Letter from the Board
Fall 2021
Dear Friends,
In 2020, we began partnering with ODHS with the shared goal of helping Oregon's children and youth safely exit foster care through family reunification, guardianship or adoption. We are developing ODHS-community partnerships to stabilize Child Welfare-involved families and bring children home, sooner. The need for community involvement is even more pronounced in the wake of the COVID pandemic which has hit vulnerable families hardest.
ODHS prioritized 3 primary barriers to child-family reunification in Marion County: housing stability, child safety and transportation. Robust collaboration between ODHS and community partners is essential to address these issues, CP3 serves as the bridge to help identify and develop solutions and to cultivate collaboration with community partners.
While the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted our work, we have forged ahead, including expanding the CP3-ODHS partnership into Douglas County. In this update, we share our progress towards addressing each of these barriers.
In appreciation,
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