This year alone, approximately 500 abused and neglected children in Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson counties spent time in foster care. Many of them have gone, or will go through, multiple foster placements before the courts determine their final destination. Without a loving parent or family member to speak up for their best interests, their lives […]
Foster Care
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Help for the Helpers
Foster care nonprofit gets a new home
Over the last three years, Action Through Advocacy has been operating out of the homes of its volunteer organizers and more recently from a storage unit. The foster care support nonprofit recently rented an office space and its founder, Heidi Myers, says that now it will be easier to help foster parents get items they […]

