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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services › Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services › Section 418.645 - Appeal from decision of department.

Any person affected by any decision or order of the Department of Human Services made pursuant to ORS 418.625 to 418.645 may appeal therefrom to the Court of Appeals as provided in ORS 183.480 for the review of orders in contested cases. [Formerly 419.410; 1969 c.597 §256; 1971 c.401 §47; 1973 c.612 §18]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services › Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services › Section 418.647 - Foster care payments.

(1) With respect to any period for which federal funds are made available to this state in aid of a state-administered program of aid to any child defined in and meeting the requirements of this section, the Department of Human Services may provide foster care payments in behalf of a child in the foster home of any individual or in a child-caring agency who:
(a) Is a needy child meeting the requirements of ORS 412.001 (3)(b)(A) or (B) who has been deprived of parental support or care by reason of the continued absence from the home, the physical or mental incapacity or the unemployment or underemployment of a parent or parents;
(b) Would meet the requirements of ORS 412.006 except for the removal of the child from the home of a caretaker relative as a result of a judicial determination to the effect that continuation therein would be contrary to the welfare of such child;
(c) Has been accepted for placement and care by the department;
(d) Has been placed in a foster home or child-caring agency as a result of such determination; and
(e) Received aid in or for the month in which court proceedings leading to such determination were initiated, or would have received such aid in or for such month if application had been made therefor, or in the case of a child who had been living with a caretaker relative as defined in ORS 412.001 within six months prior to the month in which such proceedings were initiated, would have received such aid in or for such month if in such month the child had been living with and removed from the home of such a relative and application had been made therefor.
(2) As used in this section:
(a) "Child-caring agency" has the meaning given that term in ORS 418.205.
(b) "Foster home" means a foster home that is certified by this state or that has been approved, by the agency of this state responsible for the certification of foster homes, as meeting the standards established for such certification. [Formerly 418.070; 2016 c.106 §28]
Note:
418.647 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 418 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services › Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services › Section 418.648 - Rights of foster parents.

A foster parent has the right to:
(1) Be treated with dignity, respect and trust as a member of a team, including respect for the family values and routines of the foster parent.
(2) Be included as a valued member of a team that provides care and planning for a foster child placed in the home of the foster parent.
(3) Receive support services, as resources permit, from the Department of Human Services that are designed to assist in the care of the foster child placed in the home of the foster parent.
(4) Be informed of any condition that relates solely to a foster child placed in the home of the foster parent that may jeopardize the health or safety of the foster parent or other members of the home or alter the manner in which foster care should be provided to the foster child. The information shall include complete access to written reports, psychological evaluations and diagnoses that relate solely to a foster child placed in the home of the foster parent provided that confidential information given to a foster parent must be kept confidential by the foster parent, except as necessary to promote or to protect the health and welfare of the foster child and the community.
(5) Have input into a permanency plan for a foster child placed in the home of the foster parent.
(6) Receive assistance from the department in dealing with family loss and separation when the foster child leaves the home of the foster parent.
(7) Be informed of all policies and procedures of the department that relate to the role of the foster parent.
(8) Be informed of how to receive services and to have access to department personnel or service providers 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
(9) Initiate an inactive referral status for a reasonable period of time, not to exceed 12 months, to allow a foster parent relief from caring for foster children.
(10) Not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.
(11) Be notified of the foster parent’s right to limited participation in proceedings in the juvenile court and provided with an explanation of that right. [2005 c.676 §1; 2007 c.100 §24; 2021 c.367 §21]
Note:
418.648 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was 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.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services › Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services › Section 418.650 - Policy; purpose.

(1) The Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon finds and declares that:
(a) It is the policy of the State of Oregon to maintain a strong economy in order to provide its citizens a stable and plentiful job market, and to conserve and protect its natural resources, scenic beauty, historical and cultural sites and other community facilities;
(b) The development and maintenance of a healthy economy for Oregon depends substantially upon a strong work ethic among Oregon’s disadvantaged and at-risk young adults;
(c) Many public lands and environmental resources, including parks, rangelands, forests, wildlife habitats, fisheries, soils and waters are and will continue to be subject to resource production demand and public uses;
(d) In order to instill and preserve superior work attitudes among Oregon’s disadvantaged and at-risk young adults and to maintain, protect and conserve the valuable resources of the State of Oregon, programs need to be implemented which will assure continued economic productivity and scenic beauty, as well as the public health, safety and social benefit;
(e) To these ends, conservation work programs may prove successful and cost-effective both in providing jobs for disadvantaged and at-risk young adults and in assisting land preservation and management agencies to conserve and protect natural and urban facilities; and
(f) As a result of such employment opportunities, benefits will redound to the state’s environmental maintenance and productivity, the state’s economy and to the disadvantaged and at-risk youth participants who benefit from the exposure to and respect for the work ethic in the context of safeguarding and improving the environmental resources of the state.
(2) The general purposes of ORS 418.650 to 418.663 are:
(a) To establish a disadvantaged and at-risk youth work program in order to perform conservation work of public value in the most cost-effective manner;
(b) To utilize such a program as a means of needed assistance to protect, conserve, rehabilitate and improve the natural, historical and cultural resources of the state; and
(c) To utilize such a program to increase educational, training and employment opportunities for disadvantaged and at-risk youth for the purpose of improving work skills, instilling a work ethic and increasing employability. [1987 c.326 §§1,2; 1991 c.581 §1; 2019 c.384 §1]
Note:
418.650 to 418.663 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.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services › Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services › Section 418.653 - Oregon Youth Corps.

Subject to the availability of funds, there is created within the Oregon Youth Employment Program established under ORS 660.353 an Oregon Youth Corps that shall provide emergency services, public conservation, rehabilitation and improvement programs. The corps shall be headed by a program director, and shall be administered through the Higher Education Coordinating Commission. The program director shall operate the corps in consultation with the Oregon Youth Works Advisory Board created under ORS 660.320. [1987 c.326 §3; 1989 c.786 §6; 1991 c.581 §2; 1993 c.676 §43; 1999 c.71 §1; 2001 c.259 §2; 2015 c.366 §89; 2019 c.209 §1; 2021 c.674 §2; 2023 c.556 §2]
Note:
See note under 418.650.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services › Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services › Section 418.657 - Duties of program director; participant eligibility; rules; staff.

(1) In consultation with the Oregon Youth Works Advisory Board created under ORS 660.320 and the executive director of the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, or the designee of the executive director, the program director of the Oregon Youth Corps shall:
(a) Establish eligibility criteria for participants. Such criteria shall not render the program ineligible for federal funds. Participants shall be lawful permanent residents of this state.
(b) Establish criteria in order to make the required determination that enrollment in the corps was not the reason that an individual ceased attendance at a secondary school.
(c) Assume that application of the eligibility and participation criteria results in enrollment of at least 75 percent disadvantaged and at-risk youth among the total number of participants.
(2) The program director, in consultation with the executive director, or the designee of the executive director, may take the following actions, including but not limited to:
(a) Applying for and accepting grants or contributions of funds from any public or private source;
(b) Making agreements or entering into contracts or other agreements with any local, state or federal agency, or with any private or public organization or tribal government, to utilize, pay for or support any service, material or property of any such entity, where such agreements are considered reasonable and necessary; and
(c) Purchasing, contracting or making payment for necessary services, awards, equipment, materials and property where such are needed to carry out the projects approved for and undertaken by the corps.
(3) The commission may adopt all necessary rules to carry out the purposes and objectives of the program and to regulate the standards of conduct and other operating guidelines for corps members and other personnel.
(4) Corps members are exempt from:
(a) State Personnel Relations Law; and
(b) ORS 279C.800 to 279C.870. [1987 c.326 §§5,6; 1989 c.786 §7; 1991 c.581 §3; 1993 c.676 §44; 1999 c.71 §2; 2003 c.43 §1; 2003 c.794 §278a; 2013 c.747 §161; 2015 c.366 §90; 2019 c.209 §2; 2021 c.100 §14; 2023 c.556 §3]
Note:
See note under 418.650.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services › Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services › Section 418.660 - Projects; consistency with public land law.

(1) The programs established under ORS 418.650 to 418.663 may include, but shall not be limited to, projects such as:
(a) Rangeland conservation, rehabilitation and improvement;
(b) Endangered species and other wildlife habitat conservation, rehabilitation and improvement;
(c) Urban revitalization;
(d) Historical and cultural site preservation and maintenance;
(e) Recreational area development, maintenance, improvement and beautification;
(f) Road and trail maintenance and improvement;
(g) Soil conservation work, including erosion control;
(h) Flood, drought and storm damage assistance and relief;
(i) Stream, lake, waterfront harbor and port improvement and pollution control;
(j) Fish culture and habitat maintenance and improvement;
(k) Insect, disease, rodent and other pestilence control;
(L) Improvement of abandoned railroad land and right of way;
(m) Land reclamation and improvement, including strip-mined lands, public landscape work and tree planting programs;
(n) Energy conservation projects including assistance in the performance of energy efficiency audits, weatherization and renewable resource enhancement;
(o) Emergency assistance in times of natural or other disaster;
(p) Recycling projects; and
(q) Garden, greenhouse and farming programs.
(2) In consultation with the Oregon Youth Works Advisory Board created under ORS 660.320 and the executive director of the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, or the designee of the executive director, the program director of the Oregon Youth Corps shall ensure that projects selected under ORS 418.650 to 418.663 shall be consistent with all other provisions of applicable state and federal law relating to the management, oversight and administration of affected public lands. [1987 c.326 §§7,8; 1989 c.786 §8; 1991 c.581 §5; 1993 c.676 §46; 1999 c.71 §4; 2003 c.43 §3; 2015 c.366 §92; 2019 c.209 §4; 2023 c.556 §5]
Note:
See note under 418.650.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services › Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services › Section 418.663 - Employment goals.

(1) Projects selected under ORS 418.650 to 418.663 shall:
(a) Result in an increase in employment opportunities for disadvantaged and at-risk youth over those opportunities which would otherwise be available;
(b) Not result in the displacement of currently employed workers, including partial displacement such as reduction in the hours of nonovertime work or wages or employment benefits;
(c) Not impair existing contracts for services or result in the substitution of state for other funds in connection with work that would otherwise be performed;
(d) Not substitute jobs assisted under ORS 418.650 to 418.663 for existing federally assisted jobs;
(e) Not employ any person when any other person is on layoff by an employer from the same or any substantially equivalent job in the same area; and
(f) Not be used to employ any person to fill a job opening created by the act of an employer in laying off or terminating employment of any regular employee, otherwise reducing the regular workforce not supported under ORS 418.650 to 418.663, in anticipation of filling the vacancy so created by hiring a person to be supported under ORS 418.650 to 418.663.
(2) Where a labor organization represents employees who are engaged in similar work or a workers’ cooperative is engaged in work in the same area to that proposed to be performed under the program for which an application is being developed, the organization or cooperative shall be notified and shall be afforded a reasonable period of time prior to the submission of the application in which to make comments to the applicant and to the program director of the Oregon Youth Corps. [1987 c.326 §9; 1991 c.581 §6; 1999 c.71 §5; 2019 c.209 §8]
Note:
See note under 418.650.
A. R. BURBANK TRUST FUND
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services › Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services › Section 418.675 - Powers and duties of trustees of A. R. Burbank Trust Fund.

The Governor, Secretary of State and State Treasurer constitute the Board of Trustees of the A. R. Burbank Trust Fund and may receive or reject on behalf of the state all moneys and property, real and personal, given, devised or bequeathed to the State of Oregon in trust for the use and benefit of an orphans’ home located at Salem or Portland; make, on behalf of the state, all deeds of conveyance conveying real property owned by the state as trustee; receive and satisfy mortgages in that behalf and execute all other contracts or instruments necessary to be executed on behalf of the state for the above-named purposes. Such board of trustees shall have full control and management of said trust funds and may loan and invest the same on good securities, in the same manner that funds of the Common School Fund are loaned. The same laws governing the school fund shall apply to loans made from this fund as far as practicable. All lawful expenses necessarily incurred in loaning said money or in the management of said fund may be paid out of the interest. No part of the principal shall ever be used toward the support of such home. [Formerly 419.452]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services › Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services › Section 418.680 - Annual report of trustees.

On October 1 of each year the Board of Trustees of the A. R. Burbank Trust Fund shall make and file with the Secretary of State a full report of the condition of the trust fund, showing the amount thereof, moneys outstanding and any other data necessary to a full understanding of its condition. [Formerly 419.454; 1975 c.605 §20]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services › Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services › Section 418.688 - Policy.

The Legislative Assembly recognizes that it is in the public interest to provide employment for young people within the existing administrative and financial capabilities of the Department of Transportation, the State Fish and Wildlife Commission, the State Forestry Department, the State Parks and Recreation Department and the Department of State Lands. [1989 c.904 §64 amending 418.687 treated as reenactment of 418.687 repealed by 1989 c.786 §13]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services › Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services › Section 418.691 - Definitions for ORS 418.691 to 418.701.

As used in ORS 418.691 to 418.701:
(1) "Subject individual" means any person who is or will be directly involved with the coaching or supervision of children participating in an organized youth sports activity.
(2) "Youth sports activity" does not include any activity operated by a school district or public charter school.
(3) "Youth sports provider" means any person, organization or agency that operates in Oregon and is directly involved with children participating in an organized youth sports activity. [2001 c.550 §1]
Note:
418.691 to 418.701 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.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services › Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services › Section 418.696 - Youth sports providers encouraged to perform certain activities related to qualifications of coaches or supervisors.

Every youth sports provider is encouraged to:
(1) Create and adopt a list of crimes that disqualify a subject individual from coaching or supervising a youth sports activity for the youth sports provider if the subject individual has been convicted of the crime or has been convicted of a substantially equivalent crime in another jurisdiction;
(2) Complete a criminal records check on subject individuals who coach or supervise a youth sports activity for the youth sports provider; and
(3) Require all subject individuals who coach or supervise a youth sports activity to complete a sports education program. [2001 c.550 §2]
Note:
See note under 418.691.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services › Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services › Section 418.699 - Additional duties or liabilities not imposed on youth sports providers.

Nothing in ORS 418.691 to 418.701 imposes any additional duty or liability on any youth sports provider by reason of the youth sports provider not performing a duty that is encouraged by ORS 418.696. [2001 c.550 §4]
Note:
See note under 418.691.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services › Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services › Section 418.701 - Youth sports providers authorized to request criminal background checks from Department of State Police.

(1) Upon the request of a youth sports provider, and in compliance with procedures adopted by the Department of State Police under ORS 181A.230, the Department of State Police shall furnish to the authorized staff of the youth sports provider such information on a subject individual as the Department of State Police may have in its possession, including but not limited to manual or computerized criminal offender information. With the approval of the Department of State Police, a local law enforcement agency may furnish the information described in this subsection to a youth sports provider.
(2)(a) Subsequent to furnishing the information required under subsection (1) of this section, the Department of State Police shall conduct nationwide criminal records checks of the subject individual through the Federal Bureau of Investigation by use of the subject individual’s fingerprints and shall report the results to the staff of the youth sports provider, who must be specifically authorized to receive the information. In accordance with the procedures of the Department of State Police, a local law enforcement agency may conduct the criminal records check described in this paragraph if the local law enforcement agency has received approval under subsection (1) of this section.
(b) The Department of State Police or a local law enforcement agency may not transfer the fingerprint card used to conduct a criminal records check unless the public agency or person receiving the fingerprint card agrees to destroy the fingerprint card or return the fingerprint card to the Department of State Police or local law enforcement agency.
(c) If a public agency or person returns a fingerprint card to the Department of State Police or local law enforcement agency, the Department of State Police or local law enforcement agency shall destroy the fingerprint card or return the fingerprint card to the subject individual. The Department of State Police or local law enforcement agency may not keep a record of the fingerprints. [2001 c.550 §3; 2011 c.547 §43]
Note:
See note under 418.691.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services › Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services › Section 418.702 - Training and continuing education for mandatory reporters; notice to persons required to report child abuse.

(1) The Department of Human Services shall implement a training and continuing education curriculum for persons other than law enforcement officers required by law to investigate allegations of child abuse. The curriculum shall address the areas of training and education necessary to facilitate the skills necessary to investigate reports of child abuse and shall include but not be limited to:
(a) Assessment of risk to the child;
(b) Dynamics of child abuse, child sexual abuse and rape of children; and
(c) Legally sound and age appropriate interview and investigatory techniques.
(2) The Oregon State Bar and each board that licenses, certifies or registers public and private officials required to report child abuse under ORS 419B.010 shall identify those persons regulated by the board who in their official capacity have regular and on-going contact with children and shall notify those persons every two years of their duty to report child abuse. Such notice shall contain what the person is required to report and where such report shall be made and also advise of the symptoms to look for and provide a contact number for further information.
(3) The department shall develop content of the notice for such a mailing. The cost of distribution shall be paid by the board.
(4) The department shall develop and make available, at cost, training materials that may be used at training conferences and other similar events involving such public and private officials, as defined in ORS 419B.005. [Formerly 418.749]
Note:
418.702 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was 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.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services › Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services › Section 418.706 - State Technical Assistance Team for child fatalities; duties.

The State Technical Assistance Team for child fatalities is established in the Oregon Health Authority. The purpose of the State Technical Assistance Team is to provide staff support for the statewide interdisciplinary team, as described in ORS 418.748, and, upon request, to provide technical assistance to the child fatality review teams established under ORS 418.785. The duties of the State Technical Assistance Team shall include but are not limited to:
(1) Designing, implementing and maintaining an information management system for child fatalities;
(2) Providing training, technical assistance and support for identified individuals on county child abuse multidisciplinary teams in accurate data collection and input;
(3) Compiling and analyzing data on child fatalities;
(4) Using data concerning child deaths to identify strategies for the prevention of child fatalities and serving as a resource center to promote the use of the strategies at the county level; and
(5) Upon request of a county child abuse multidisciplinary team, providing technical assistance and consultation services on a variety of issues related to child fatalities including interagency agreements, team building, case review and prevention strategies. [Formerly 418.753; 2009 c.595 §363b; 2019 c.141 §15]
Note:
418.706 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was 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.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services › Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services › Section 418.712 - Definitions for ORS 418.714 and 418.718.

As used in ORS 418.714 and 418.718, "domestic violence fatality" means a fatality in which:
(1) The deceased was the victim of a homicide committed by a current or former spouse, fiance, fiancee or dating partner;
(2) The deceased was the victim of a suicide and there is evidence that the suicide is related to previous domestic violence;
(3) The deceased was the perpetrator of the homicide of a current or former spouse, fiance, fiancee or dating partner and the perpetrator also died in the course of the domestic violence incident;
(4) The deceased was a child who died in the course of a domestic violence incident in which either a parent of the child or the perpetrator also died;
(5) The deceased was a current or former spouse, fiance, fiancee or dating partner of the current or former spouse, fiance, fiancee or dating partner of the perpetrator; or
(6) The deceased was a person 18 years of age or older not otherwise described in this section and was the victim of a homicide related to domestic violence. [2005 c.547 §1]
Note:
418.712 to 418.718 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.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services › Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services › Section 418.718 - Statewide team.

(1) The Department of Human Services may form a statewide interdisciplinary team to meet twice a year to review domestic violence fatality cases, identify domestic violence trends, make recommendations and take actions involving statewide issues.
(2) The statewide interdisciplinary team may recommend specific cases to a local multidisciplinary domestic violence fatality review team for review under ORS 418.714.
(3) The statewide interdisciplinary team shall provide recommendations to local fatality review teams in the development of protocols. The recommendations must be designed to facilitate communication among organizations and agencies involved in domestic violence fatality cases so that incidents of domestic violence and fatalities related to domestic violence are identified and prevented. The recommendations must include procedures relevant for both urban and rural counties. [2005 c.547 §3]
Note:
See note under 418.712.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services › Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services › Section 418.726 - Youth Suicide Intervention and Prevention Advisory Committee.

(1) There is created a Youth Suicide Intervention and Prevention Advisory Committee to advise the Oregon Health Authority on the development and administration of strategies to address suicide intervention and prevention for children and youth 5 through 24 years of age. The Director of the Oregon Health Authority shall appoint members of the advisory committee and members shall serve at the pleasure of the director. The authority shall provide staffing for the advisory committee.
(2) The director shall ensure that advisory committee membership reflects the cultural, linguistic, geographic and economic diversity of this state. The members of the advisory committee must include, but need not be limited to:
(a) Individuals who have survived suicide attempts;
(b) Individuals who have lost friends or family members to suicide;
(c) Individuals who have not attained 21 years of age;
(d) Representatives of state agencies, including but not limited to the Department of Human Services, the Oregon Health Authority and the Department of Education, who provide services to individuals who have not attained 21 years of age;
(e) Representatives of Oregon Indian tribes;
(f) Representatives of colleges and universities;
(g) Medical and behavioral treatment providers;
(h) Representatives of hospitals and health systems;
(i) Representatives of coordinated care organizations and private insurers;
(j) Suicide prevention specialists; and
(k) Representatives of members of the military and their families.
(3) Members of the advisory committee other than members employed in full-time public service may be compensated for their services and may be reimbursed by the authority for the member’s actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the member’s duties. Members of the advisory committee who are employed in full-time public service may be reimbursed by the member’s employing agency for the member’s actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the member’s duties. Reimbursements under this subsection are subject to the provisions of ORS 292.210 to 292.288.
(4) The advisory committee shall meet no less than once every three months.
(5) The advisory committee may recommend potential members for appointment to the advisory committee.
(6) The advisory committee shall consult with the Youth Suicide Intervention and Prevention Coordinator on updates to the Youth Suicide Intervention and Prevention Plan under ORS 418.733. [2019 c.341 §1; 2021 c.80 §1]
Note:
418.726 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was 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.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services › Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services › Section 418.733 - Updates to Youth Suicide Intervention and Prevention Plan; content.

The Youth Suicide Intervention and Prevention Coordinator, in consultation with the Youth Suicide Intervention and Prevention Advisory Committee established in ORS 418.726, shall update the Youth Suicide Intervention and Prevention Plan under ORS 418.731 a minimum of once every five years. Updates must include, but are not limited to:
(1) An assessment of current access to mental health intervention, treatment and support for depressed or suicidal youth, including affordability, timeliness, cultural appropriateness and availability of qualified providers;
(2) Recommendations to improve access to appropriate mental health intervention, treatment and support for depressed or suicidal youth, including affordability, timeliness, cultural appropriateness and availability of qualified providers;
(3) Recommendations for best practices to identify and intervene with youth who are depressed, suicidal or at risk for infliction of self-injury;
(4) Recommendations for collaboration among schools, school-based health clinics and coordinated care organizations for school-based screening for depression and risk of suicide or infliction of self-injury among middle school and high school students;
(5) Recommendations related to the use of social media and the Internet to provide opportunities for intervention and prevention of youth suicide and self-inflicted injury;
(6) Recommendations regarding services and strategies to respond to schools and communities following a completed youth suicide;
(7) Identification of intervention and prevention strategies used by other states with the five lowest rates of youth suicide and self-inflicted injuries; and
(8) A comparison of Oregon’s youth suicide and self-inflicted injury rates with those of other states. [2014 c.99 §2; 2019 c.341 §3]
Note:
418.733 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was 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.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services › Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services › Section 418.748 - Statewide team on child abuse and suicide.

(1) The Oregon Health Authority, in collaboration with the Department of Human Services, shall form a statewide interdisciplinary team to meet twice a year to review child fatality cases where child abuse or suicide is suspected, identify trends, make recommendations and take actions involving statewide issues.
(2) The statewide interdisciplinary team may recommend specific cases to a child fatality review team for its review under ORS 418.785.
(3) The statewide interdisciplinary team shall provide recommendations to child fatality review teams in the development of protocols. The recommendations shall address investigation, training, case selection and fatality review of child deaths, including but not limited to child abuse and youth suicide cases. [1989 c.998 §5; 1991 c.451 §4; 1997 c.714 §2; 2005 c.562 §7; 2013 c.14 §8]
Note:
See note under 418.746.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services › Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services › Section 418.751 - Training and education for persons investigating child abuse.

(1) The Department of Human Services, as provided in ORS 418.702, and the Department of Justice shall ensure that training and education are provided for persons, other than law enforcement officers, who are required to investigate allegations of child abuse.
(2)(a) The Department of Human Services shall provide trauma-informed training for employees within the department who are responsible for licensing, certifying or otherwise authorizing child-caring agencies and foster homes and for employees who investigate such agencies and homes. The training provided under this subsection must include the following:
(A) Interview models and practices that are informed by policy, research and practice guidelines, with an emphasis on avoiding retraumatization by interview;
(B) Recognizing characteristic signs and symptoms of child traumatic stress in children of different developmental ages and cultural backgrounds;
(C) The impact of trauma on a child’s safety, permanency and well-being;
(D) Using and administering trauma-informed assessment tools, instruments and practice strategies;
(E) Collection of information on a child’s trauma history;
(F) Techniques that promote children’s recovery and resiliency; and
(G) Methods for improving placement stability by reducing the number of placements, shortening length of stays in care and reducing the number of placement moves.
(b) Subject to the availability of funds, the Director of Human Services may extend trauma-informed training to other persons in the child welfare system including caseworkers, foster parents, parents, medical examiners and educators.
(3) The Department of Human Services shall work to develop a written set of guidelines for trauma-informed practices for department employees who work with programs for children that can be shared with other entities, including but not limited to the Oregon Health Authority, the Oregon Youth Authority and the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training.
(4) The Department of Human Services and the Department of Justice shall work with the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training to ensure that the training that is offered to persons under subsection (1) of this section and ORS 418.702 is coordinated with the training given to law enforcement officers. [1993 c.637 §§6,12; 2001 c.624 §5; 2005 c.562 §8; 2012 c.37 §57; 2017 c.498 §1]
Note:
See note under 418.746.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services › Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services › Section 418.780 - Purpose.

(1) The Legislative Assembly recognizes that:
(a) Protection of the child is of primary importance.
(b) A serious need exists for a coordinated multidisciplinary approach to the prevention and investigation of child abuse, for intervention and for the treatment of children who are victims of child abuse in a manner that is sensitive to the needs of children. No child in this state should be denied access to a child abuse assessment because of an inability to pay. The cost of not assessing and treating abused children with the aid of specially trained personnel is too high.
(2) The purpose of ORS 418.746 to 418.796 is to establish and maintain:
(a) Sufficient county child abuse multidisciplinary teams to conduct timely investigations of allegations of child abuse and provide comprehensive services to victims of child abuse through coordinated child abuse multidisciplinary intervention plans.
(b) Sufficient children’s advocacy centers and regional children’s advocacy centers in Oregon to ensure that every child referred to a center for concerns of neglect or abuse receives a skilled, complete and forensically sound child abuse assessment.
(c) Sufficient coordination, expertise and support to provide training and technical assistance to county child abuse multidisciplinary teams. [1991 c.898 §1; 1993 c.33 §331; 1997 c.872 §32; 2001 c.624 §6; 2005 c.562 §4; 2019 c.141 §2]
Note:
See note under 418.746.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services › Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services › Section 418.782 - Definitions for ORS 418.746 to 418.796.

As used in ORS 418.746 to 418.796:
(1) "Child abuse" means "abuse" as defined by ORS 419B.005.
(2) "Child abuse assessment" means services provided by a children’s advocacy center for the purpose of determining whether or not a child has been abused and identifying the appropriate treatment or referral for follow-up for the child. "Child abuse assessment" may include one or more of the following:
(a) A medical assessment;
(b) A forensic interview;
(c) Care coordination; or
(d) Family support.
(3) "Children’s advocacy center" means a facility that meets the facility standards described in ORS 418.788, to which a child from the community may be referred to receive a thorough child abuse assessment for the purpose of determining whether the child has been abused or neglected, and that facilitates a coordinated, comprehensive and multidisciplinary response to cases of child abuse.
(4) "Forensic interview" means an interview that is conducted by an individual who has completed training described in ORS 418.788 for the purpose of preserving a child’s statements and that is conducted in a manner that is legally sound, age appropriate, of a neutral, fact-finding nature and coordinated to avoid duplicative interviewing.
(5) "Medical assessment" means the taking of a child’s thorough medical history and a complete physical examination of the child, for the purpose of making a medical diagnosis, by or under the direction of an individual trained in the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of child abuse who is a licensed physician, physician assistant or nurse practitioner.
(6) "Regional children’s advocacy center" means a facility operated by a children’s advocacy center that meets the facility standards described in ORS 418.788 and is selected by the Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Program to provide training and complex case assistance.
(7) "Training and complex case assistance" includes one or more of the following:
(a) Consultation;
(b) Education;
(c) Referral;
(d) Technical assistance; and
(e) If authorized by the Department of Justice, other services as needed. [1991 c.898 §2; 1993 c.546 §105; 1993 c.622 §8; 1997 c.872 §33; 1997 c.873 §32; 2005 c.562 §10; 2019 c.141 §1]
Note:
See note under 418.746.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services › Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services › Section 418.783 - Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Program.

(1) The Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Program is established in the Department of Justice. The purpose of the program is to:
(a) Establish and maintain a coordinated multidisciplinary community-based system for responding to allegations of child abuse that is sensitive to the needs of children;
(b) Ensure the safety and health of children who are victims of child abuse to the greatest extent possible; and
(c) Administer the grant programs established under ORS 418.746 and 418.786.
(2) The Attorney General or the Attorney General’s designee is the administrator of the Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Program and of the Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Account established in ORS 418.746. [2005 c.562 §2]
Note:
See note under 418.746.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services › Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services › Section 418.784 - Advisory Council on Child Abuse Assessment; membership; officers; meetings; quorum.

(1) There is created the Advisory Council on Child Abuse Assessment, consisting of at least nine members appointed by the Attorney General. The Attorney General shall serve as an ex officio member of the council. The council shall direct the administrator of the Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Program on the administration of funds to establish and maintain children’s advocacy centers or regional children’s advocacy centers under ORS 418.746 to 418.796.
(2) Of the members appointed to the council:
(a) One member shall be an employee of the Department of Human Services with duties related to child protective services;
(b) One member shall be a physician licensed to practice medicine in Oregon who specializes in children and families;
(c) One member shall be a person having experience dealing with child abuse;
(d) One member shall be a district attorney or the designee of a district attorney;
(e) One member shall be an employee of a law enforcement agency, in addition to the member who is a district attorney or the designee of a district attorney;
(f) One member shall be from an operating regional children’s advocacy center; and
(g) At least three members shall be citizens with appropriate interest in advocating for the medical interest of abused children.
(3) Members of the council who are not state employees:
(a) Are not entitled to compensation; and
(b) Are entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary travel expenses incurred by them in the performance of their official duties as members of the council if there are sufficient funds available in the Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Account established in ORS 418.746.
(4) Members of the council who are state employees carrying out their state employment functions are entitled to compensation and reimbursement by their employing agencies for actual and necessary travel and other expenses incurred by them in the performance of their official duties as members of the council.
(5) The council shall elect one of its members to serve as chairperson, for such terms and with such duties and powers as the council determines.
(6) The council shall meet at least four times per year at a place, day and hour determined by the council.
(7) A majority of the members of the council constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business. [1991 c.898 §3; 1993 c.33 §332; 1997 c.872 §34; 1999 c.59 §115; 2001 c.624 §7; 2003 c.354 §3; 2005 c.562 §25; 2019 c.141 §18]
Note:
See note under 418.746.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services › Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services › Section 418.785 - Child fatality review teams.

(1) Each county child abuse multidisciplinary team shall establish a child fatality review team to conduct child fatality reviews. The purpose of the review process is to help prevent severe and fatal child abuse and neglect by:
(a) Identifying local and state issues related to preventable child fatalities; and
(b) Promoting implementation of recommendations at the county level.
(2) In establishing the review process and carrying out reviews, the child fatality review team shall be assisted by the county medical examiner or local health officer as well as other professionals who are specially trained in areas relevant to the purpose of the team.
(3) The categories of fatalities reviewed by the child fatality review team include:
(a) Child fatalities in which child abuse or neglect may have occurred at any time prior to death or may have been a factor in the fatality;
(b) Any category established by the county child abuse multidisciplinary team;
(c) All child fatalities where the child is less than 18 years of age and there is an autopsy performed by the medical examiner; and
(d) Any specific cases recommended for local review by the statewide interdisciplinary team established under ORS 418.748.
(4) A child fatality review team shall develop a written protocol for review of child fatalities. The protocol shall be designed to facilitate communication and the exchange of information between persons who perform autopsies and those professionals and agencies concerned with the prevention, investigation and treatment of child abuse and neglect.
(5) Within the guidelines, and in a format, established by the statewide interdisciplinary team established under ORS 418.748, the child fatality review team shall provide the statewide interdisciplinary team with information regarding the categories of child fatalities described under subsection (3) of this section.
(6) Upon the conclusion of a criminal case involving a child fatality, or upon the conclusion of a direct appeal if one is taken, the district attorney may submit a letter to the Governor and the Director of Human Services outlining recommendations for the systemic improvement of child abuse investigations. [2005 c.562 §20; 2007 c.674 §8; 2015 c.736 §64; 2019 c.141 §19]
Note:
See note under 418.746.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services › Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services › Section 418.786 - Grant program.

To accomplish the purpose described in ORS 418.780, with the assistance of the Advisory Council on Child Abuse Assessment, the administrator of the Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Program shall develop and administer a grant program to establish and maintain children’s advocacy centers and regional children’s advocacy centers, to support training and technical assistance efforts for county child abuse multidisciplinary teams and children’s advocacy centers and to provide coordination and support for the work of regional children’s advocacy centers. [1991 c.898 §4; 1993 c.33 §333; 1997 c.872 §35; 2001 c.624 §8; 2005 c.562 §11; 2019 c.141 §3]
Note:
See note under 418.746.