The rabbit hole on Oregon DHS and absolutely atrocious shit going on in what passes for the foster care system goes so much deeper than this. Trust me when I say that the shit that goes on - enabled by Oregon’s sclerotic and corrupt political power structure - is truly fucking unbelievable. Start digging, and you quickly find it just keeps going and going and going.

State Sen. Sara Gelser has been a leader on these issues. Search “sara gelser oregon dhs” and you’ll be off to the races.

Here are a couple starter URLs:

https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/PublicTestimonyDocument/205887

https://www.opb.org/article/2024/09/12/child-welfare-civil-lawsuit-work-begins-improve-children-lives-oregon/