Policy Briefs

Affordable Child Care in Oregon

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Keep it Simple: Cover More Eligible Kids and Keep them Covered

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SCHIP Funding Reauthorization

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Strategies for Improving Children’s Access to Health Care

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Strategies for Improving the Child Welfare System

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Strategies for Fighting Child Poverty in Oregon

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County Data Sheets

Find out how kids are doing in your community.

Know a current or former foster youth between the ages of 15 and 25?

The Oregon Foster Youth Connection ensures young people with personal experience in foster care have a voice in reforming the system.

The group uses best-practices research to educate lawmakers, administrators and the community about the issues facing foster youth.

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Children First is a proud member of the following national organizations

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