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Every Child Curry: Curry County foster homes at capacity; respite providers paid $90 per day
Summary
Every Child Curry and Oregon Department of Human Services staff said Curry County’s resource homes are at capacity, forcing some children to leave the community and separating siblings. The group is recruiting resource and certified respite providers; Oregon DHS pays respite providers $90 per child per day.
Every Child Curry and Oregon Department of Human Services staff said the coastal county lacks enough foster ("resource") homes, forcing some children who enter care to leave Curry County and often separating siblings.
"If a child comes into care in Curry County right now, they won't be able to stay in their community. They'll have to leave. And if siblings come into care, they'll likely be separated, and that's the hard truth," said Bonnie L., a child-welfare staffer who works with resource-family recruitment and retention for Curry and neighboring counties.
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