From the Oregonian, July 1, 2012 The United States Department of Justice is warning Oregon to help people with intellectual or physical disabilities find jobs in the community or the federal government will go to court and force the state to do it. Following a nine-month investigation, the Justice Department sent a 20-page letter to […]
From the Oregonian, April 2 2009 More than one year ago, child welfare officials pledged better oversight of the psychiatric drugs given to one in five foster children, but an internal state audit shows that isn’t happening. The audit, dated December 2008, found medication logs missing from child welfare files and almost none of the […]
From the Oregonian – Sunday, November 25, 2007 – no link available. An Albany foster mother recalls a 5-year-old boy medicated so heavily that he lived in an endless cycle of sleeping, rising for a meal, taking his pills and collapsing back into bed. A Salem nurse who volunteered at a camp for Northwest foster […]
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