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OR Rev Stat § 418.475 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services|Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services|Section 418.475 - Independent residence facilities; extent and nature of agreement between person and department.

(1) Within the limit of moneys appropriated therefor, the Department of Human Services may establish, license, certify or authorize independent residence facilities for unmarried persons who: (a) Are at least 16 years of age and not older than 20 years of age; (b) Have been placed in at least one substitute care resource; (c) Have been determined by the department to possess the skills and level of responsibility required for the transition to adulthood; (d) Have received permission from the appropriate juvenile court, if they are wards of the court; and (e) Have been determined by the department to be suitable for an independent living program. (2) Independent residence facilities shall provide independent housing arrangements with counseling services and minimal supervision available from at least one counselor. (3) Each resident shall be required to maintain a department approved independent living plan consisting of education, employment or volunteer activities, or a combination thereof, and shall be required to pay a portion or all of the resident’s housing expenses and other support costs. The department may approve an exception to the requirements of this subsection for reasons of temporary loss of employment or of other financial support. (4) The department may make payment grants directly to persons enrolled in an independent living program who, at a minimum, meet the requirements described in subsection (1)(a) to (c) of this section for food, shelter, clothing, transportation and incidental expenses. The payment grants shall be subject to an agreement between the person and the department that establishes a budget of expenses. (5) The department may establish cooperative financial management agreements with a person enrolled in an independent living program and for that purpose may enter into joint bank accounts requiring two signatures for withdrawals. The management agreements or joint accounts may not subject the department or any counselor involved to any liability for debts or other responsibilities of the minor. (6) The department shall make periodic reports to the juvenile court as required by the court regarding any ward of the court who is enrolled in an independent living program. (7) The enrollment of a person in an independent living program in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of this section or making payment grants under subsection (4) of this section does not remove or limit in any way the obligation of the parent of the person to pay support as ordered by a court under the provisions of ORS 419B.400. [1973 c.801 §1; 1977 c.717 §17; 1981 c.283 §1; 1993 c.33 §328; 2003 c.14 §223; 2007 c.71 §108; 2016 c.106 §25; 2017 c.30 §1; 2021 c.59 §1; 2021 c.597 §71]
OR Rev Stat § 418.480 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services|Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services|Section 418.480 - "Purchase of care" defined.

As used in ORS 418.480 to 418.500, "purchase of care" includes the purchase of institutional and foster family care and services, adoptive services, services provided by Strengthening, Preserving and Reunifying Families programs under ORS 418.575 to 418.598, services to the unwed mother and her child and such other care and services as the Department of Human Services shall determine to be necessary to carry out the policy stated in ORS 418.485. [1971 c.457 §1; 2001 c.900 §119; 2011 c.568 §9]
OR Rev Stat § 418.485 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services|Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services|Section 418.485 - Policy; annual report.

It is the policy of the State of Oregon to strengthen family life and to ensure the protection of all children either in their own homes or in other appropriate care outside their homes. In affording such protection, the Director of Human Services shall, in cooperation with child-caring agencies and with Strengthening, Preserving and Reunifying Families programs under ORS 418.575 to 418.598, develop a set of short-range and long-range priorities for the development of needed child care and services, such priorities to be periodically reviewed and revised as necessary. Such priorities are to be set out in a form enumerating the number of children in each category of need, the type of child care and services needed, the areas of the state where such care and services are needed, and the projected costs. The State of Oregon hereby commits itself to the purchase of care and services for children who need care and to encourage child-caring agencies and Strengthening, Preserving and Reunifying Families programs under ORS 418.575 to 418.598 to develop programs required to meet the needs of the children of this state, and moneys may be appropriated therefor. In developing programs necessary to meet the needs of the children of this state, the Director of Human Services shall make every attempt feasible to develop local, community and county-based organizations. The Department of Human Services shall document and present an annual report to the committees of the Legislative Assembly that address efforts taken under this section. [1971 c.457 §2; 1975 c.795 §3; 2011 c.568 §10; 2016 c.106 §45]
OR Rev Stat § 418.490 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services|Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services|Section 418.490 - Coordination of state activities.

In carrying out the policies of this state as stated in ORS 418.485, it shall be the responsibility of the Director of Human Services to coordinate the activities of all state agencies that have responsibilities for care of children to insure the best care possible and to avoid duplication of effort or conflict in policy. [1971 c.457 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 418.495 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services|Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services|Section 418.495 - Authority to purchase care; agreement content; payment standards for foster care; rules.

(1) Within the limits of funds available therefor, the Department of Human Services may enter into agreements and contracts with child-caring agencies, Strengthening, Preserving and Reunifying Families programs under ORS 418.575 to 418.598, other appropriate providers of care or services to children and facilities, including youth care centers, for the purchase of care for children who require and are eligible for such care, regardless of whether the child is a ward of the state, whether the department is the child’s guardian or has custody of the child, or whether the child has been released or surrendered to a child-caring agency pursuant to ORS 418.270 or to a Strengthening, Preserving and Reunifying Families program under ORS 418.575 to 418.598 or committed thereto by order of a court under ORS chapter 419B or 419C. The agreement shall prescribe the procedures for payment and the rate of payment and may contain such other conditions as the department and the agency, facility or program may agree. Payment must be made by electronic funds transfer from the department to the payee and may not be made by check. (2) The department shall by rule adopt payment standards for foster care that is provided under ORS 418.625 to 418.645. In establishing standards, the department may take into account the income, resources and maintenance available to and the necessary expenditures of a foster parent who is a relative, as defined by rule, of the child placed in care. [1971 c.457 §4; 1993 c.33 §329; 2007 c.801 §1; 2011 c.568 §11; 2016 c.106 §26]
OR Rev Stat § 418.500 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services|Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services|Section 418.500 - Out-of-state care for children.

Subject to ORS 418.322, if the Department of Human Services determines that need exists for care and treatment of a child who is eligible for such care and treatment that is not available through any public or private agency or facility in this state, it may enter into an agreement with a public or private agency outside this state for the purchase of care for the child. Such agreements shall contain the matter described in ORS 418.321 and 418.495 and shall apply to children described therein. [1971 c.457 §5; 2020 s.s.1 c.19 §§10a,10b]
OR Rev Stat § 418.521 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services|Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services|Section 418.521 - Prohibitions on restraint and involuntary seclusion of children in care.

(1) A child-caring agency, proctor foster home, certified foster home or developmental disabilities residential facility may not place a child in care in a restraint or involuntary seclusion as a form of discipline, punishment or retaliation or for the convenience of staff, contractors or volunteers of the child-caring agency, proctor foster home, certified foster home or developmental disabilities residential facility. (2) Except as provided in ORS 418.523 (4), the use of the following types of restraint of a child in care are prohibited: (a) Chemical restraint. (b) Mechanical restraint. (c) Prone restraint. (d) Supine restraint. (e) Any restraint that includes the nonincidental use of a solid object, including the ground, a wall or the floor, to impede a child in care’s movement. (f) Any restraint that places, or creates a risk of placing, pressure on a child in care’s neck or throat. (g) Any restraint that places, or creates a risk of placing, pressure on a child in care’s mouth. (h) Any restraint that impedes, or creates a risk of impeding, a child in care’s breathing. (i) Any restraint that involves the intentional placement of hands, feet, elbows, knees or any object on a child in care’s neck, throat, genitals or other intimate parts. (j) Any restraint that causes pressure to be placed, or creates a risk of causing pressure to be placed, on a child in care’s stomach, chest, joints, throat or back by a knee, foot or elbow. (k) Any other restraint, the primary purpose of which is to inflict pain. [2021 c.672 §2] Note: See note under 418.519.
OR Rev Stat § 418.532 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services|Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services|Section 418.532 - Notices to children in care.

(1) Each child in care receiving services from a child-caring agency must be provided with information that: (a) Explains the provisions of ORS 418.519 to 418.532; (b) Provides instruction regarding how a child in care may report suspected inappropriate use of restraint or involuntary seclusion; (c) Assures the child in care that the child will not experience retaliation for reporting suspected inappropriate uses of restraint or involuntary seclusion; and (d) Includes the telephone number for the toll-free child abuse hotline described in ORS 417.805 and the telephone numbers and electronic mail addresses for the program’s licensing or certification agency, the child in care’s caseworker and attorney, the child in care’s court appointed special advocate and Disability Rights Oregon. (2) The information described in subsection (1) of this section must be provided by: (a) The Department of Human Services if the department placed the child in care in the child-caring agency; (b) The Oregon Youth Authority if the child in care has been committed to the custody of the authority; or (c) The child-caring agency, as required by the department by rule, for all other children in care. [2021 c.672 §11] Note: See note under 418.519.
OR Rev Stat § 418.575 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services|Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services|Section 418.575 - Definitions for ORS 418.575 to 418.598.

As used in ORS 418.575 to 418.598: (1) "Child" means a child who qualifies for child welfare services provided by the Department of Human Services. (2) "Client-focused functional outcome measures" means objective, observable measures of outcomes for services provided to a child and a child’s family under ORS 418.575 to 418.598, including but not limited to measures relating to permanency. (3) "County partners" means employees or representatives of the Department of Human Services, the county, court appointed special advocates under ORS 419B.112, drug and alcohol treatment providers, mental health providers, providers of affordable housing and other persons or entities that provide services to children and families within a county of this state. (4) "Family" means, at a minimum but not to the exclusion of siblings as defined in ORS 419A.004 or other persons living in the same household with a child, the child and: (a) The child’s parent as defined in ORS 419A.004; (b) The child’s guardian appointed pursuant to ORS chapter 125; or (c) A person who has a caregiver relationship as defined in ORS 419B.116 with the child. (5) "Intensive in-home services" means services that keep a child and family together in the child’s and family’s home with a goal of 24-hour on-call support while the child and the child’s family engage in family strengthening activities and receive appropriate mental health and addiction treatment and other intensive support interventions. (6) "Performance-based contract" means a contract entered into under ORS 418.580 that: (a) Requires a program to demonstrate successful child-driven outcomes when compared to alternative placement options and long-term cost savings; and (b) Bases termination or renewal of the contract on demonstration of the factors described in paragraph (a) of this subsection. (7) "Program" means a Strengthening, Preserving and Reunifying Families program described in ORS 418.580. [2011 c.568 §2; 2012 c.97 §28]
OR Rev Stat § 418.578 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services|Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services|Section 418.578 - Legislative findings.

The Legislative Assembly finds that: (1) There is growing empirical evidence that severe trauma may result when children are removed from their families, and that this trauma may give rise to negative outcomes that last a lifetime, cause intergenerational patterns of addiction, abuse and neglect, and give rise to disrupted and broken families. (2) Improving permanency outcomes for children is best accomplished by providing services that allow children to remain with their families and in their homes when appropriate and safe. (3) Allowing families to remain intact while parents undergo mental health or addiction treatment, take steps to move out of poverty by obtaining employment and housing or receive family strengthening services preserves child-parent bonds with improved outcomes for children and families and positive long-term societal effects. (4) When placement in foster or substitute care outside the home must occur, this can be less traumatic and of shorter duration with the provision of family-focused treatment and services, and the provision of routine family contact and visitation as frequently as is appropriate. After children are returned to the family, they should receive continuing services to ensure safety and stabilization. (5) Children should receive continuing services sufficient to achieve stabilization after returning to the community. (6) A new systemwide model for providing child welfare services should be adopted that provides services and supports that have proved effective in keeping children safely with their parents, that reduces children’s risk of future entry into the criminal justice and child welfare systems, that lowers the risk of intergenerational abuse and that decreases the associated human and economic costs. (7) The efficacy of programs that allow families to remain together or that assist families with reunification has been demonstrated by pilot programs, including one that has operated in Jackson County since 2007 and other national best practice models. (8) Foster care savings that are reinvested can enhance and expand child welfare services. (9) Housing is essential to the safe reduction of the number of children in foster care. Partnerships between affordable housing providers and nonprofit service agencies must be formed where possible. Tenancy requirements and exclusion criteria related to criminal, credit and tenant histories, particularly when associated with substance abuse, must be reevaluated and modified where possible. [2011 c.568 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 418.585 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services|Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services|Section 418.585 - Strengthening, Preserving and Reunifying Families Program Fund.

(1) There is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund, the Strengthening, Preserving and Reunifying Families Program Fund. Interest earned by the Strengthening, Preserving and Reunifying Families Program Fund shall be credited to the fund. The fund consists of: (a) Moneys received by the Department of Human Services under ORS 418.590; (b) Amounts donated to the fund; (c) Amounts appropriated or otherwise transferred to the fund by the Legislative Assembly; (d) Investment earnings received on moneys in the fund; and (e) Other amounts deposited in the fund from any source. (2) Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the Department of Human Services for the purposes of ORS 418.575 to 418.598. (3) Moneys in the fund supplement existing funds used for child welfare services and shall not be used in lieu of these existing funds. Other state agencies and entities shall continue to provide funds and services, including but not limited to housing, alcohol and drug treatment and mental health treatment as required under existing law. (4) Moneys in the fund may be invested and reinvested as provided in ORS 293.701 to 293.857. (5) The department may not expend more than 15 percent of moneys available in the fund for administrative costs and expenses of the department incurred in implementing ORS 418.575 to 418.598. [2011 c.568 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 418.590 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services|Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services|Section 418.590 - Waiver of federal requirements; plan for reinvesting savings and combining resources.

(1) The Department of Human Services shall seek federal approval, renewal of an existing waiver of federal requirements or a new waiver of federal requirements as necessary to access federal savings that have accrued to the state as a result of a reduction in the cost of foster and substitute care for children in the legal custody of the department. (2) The department shall: (a) Create a plan for reinvesting federal savings into the provision of services through Strengthening, Preserving and Reunifying Families programs under ORS 418.575 to 418.598; and (b) Combine state, federal and private resources to support implementation of a statewide system of programs at the local level as provided under ORS 418.575 to 418.598. [2011 c.568 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 418.595 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services|Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services|Section 418.595 - Placement and referral to program to be considered in reasonable or active efforts determination; written explanation.

(1) In considering what constitutes reasonable or active efforts or whether reasonable or active efforts have been made under ORS 419B.185, 419B.337, 419B.340, 419B.470, 419B.476, 419B.498, 419B.645 or 419C.173, the Department of Human Services and the juvenile court shall consider whether placement of a child and referral of a child and the child’s family to a Strengthening, Preserving and Reunifying Families program is or was in the child’s best interests and the action most likely to prevent or eliminate the need for removal of the child from the child’s home or the action most likely to make it possible for the child to safely return home. (2) If the department or juvenile court determines that placement of the child and referral of the child and the child’s family to a program would not prevent or eliminate the need for removal of the child from the child’s home or be the action most likely to make it possible for the child to safely return home, the department shall, in any description or documentation of its reasonable or active efforts, include a written explanation of the reasons why the department did not believe the placement of the child and referral of the child and the child’s family to the program was in the child’s best interests and the course most likely to prevent placement or effect the return of the child to the child’s family. [2011 c.568 §7; 2020 s.s.1 c.14 §55]
OR Rev Stat § 418.598 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services|Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services|Section 418.598 - Rules.

(1) The Department of Human Services shall adopt rules to implement the provisions of ORS 418.575 to 418.598. (2) Rules adopted by the department under subsection (1) of this section may not require reporting and compilation of data that exceed the minimum required for the department to comply with ORS 418.575 to 418.598 and federal laws or regulations. [2011 c.568 §8]
OR Rev Stat § 418.606 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services|Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services|Section 418.606 - Definitions.

As used in ORS 418.606 to 418.608: (1) "Foster child" means a child who is in the legal custody of the Department of Human Services pursuant to the provisions of ORS chapter 418 or 419B and who is placed in substitute care, including but not limited to care with a foster parent or a child-caring agency as defined in ORS 418.205. (2) "Sibling" has the meaning given that term in ORS 419A.004. [2017 c.36 §1] Note: 418.606 to 418.609 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 418 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.