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Family testimony spotlights out‑of‑state placement barrier; committee eyes narrow statutory fix
Summary
Relatives of a 9‑year‑old in Oregon foster care testified that licensing and inter‑state procedure blocked their ability to bring him home from an out‑of‑state therapeutic placement. The committee pressed ODHS for background and discussed a targeted amendment to ORS 418.321 to allow narrow exceptions.
Jerry Joslin and his wife, Elizabeth Spainhower Joslin, told the Senate Committee on Human Services they completed therapeutic foster licensure in North Carolina but were subsequently told their grandson could not be placed with them because of licensure and placement rules. They said the child has had multiple placements and has regressed while in a therapeutic center. "We just want to take him out," Elizabeth Joslin said, describing alarms on the child's bed and a…
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