The Oregon Department of Human Services offers online training to distinguish child abuse from cultural parenting differences ...

The longtime director of the Oregon agency tasked with caring for the state’s most vulnerable residents will retire this fall. Gov. Tina Kotek announced Thursday that she’ll appoint Liesl Wendt, ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture ended Oregon’s SNAP work-rule waivers in November. Because of this, Oregon began applying ...

The United States Department of Agriculture has ended Oregon’s SNAP work-rule waivers. As of Dec. 1, these rules will apply ...

Chayton is a child in foster care who went missing from Portland on Oct. 2, and is believed to be in danger, the department ...

Roughly 37,000 Oregonians who rely on food assistance are now required to meet certain work requirements in order to receive ...

Oregon’s head of human services said the state is conducting an audit of its child welfare contracting process and considering an external review in response to issues highlighted by OPB last fall.

On Friday, the Oregon Department of Human Services said it's issuing SNAP benefits on its "normal monthly schedule" in ...

In this OPB file photo, the Oregon Department of Human Services building is pictured in Salem. In May, the state settled a five-year class action lawsuit that sought changes to the child welfare ...

Oregon sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday over more than $11 billion in cuts of public health grants allocated during the pandemic, ...

SANDY, Ore. (KATU) — Gov. Tina Kotek has called for an audit of the state Department of Human Services following a slew of issues at the Mt. Hood Senior Living Facility (MHSL) in Sandy, Oregon. A ...

When Jen’s teenage daughter decided to file a lawsuit against the Oregon Department of Human Services for not protecting her from sexual abuse, Jen’s biggest concern was for the girl’s recovery. Jen ...