WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf is resigning his post. Wolf is the third cabinet-level official to resign in the wake of the U.S. Capitol riots. In a letter to his staff, Wolf said in ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – Child abuse reports in Oregon have decreased since the start of the shutdown in March. The Oregon Department of Human Services, DHS, says while child abuse calls have decreased during the global pandemic, that doesn’t mean it ...
MEDFORD, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Human Services is designating an oversight team to gather illness prevention reviews at all nursing, assisted living and residential care communities across the state. According to DHS, the specialized reviews will focus on ...
MEDFORD, Ore. — A new Oregon Department of Human Services report details a full account of what led to the death of a Medford two-year-old in August. NBC5 first reported about Aiden Salcido when police in Montana found his body ...
SALEM, Ore. – The private health information of over 350,000 Oregonians may have been compromised in an apparent phishing incident. The Oregon Department of Human Services said they became aware of the breach on January 28, 2018. According to state ...
Klamath Falls, Ore. – There are currently about 300 kids in foster care in Klamath County, and there’s a strong need for more foster parents. Child welfare workers in Klamath Falls are taking on a somewhat unusual effort to recruit ...
SALEM, Ore. – A new legal settlement between the State of Oregon and CASA, or Court Appointed Special Advocates Incorporated, will keep many foster kids from being put up in hotels. In 2016, CASA Inc. filed a suit against the ...
GRANTS PASS, Ore. – A suspicious briefcase led to the evacuation of a state agency building in Grants Pass. Law enforcement became aware of the situation at the Department of Human Services office on NW Hawthorne Avenue Monday evening. According ...
SALEM, Ore. – Oregon Governor Kate Brown announced her plan to increase staffing for the child welfare division of the Oregon Department of Human Services. The proposal comes after an unfavorable audit of the agency by Oregon Secretary of State ...
Redmond, Ore. (KTVZ/CNN Newsource) – When it comes to being a good parent, should a low IQ factor in? Redmond mom Amy Fabbrini said, “They’re thinking that because we have this disability, that we can’t safely parent our child.” Fabbrini ...