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Bradley W. ParksOregon’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. -
Christine Burkhart, Vice President for Strategic Partnerships at The Global Fund for Children.
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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. -
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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Medford Garden Railroaders moved into a vacant space at the Rogue Valley Mall for the holiday season, displaying trains of many sizes for kids big and small to come in and watch.
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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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So far, more than 4,000 infants in Oregon have received Nirsevimab and will have some protection against severe RSV this winter, but many more are eligible and demand has outstripped supply.
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State officials are paying a religious nonprofit more than 100 times the amount they pay foster care parents to watch vulnerable children in unlicensed short-term rental homes.
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At least several thousand were affected while thousands of others who don’t qualify for Medicaid will keep their insurance.
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Aalthough Oregon has invested tens of millions of dollars into expanding preschool and child care since 2019, that money has done little to improve access to infant and toddler care in some areas where it’s needed most.
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Now that federal emergency funding for child care has expired, child care facilities face difficult choices about how to operate with less.
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Pediatricians in Oregon expect to start receiving the first shipments of a new drug this week that reduces the risk of lung infections for infants. But children’s health experts are concerned that some babies are going to face obstacles to getting the new shot.
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The state will stop taking applicantions for a day care subsidy program in November and will start a waitlist that could last 18 months.
