Oregon Department of Human Services

The Oregon Department of Human Services is reminding students that they might qualify for SNAP benefits.

It comes after a patient with dementia and Parkinson’s disease went missing from the facility and was found dead three days later.

Officials are asking for public help to locate a missing 16-year-old from Eugene.

State officials are asking for public help to find a 16-year old boy who went missing from Eugene on February 3.

The latest court ruling comes nearly one year after the state settled a class-action lawsuit promising to lower rates of abuse,

Fariborz Pakseresht has overseen the agency, one of Oregon’s largest, for the past eight years.

The Oregon Department of Human Services is offering free emergency kits and power stations for older adults and qualified people with physical disabilities.

The Oregon Department of Human Services has opened an investigation into its former spokesman, after OPB reporting revealed allegations that he sexually abused students as a teacher in the 1980s.

A sweeping class-action lawsuit — where the state of Oregon spent upwards of $18 million taxpayer dollars defending a child welfare system known for well-documented systemic failures — entered a new chapter on Thursday.

Oregon has been under scrutiny for years for placing kids in temporary lodging

The report suggests ODHS officials run background checks on providers before they are placed in homes to watch over vulnerable children.

The settlement stipulates Disability Rights Oregon and the state will agree upon a “neutral,” an expert to oversee the foster care system and work with the individual to improve the child-welfare system, primarily by reducing the rate of mistreatment and improving the quality of placements.