At KTVZ News, we focus our resources on bolstering the health and well-being of Central Oregon's youth through our 21 Cares ...

The Deschutes League will host a public information session featuring CASA of Central Oregon on Feb. 5, 2026, to discuss ...

A class-action child abuse settlement set to make major changes to Oregon’s foster care system must consider the needs of hundreds of foster youth who still live with their birth parents, a federal ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The U.S. Administration for Children and Families has sent a notice to Washington state, similar to one sent to Oregon last month, directing state leaders to review — and possibly ...

‘We want to roll out the red carpet and welcome faith-based families to participate in our child welfare system,’ said an official with the U.S. Health and Human Services Department The Trump ...

The Trump administration on Tuesday opened an investigation into a contested Oregon policy of requiring prospective adoptive and foster parents to affirm their child’s gender identity, spelling ...

Sen. Sara Gelser Blouin, D-Corvallis, on the Senate floor on Jan. 13, 2025. (Photo by Laura Tesler/Oregon Capital Chronicle) An Oregon state lawmaker is again trying to expand the list of rights given ...

Tia Topley doesn’t remember much about the day two decades ago when Oregon child welfare authorities removed her and her little brother from their Salem home. It was too traumatizing for the young ...

An Oregon state lawmaker is again trying to expand the list of rights given to the state’s foster youth and rework the child abuse investigation process, despite a previous veto from Gov. Tina Kotek ...