Citizen Review Board - Oregon Judicial Department

03/07/2018

Volunteers review files and question state caseworkers to be sure everything is being done to help children return to their parents. The Citizen Review Board is seeing an increasing workload.

01/18/2018

A new nonprofit organization in Linn and Benton counties is seeking to address Oregon’s foster care crisis with respite care.

10/06/2017

Thank you, Baker City Herald, for the hopeful message about last week's public forum!

The meeting that took place a week ago in Baker City was the sort of meeting that would have been easy to ignore with its confusing maze of agency names and employee titles and program acronyms. But the meeting’s purpose could hardly be more important — to help some of

10/06/2017

We are excited to announce the launch of the new FosterClub.org. Come check out some of the new or updated features on the site!

10/05/2017

http://www.pamplinmedia.com/fgnt/36-news/374384-256611-the-good-they-do-foster-parents-shepherd-children-through-troubled-system

Washington County foster care struggled in 2016 but might be on the road to recovery with new state help

09/01/2017

Volunteer Board Members are needed in Harney and Grant Counties!

Volunteers are needed to serve on the Citizen Review Board to review the cases of children who are in foster care.Citizen Review Board volunteers are court-appointed, trained and meet on a Tuesday every other month to provide case review and a citizen voice to the cases of children/families in foste

05/10/2017

May is National Foster Care Month - Thank you to all of the families and individuals who work with children in foster care!

National Foster Care Month celebrates the families and individuals who work with children in foster care.

05/08/2017

This is a very heartwarming letter from a foster parent to her foster child.

A mother shares her family's story hoping that other Oregonians will embrace foster care.

01/31/2017

Grants Pass, Ore. , -- "Foster beds are being lost all over the place, I mean by the hundreds." State Representative Duane Stark doesn't just fight for foster children in the legislature, he fights for them in is home too. "My wife and I have been doing...

01/30/2017

Molly and I (Amy) had the opportunity to attend the press event at DHS on Friday. It was well attended and we are excited to see this initiative expanding statewide.

A Portland outreach program meant to recruit more foster parents will expand statewide over the next five years.

01/24/2017

DHS director says safety, alleviating poverty will be prioritized, Local News, Portland local News, Breaking News alerts for Portland city.

01/19/2017

Portland Community College sponsors the Fostering Success Program for students who were in foster care.

At Portland Community College (PCC), administrators and faculty are looking for ways to meet the needs of some of the most vulnerable students on campus, including students who have previously been in the foster care system.