Child Welfare

Child Welfare Director Aprille Flint-Gerner announced on Tuesday that she was resigning after two years leading Oregon’s beleaguered child-welfare system.

Food advocates and parents went to Salem Wednesday to urge state lawmakers to pass a bill that would extend food assistance benefits to children who are often denied because of their immigration status.

A bill moved out of the Oregon state Senate and onto the House for final approval.

Over 27 years, Oregon students working with Schnitzer Cares: Student Grantmaking have given out over $5 million to more than 560 nonprofit organizations and school programs.

“This is devastating,” said Vanessa Gutierrez, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project’s deputy director. “We’ve had to stop taking new cases. We don’t know how many kids and young adults now have no legal help.”

Disability Rights Oregon report accuses Oregon officials of failing to provide trained staff to monitor teen who was at risk for suicide.

An internal investigation from the Oregon Department of Administrative Services released earlier this month found that the Oregon Youth Authority, which is part of the state juvenile justice system, had a severe backlog of abuse reports.

Oregon lawmakers are considering sending kids in foster care out of state, again. Only this time, with less transparency

Oregon’s ‘Momnibus’ legislative package looks to improve outcomes through multiple supports, including expanding access to doulas.

Catlin Gabel junior Vishaka Priyan joins us to talk about how show she came to write a bill to help foster youth that's making its way through the Oregon state legislature.