Parent Advisory Council of Oregon

Parent Advisory Council of Oregon The PAC is comprised of parents who contribute to the wellbeing of families in their communities. All members are in long-term recovery.

The Parent Advisory Council brings the unfiltered voices of parents to the Executive Leadership of Oregon's Child Welfare system, bridging the gap between Child Welfare and vulnerable families. PAC History: The Parent Advisory Council (PAC) began in 2015 at the direction of Ruth Taylor, Parents Anonymous of Oregon Program Director, and the Director of Oregon DHS Child Welfare. All members of the

PAC are former consumers of Child Welfare services and experienced out of home placement of their children due to substance use disorder.

02/24/2021

Please Share: There is a new Expanded Foundations Training (DHS training for resource (foster) parents that is occurring monthly on the last Thursday of the month. It is a Q&A training that resource parents, caseworkers and community partners can participate in and is open to everyone. Below is a description of the training and also the link to join for this Thursday from 6-7:30pm. If you have any questions please feel free to reach out to us.

We are excited to share with you a great opportunity for you to hear from resource (foster) parents and birth parents on how to partner and co-parent in! Join us Thursday 2/25 from 6-7:30pm for this virtual Q&A panel experience! Registration is through iLearn (you must create an iLearn account to sign up). If you have any challenges with iLearn, please email [email protected].
Parents and Resource (Foster) parents: a Model for Co-Parenting
Join us for a Q&A panel discussion Thursday, February 25th on Zoom from 6-7:30pm.
Parents and Resource (Foster) parents with lived experience of the Oregon Child Welfare system will come together to describe their challenges and successes in working together to co-parent for the benefit of children in their care.
Parents and Resource (Foster) parents with lived experience will share their stories and answer your questions. Common themes for discussion include: providing medical, dental and mental health care collaboratively, strategies for productive, positive communication within families, and supporting parents who are newly in recovery to build natural supports.

The Parent Advisory Council advocates for parents to have increased family time with their children, which has been espe...
01/22/2021

The Parent Advisory Council advocates for parents to have increased family time with their children, which has been especially important and presented unique challenges throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Family time offers reassurance for children and their parents, opportunities to strengthen cultural and kinship connections, and motivation for parents to enroll in treatment or meet other permanency plan requirements. Although there is no generally accepted way to structure family time to optimize chances for reunification, families that spend time together regularly have a greater likelihood of timely reunification, and frequent family connections may also decrease depression, anxiety, and externalizing problem behaviors in children." - Casey Family Programs.

Here are some researched benefits for children and parents:

12/30/2020

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