Foster Care

She was a foster kid sent out of state. Now, she reflects on lawmakers changing the law to allow other children to be sent across state lines.

Nicky Young has been in foster care on and off since age 5. While aging out of the care system, she went through a financial literacy program at Youth Villages — and now uses her financial literacy skills to turn her side hustle into a thriving business, Your Grandma Nicky.

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

The legislation would allow the state to send children in foster care out of state again, a practice Oregon stopped because of abuse

The Trump administration announced it would be slashing millions of dollars that normally flow to a program that helps foster youth match with Court Appointed Special Advocates in Oregon. The advocate helps kids navigate court appointments and life in foster care.

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.

We hear from two directors of foster youth advocacy programs in southern and eastern Oregon about the impact of the loss of federal funding they were expecting to get this fiscal year.

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

Oregon lawmaker tries again to ban the use of plastic trash bags used as luggage for kids in foster care