Child advocates sued Oregon’s governor and other top officials in federal court on April 16 claiming children in the state’s foster care program were being denied proper care by a system that has long been “overwhelmed, under-resourced and ineffective.”
The 77-page lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Eugene on behalf of 10 young people in Oregon’s foster care system by two child advocacy groups and a national law firm. The plaintiffs seek class-action status to represent all children in the program.
