would eliminate protections and place kids at further risk. It also would modify child restraint and seclusion definitions.

an attack on the protections for the youth in Oregon under a guise of "eliminating unclear laws and a culture of fear," wrote Lilyann Miller a youth in foster care. "One of the most concerning ...

A legislative hearing earlier this year highlighted that a child welfare watchdog doesn't have a ton of independence.

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — The Oregon Senate approved a bill that significantly expands the rights of foster children in the state.

Jacob, like many kids placed in Oregon’s care, bounced around, moving more than 50 times between short-term rentals, residential treatment centers and foster homes. But he spent much of the last ...

Ten children who were on the radar of the Oregon Department of Human Services died in the first three months of 2025, ...

A bill making its way through the Oregon legislature would require the Oregon Department of Human Services to stop using ...