Children left in unsafe homes by Oregon social workers nearly half the time, report says [View all]
An alarming report arrived at an Oregon child protective services office in February 2016. A mother was hallucinating. She was getting a gun.
Two months passed before a social worker checked in on her kids, a new review showed.
Oregon's child welfare system leaves children in danger because workers routinely miss or ignore threats to kids' safety, according to an internal state report made public Monday.
The Oregon Department of Human Services reviewed a random sample of 101 case decisions, after the death of a foster child last year raised questions about agency decision-making. The teen died after a medical condition went untreated.
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