Child Welfare

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.

The University of Oregon has a first-of-its-kind study underway to gauge the prevalence of child abuse. The research is being conducted by UO's Center for Childhood Safety and Wellbeing (formerly the Center for the Prevention of Abuse and Neglect).

Millions of grandparents across the country are being pushed into parenthood again. A new peer support group in Salem helps them through it.

Oregon Youth Authority’s director Joe O’Leary has been placed on paid administrative leave amid an investigation into possible misconduct.

This year, Washington state faces a significant budget shortfall somewhere between $10 and $12 billion.

Immigration advocates consider children the most vulnerable migrants in the country. But most of the unaccompanied minors who have settled in the Pacific Northwest in recent years have no access to legal representation, leaving them on their own to navigate a system seeking to deport them.