Douglas County residents are encouraged to attend to learn more about foster care and the many opportunities available to anyone that would be interested in helping. Nov. 16, 2020, ROSEBURG, OR., The need for foster care in Douglas County is great and continues to grow. With over 400 Douglas County children needing at least…
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ECHO DOUGLAS OFFERS A VOLUNTEER DISCOVERY ZOOM MEETING FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY RESIDENTS
This event is an opportunity for new and current volunteers to learn more about how they can help vulnerable children and families in foster care. Oct. 26, 2020, ROSEBURG, OR., ECHO Douglas (ECHO Douglas a non-profit organization that oversees Every Child Douglas) is looking to build its volunteer organization in Douglas County to help lessen…
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ECHO EVERY CHILD GIVES DOUGLAS COUNTY RESIDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT FOSTER CARE VIA ZOOM
ECHO EVERY CHILD GIVES DOUGLAS COUNTY RESIDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT FOSTER CARE VIA ZOOM ROSEBURG, OR., The need for foster care in Douglas County is ever-growing. With over 400 Douglas County children needing at least one day in foster care and less that 180 certified foster homes to place them in, our…
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EVERY CHILD AND DHS UNITE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY
EVERY CHILD AND DHS UNITE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THE CHILDREN ANDFAMILIES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY ROSEBURG, OR., Right now, over 400 Douglas County Oregon children spent at least one day in foster care, and our community lacks the needed number of foster homes to ensure children are placed with the most strategic family for…
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Every Child Lane County Radio Spot
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Portland woman creates welcome boxes for foster kids
PORTLAND, Ore. -- When you are in need of the kindness of strangers, you would hope for that stranger to be Eve Reddin. In the upstairs bedroom of her North Portland home, she has the makings of 70 welcome boxes destined for children who arrive in the child welfare office, often without anything to call…
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Local woman, involved with foster care, inspired by her foster child
EAGLE POINT, Ore. - An Eagle Point woman's journey with the foster care system began years ago, when she started taking in foster children. Lynette Hasse is involved in Every Child. Her youngest, Brendan, is one of her inspirations for getting more people involved with fostering. The Hasse family welcomed Brendan into their home when…
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There could soon be more ways to help Oregon’s foster children
Oregonians who want to aid foster children but can’t commit as full-time caretakers are getting a message while the state grapples with a deficit of foster parents: You don’t have to become a full-time parent to help. Every Child is an initiative born of Portland-based Embrace Oregon to show people small steps they can take to help foster children. It's expanding into Marion, Polk…
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DHS teaming up with local nonprofit as part of new initiative to help foster kids
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Nonprofit helps DHS find ‘Every Child’ a foster home
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Oregon Department of Human Services has struggled to connect a growing number of foster children with families as its office has dealt with numerous controversies and lawsuits. But a local nonprofit could be on its way to changing how the entire state’s foster system operates by succeeding in areas where DHS has struggled in…
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