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African-American children are over four times more likely than Caucasian children to be placed in out-of-home care. Oregon CPS News Archive
Oregon News Coverage
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Caseworkers Make a Case for More Child Welfare Funding
PORTLAND, Ore. - More state requirements and fewer people to carry them out. That's how child welfare workers summarize what's happening in Oregon, and they're in Salem today to make their case to lawmakers.
For two years, they have been under a hiring freeze like many state agencies, with two caseworkers doing the work of three. Add a challenging new software system, and mandates to remedy racial inequalities in the foster care system and find more relatives to place children with - and Barbara Casey, an in-home caseworker at the Alberta Child Welfare office in north Portland, said they have their hands full.
publicnewsservice.org
February 18, 2013
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DHS denies grandparents rights under law
How does Oregon DHS view grandparents? In this case DHS has viewed grandparents as a nuisance and has obstructed their rights.
Carl's sister Renee was taken by the state on January 5, 2012 and placed in a foster home. The foster home could not cope with Renee, who has Asperger's Syndrome, and she was sent to a different foster home. That second foster home also could not cope and called Renee's grandmother to ask her to come and get Renee.
dhsout.com
December 28, 2012
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The judge without a spine
The Oregon juvenile court judge hearing this case is Eric Butterfield. Last June Carl's foster parents decided to take him on a cross-country trip, going from Oregon to the east coast.
On June 13, 2012 I challenged the necessity of this trip in Judge Butterfield's courtroom. I said that it was a risky proposition that could endanger my child. Why should the state allow this kind of risk with my child's safety? Judge Butterfield replied that Carl would encounter risk throughout his life and ruled in favor of DHS saying Carl could take the trip.
dhsout.com
December 28, 2012
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Oregon chase tops 100 mph; 2 children in back seat
HERMISTON, Ore. -- Police in eastern Oregon say two young children were in the back seat of a vehicle that led them on a highway chase at more than 100 mph.
Officers say a 3-year-old boy and an 8-month-old girl were in child seats. They were released in the care of a deputy. The driver has been arrested on several charges. She was identified as 26-year-old Amelia Cortez of Hermiston.
sacbee.com
December 28, 2012
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Abused Foster Children Sue Oregon for $8 Million
Two children who suffered abuse in the Gresham foster home that has already led to Oregon's largest ever child welfare settlement filed lawsuits Thursday against a state agency and their former foster mom.
In May, Oregon paid $3.75 million to the family of then 2-year-old Stephanie Kuntupis, who was shaken so badly by her foster dad, Cesar Cruz-Reyes, in 2005 that she was left blind in one eye and permanently disabled.
wweek.com
December 28, 2012
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Mountain Lion Attacks Hiker In Big Bend
SAN ANTONIO -- A hiker was injured in a mountain lion attack at Big Bend National Park.
The National Park Service says the woman and her friends were hiking Friday in a remote area when the attack happened.
kwtx.com
November 25, 2012
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It's official: Evans Valley Elementary School site goes to homeschool group
by Teresa Ristow
The Rogue River School Board voted unanimously Tuesday to transfer the deed for the former Evans Valley Elementary School site to a nonprofit group supporting homeschool students.
Since the school's closure, a group of homeschool students who didn't want to attend Rogue River Elementary began studying together, and several families formed the Evans Valley Community Association.
mailtribune.com
November 8, 2012
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States don't often share child-abuse records. And sometimes kids like Jeanette Maples die.
by Michelle Cole
A 10-year-old girl is found dead in a footlocker in Arizona and police learn her family had been under investigation by child welfare authorities in Utah.
A teenager is murdered in Eugene, leaving a trail of questions from Sacramento to Salem about who failed to protect her. A baby spends its vital first year with a stranger in Alabama foster care while relatives in Oregon wait for word that they can raise the child.
oregonlive.com
October 27, 2012
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NICWA responds to Dr. Phil's coverage of S.C. ICWA case
Portland, Ore. - On October 18, 2012, the Dr. Phil show aired an episode that focused on a disputed custody case involving an American Indian child, Veronica.
The case pits a loving father's attempts to parent his daughter against a non-Indian couple from South Carolina-the Capobiancos-and their attorneys who orchestrated an illegal attempt to adopt Veronica. The National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) is gravely disappointed in the heavy slant toward the Capobiancos' recounting of the situation and interpretation of the legal issues in the case.
nativetimes.com
October 22, 2012
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Ore. exchange program sued in abuse case
by Jeff Thompson
BEAVERTON, Ore. -- A Beaverton exchange school program is being sued for negligence after a foreign exchange student was sexually abused by his host.
In 2010, 50-year-old Beaverton youth lacrosse coach Craig Ley was arrested for 10 counts of sex abuse against a 16-year-old exchange student he was hosting. Ley pleaded guilty to four counts.
kgw.com
October 9, 2012
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Babies' injuries not consistent with Metzger dad's explanations, doctor testifies at murder trial
by Emily E. Smith
Kaliq Mansor told a child protective services worker that his tight swaddling technique and throwing his infant twin sons in the air might have contributed to their injuries.
That was the testimony Wednesday of Oregon Department of Human Services worker Margie Taylor at Mansor's murder trial in Washington County Circuit Court. Mansor, 34, is charged with killing his 11-week-old son, Bryan. Taylor took Bryan's twin, Ethan, into custody the day police were called to their home, responding to Mansor's report that Bryan wasn't breathing.
oregonlive.com
September 20, 2012
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Endangered Baby Last Seen in Shoreline, Found in Oregon
An endangered 7-week-old baby girl who was last seen in Shoreline, was found by police in Aloha, Oregon Monday, after an anonymous tip to authorities.
Baby Lillian is now with Child Protective Services in Oregon. Her mother, Trina P. Curry, 33, was arrested for trying to stop deputies from taking the baby, KING reported. The Washington County Sheriff's Office received the call saying the mother and baby were staying with relatives.
shoreline.patch.com
September 10, 2012
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Mother stops abduction: 'I just got up and socked him in the face'
An alert mother said she used a 2x4 to wallop a 17-year-old boy who was trying to abduct her young daughter as the girl played outside a home.
Police credited quick action by Antoinette Robinson and neighbors with helping them capture the suspect. He was being held down by neighbors when officers arrived. Lt. Robert King with the Portland Police Bureau said the attempted abduction happened on Sunday evening around 6:30 near 169th Avenue and Lafayette Street in Southeast Portland.
kimatv.com
August 28, 2012
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DHS manager disputes alleged sex abuser's claim
by Sanne Specht
A man who allegedly sexually abused two girls under his care was neither approved by nor affiliated with Jackson County Child Protective Services, said Doug Mares, Department of Human Services district manager for Jackson and Josephine counties.
Mark Alexander Tabor, 23, is charged with one count each of first-, second- and third-degree sexual abuse for allegedly assaulting the sisters on Aug. 11. Hours later, Tabor was himself allegedly attacked by Christopher Garrett, 19, and Moses LaPorte, 18, in retaliation for the suspected sexual assault, according to Medford police. Medford attorney Tom Petersen told the Mail Tribune on Thursday that he represents the two teenage girls who say Tabor sexually molested them in their home on Aug. 11.
mailtribune.com
August 21, 2012
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Portland considers adding fluoride to its water sources
by Nicole Ramage
August 16th, 2012, Commissioner Nick Fish joined Randy Leonard in support of fluoridating the water in Portland. Many Portlanders are outraged at this as it really makes no difference to the health of a person whether the water is treated.
In fact, fluordation of the water really only helps those selling the treatment as it will cost close to $5 million to do so, with annual opperating costs of $575,000. The Portland Water Bureau says that it would take nearly five years to even get the program up and running, however.
examiner.com
August 18, 2012
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Child Protective Services check on 'Honey Boo Boo' star
On a episode shown in Portland of the popular TLC show 'Here Comes Honey Boo Boo' child protective services paid a visit to the Thompson family after alligations of feeding their daughter, Alana-- also a cast member of the show.
Toddlers in Tiaras, go Go juice-- a mixture of Mt. Dew and Red Bull, and roadkill. YouTube videos have surfaced showing Alana dancing on a table in a bar for dollars. Her mom justified this as saying, "At least it wasn't one of those sleazy ones." June, Alana's mother, was issued a court appointed laywer who was able to have the child abuse charges dropped.
examiner.com
August 17, 2012
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5 children stranded at bus stop after mother dies
Five children traveling across the country are in the custody of authorities after their mother died.
The mother and her children were waiting in line early Friday at the Greyhound bus station in downtown Dallas. A Greyhound spokeswoman tells The Dallas Morning News that the mother appeared to suffer a medical emergency and was taken to an area hospital, where she died.
mysanantonio.com
July 8, 2012
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Teens in Oregon foster care struggle to gain footing as adults
by Michelle Cole
Multiple moves, school barriers, lack of adult mentors conspire against kids brought into the state's foster care system
Following a disastrous freshman year in high school, Elliott had entered Oregon's foster care system for the second time. She'd had a tumultuous childhood, going to live with her dad at age 2, then in foster homes from age 7 to 12 1/2. She lived with her mother for a while, but after problems there, went back into foster care at age 15. That meant security in some ways, but also an uncertain future. National studies find teens who spend time in foster care are more likely to drop out of school. Left to launch into life without the support of a caring adult, many foster youths also struggle to find housing or a decent job.
oregonlive.com
July 6, 2012
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Children First thinks our stinginess is to blame for Oregon's child abuse
by Steve Duin
Christian, the executive director of Children First for Oregon, believes DHS is underfunded. The Office of Child Welfare Programs, she notes, is "operating with a staff equal to 67 percent of the workforce needed to meet minimum standards."
And while "it's easy to point fingers," Christian says, and "satisfying to rage about bureaucratic incompetence" in response to numerous high-profile cases of abuse, we should re-direct our outrage at the legislators who "whittle away at the very programs charged with protecting vulnerable children."
oregonlive.com
July 1, 2012
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Oregon DOJ Settles Case Over Child Sex Abuse Investigation
Oregon's Department of Justice has agreed to pay 300 thousand dollars to a Bend family, to settle their allegation the state acted improperly during a sexual abuse investigation.
Questions about the state's handling of that investigation made it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2003, a child protective services worker walked into a Bend elementary school to interview a nine-year-girl without her parent's consent. Authorities were concerned she might have been sexually abused by her father. He was already under investigation for abusing another child. He eventually reached a plea deal in that case. Charges he abused his daughter were eventually dropped.
news.opb.org
June 21, 2012
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Out of fear, some Oregon parents postponing vaccinations, a new study shows
by Keldy Ortiz
A study released Monday shows some parents have come to fear the vaccines more than the diseases themselves.
When Maya Weichbrodt was born, her mother Jennifer Murdock wanted her to live a healthy life. She would feed Maya nutritious foods, and keep her out of harm's way. But when she brought her child to the doctor for vaccinations, she thought twice about it.
oregonlive.com
June 21, 2012
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Mahonarye Noa death case: Prior report of child abuse in family
by Maxine Bernstein
Oregon's Department of Human Services received a complaint about physical abuse and neglect involving children within a Portland family a month before the family's 5-year-old boy died and his parents were accused of causing his death.
Kalman Eteuati, 27, and Valisha Eteuati, 26, this week pleaded not guilty to an allegation of murder by abuse in Thursday's death of their son, Mahonarye Noa. They are being held without bail. During a hearing in juvenile court Wednesday, a judge granted the state Department of Human Services temporary custody of the couple's three other children - two daughters, ages 7 and 2, and a son, age 6 - while the children are placed with relatives.
oregonlive.com
June 21, 2012
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Biological mother of missing boy sues stepmother
by Nigel Duara
The mother of an Oregon boy who vanished nearly two years ago has filed a lawsuit against his stepmother, the last person known to have seen him.
The suit filed Friday afternoon in Multnomah County Circuit Court by Desiree Young asks a judge to order Terri Horman to return Kyron Horman or, if he's dead, to say where his remains are.
CNS News
June 1, 2012
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Caretaker fraud case deepens
by Karen McCowan
A federal judge on Wednesday denied pretrial release to a Cottage Grove woman charged with stealing more than $200,000 in retirement benefits intended for a man she allegedly secretly buried after he died in her care in the mid-1990s.
U.S. District Magistrate Judge Thomas Coffin ordered 46-year-old Carel June Cody held until her July 24 trial after the U.S. Attorney's Office charged in a Wednesday memo that Cody has been linked to at least three suspicious deaths beyond that of John Arnold, whose checks she allegedly cashed for at least 16 years.
registerguard.com
May 24, 2012
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Beaten toddler released from hospital, placed in foster care
A Medford toddler who was allegedly beaten and sexually abused by his stepfather has been released from a Portland hospital and placed in foster care.
The 18-month-old boy is walking, talking and smiling, but still has medical issues from his injuries, investigators said. He was released from Legacy Emanuel Medical Center on March 20.
mailtribune.com
March 23, 2012
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