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Residential facility ombudsman warns staff shortfalls as monitored homes rise 75% since 2013
Summary
Leslie Sutton, Oregon's residential facility ombudsman, told the Senate Human Services Committee that the number of licensed homes in her purview has grown from about 1,800 to 3,219 since 2013 while staff numbers in her office have not increased, creating capacity challenges for oversight and advocacy.
Leslie Sutton, Oregon’s residential facility ombudsman, told the Senate Committee on Human Services on Jan. 21 that her office faces growing workload and staffing pressures as the number of residential settings for people with developmental disabilities and mental-health needs has risen sharply since 2013.
Sutton said the residential facility ombudsman covers adult mental-health residential facilities, adult developmental-disability foster homes, 24-hour group homes, and, in some cases, child foster homes through the developmental-disability…
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