Oregon weighs alternative-response approaches; Restore Hope’s HopeHub pitched as local navigation tool
Oregon staff reviewed past differential-response experiments and current opt‑in pilots funded with about $3 million; Disability Rights Oregon urged caution, and Restore Hope presented HopeHub, a community case‑management system used in Arkansas to coordinate services and track outcomes.
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Kristen Komnihawk, child safety program manager for Oregon Child Welfare, reviewed Oregon's prior differential‑response work (2014–2017), why it paused and ended (2017 statutory requirement for formal dispositional findings), and the current Doris Duke Foundation‑supported "opt in for families" demonstration. She said the opt‑in effort received approximately $3,000,000 in flexible funds over three years to test family‑coaching and community navigation models in Multnomah and District 11 (Klamath and Lake counties).
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