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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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When Oregon鈥檚 sweeping child welfare class action lawsuit was finally settled this fall, the judge presiding over the case lamented how 鈥渇rankly over-lawyered beyond belief鈥� the case had been. -
Three Oregonians talked in a court hearing about the neglect and abuse they endured as children in the state鈥檚 foster care system. -
Family members and the child鈥檚 attorney say the 17-year-old boy spent much of his life in the foster care system. -
Three schools across Oregon will receive funding in the upcoming school year to run a pilot program helping kids placed in foster care graduate from high school. -
Ki Soon Hyun's death outside a Sandy memory care facility has put a bright light on significant issues in Oregon. -
The settlement stipulates Disability Rights Oregon and the state will agree upon a 鈥渘eutral,鈥� an expert to oversee the foster care system and work with the individual to improve the child-welfare system, primarily by reducing the rate of mistreatment and improving the quality of placements. -
In 2019, a national advocacy group filed a class-action lawsuit against the Oregon Department of Human Services, alleging the state mistreats children in its foster care system and has failed to fix glaring problems. Five years and millions of dollars later, the next trial has been delayed as the two sides near a settlement agreement. -
The agency has subpoenaed nine years of state Sen. Sara Gelser Blouin鈥檚 correspondence with constituents, journalists and even Paris Hilton. -
Oregon鈥檚 long-term care ombudsman highlighted significant issues at the facility in a report released earlier this month. -
Oregon鈥檚 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. -
The plaintiffs have accepted the offer, which is the agency鈥檚 largest award in Oregon history to settle a foster care lawsuit. -
Independent watchdog鈥檚 draft report obtained by OPB argues that 鈥渨hole child care鈥� and changes in state agencies are required to stop this practice.
