Editorial: State needs to continue to improve foster care

Oregon’s child welfare department increasingly started sending some foster children to out-of- state facilities in 2018. The state was facing a crisis with a lack of options for foster care. Sen. Gelser deserves the thanks of Oregonians for her fight for these children. She got her colleagues to support a change in state law. If Oregon does send children back to out-of-state facilities, the facilities will have to meet the same requirements as facilities in Oregon. Bulletin – July 02, 2020 CLICK HERE