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After threat of sale, Hillsborough foster home celebrates reprieve, new start
Supporters and donors who raised $3 million to buy and restore Joshua House mark the reopening of a campus that has served about 3,000 children.
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Gerard Duignan, 51, of Odessa, right, and Josie Rahn, 29, of Tampa look at a mural painted in one of the rooms of a renovated cottage on the Joshua House campus Friday, May 21, 2021 in Lutz. The 11-acre campus in Lutz was closed last year after owner Children s Home Society of Florida planned to sell the campus. But supporters and donors raised more than $3 million to buy and restore the home. [ CHRIS URSO | Times ]
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Home » Foster Care » Washington lawmakers look to keep families together as part of foster care reform
Poverty, disability, homelessness wouldn’t qualify as sole reason to take kids away
With tears in her eyes, Karen Osborne recalled the day in 2014 when police showed up to take away her 6-week-old daughter. Osborne hadn’t been accused of abuse nor neglect. Instead, social workers were concerned about Osborne’s “mental capacity.” They had already removed seven of Osborne’s previous children and made plans to remove her new baby before she was even born.
Social workers and a doctor who examined the baby didn’t find any evidence that the child was maltreated, according to case notes obtained by Disability Rights Washington. Rather than actual observations of Osborne’s parenting skills, state officials deemed her unfit to parent based on IQ tests. They moved to terminate her parental rights 18 months after removing the child, before Osborne had even completed parent
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Oregon DHS reports lowest number of children in foster care in 15 years
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About 6,100 are in foster care, down 11% from previous year
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) Despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and historic wildfires, the Oregon Department of Human Services Child Welfare Division said Wednesday it was able to reduce the use of foster care to a historic low, return all children placed at out-of-state residential treatment facilities to Oregon and reduce the use of temporary lodging.
On Jan. 1, there were 6,118 children in foster care, the lowest number of children in care in 15 years.
“We all know that infants, children, adolescents and young adults do best growing up in a family that can provide love, support, lifelong learning, shared values and important memories,” said Child Welfare Director Rebecca Jones Gaston. “That is why we are committed to doing everything we can to provide the necessary supports to help families safely stay together and decrease the u
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