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Oregon: Action Alert … Immediate Action Requested

Posted By Linda Martin On March 30, 2009 @ 12:51 pm In Activism,Oregon | 5 Comments

Lana posted this in a comment [1]… immediate action is requested from those of you who live in Oregon:

Before April 1st, this Wednesday, please send a brief email in support of Oregon’s HB 2897 which asks the House to give more consideration to relatives when placing children who are in foster care.

Of course, this encouragement of kinship care is stated in the DHS manual, but in actuality DHS hardly ever follows the policy.

Less than 3% of the time, DHS places a child with their kin in Oregon, among the lowest percentages in the country. This, despite the fact that relatives undergo the same background screening as that of foster parents, turn out to be record-free, and yet are eliminated by DHS for placement of their related children in foster care.

It’s too late for so many of Oregon’s families. Let’s make it so that families come first in Oregon, not last. Families count!!

Thank you, Lana, for this Action Alert!

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[1] a comment: http://fightcps.com/site-map-for-fightcps/comment-page-1/#comment-171076

[2] Oregon: Action Alert … Immediate Action Requested: http://fightcps.com/2009/03/30/oregon-action-alert-immediate-action-requested/

[3] Arkansas and Oregon: Foster Parent Sentenced to 70 Years For Producing Child Pornography Using a Foster Child: http://fightcps.com/2008/08/23/arkansas-and-oregon-foster-parent-sentenced-to-70-years-for-producing-child-pornography-using-a-foster-child/

[4] Alberta, Canada: Parents Sue Province Over Death in Foster Care: http://fightcps.com/2009/02/05/alberta-canada-parents-sue-province-over-death-in-foster-care/

[5] Class Action Lawsuits Against CPS: http://fightcps.com/2011/05/16/class-action-lawsuits-against-cps/

[6] Texas: Foster “Parent” Convicted In Death Of 3-Year-Old Foster Child: http://fightcps.com/2007/04/29/texas-foster-parent-convicted-in-death-of-3-year-old-foster-child/

[7] foster children: http://fightcps.com/search/foster children/

[8] child abuse: http://fightcps.com/search/child abuse/

[9] child welfare: http://fightcps.com/search/child welfare/

[10] cps: http://fightcps.com/search/cps/

[11] oregon: http://fightcps.com/search/oregon/

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