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SALEM, Ore. - Starting May 22, the Oregon Department of Human Services will begin replacing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits for victims of electronic theft who have had benefits stolen from their Electrotonic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards. Electronic theft includes card skimming, card cloning and other similar methods.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Today [2/2/23], the Klamath County District Attorney’s Office announced that 37-year-old Thomas Ortiz received a 32-year prison sentence for raping a child and committing numerous other sex crimes against a child over a period of several years beginning when she was approximately eight years old.
Read MoreKlamath Pride 2022, a free community gathering, is being hosted on July 16th, 2022 at Veterans Park to celebrate community inclusion. This event is family friendly and will have all-ages socializing, activities, booths, community resources and support, music, and performances! Many local volunteers, youth, businesses, and organizations are coming together to help celebrate our LGBTQ+ community and build allyship.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The new Oregon Department of Human Services Klamath Falls trauma-informed building is opening to serve the public in April. This new building at 355 Timbermill Drive in TimberMill Shores, near Lake Ewauna, will house the Aging and People with Disabilities, Child Welfare, Self-Sufficiency and Vocational Rehabilitation programs, as well as several community partners such…
Read MoreSALEM, Ore. - Most Oregonians who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits will receive emergency allotments in February.
Read MoreSALEM, Ore. - Most Oregonians who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits will receive emergency allotments in December. The federal government has approved emergency allotments every month since March 2020. This gives SNAP recipients additional support during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreSALEM, Ore. - Most Oregonians who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits will receive emergency allotments in November. The federal government has approved emergency allotments every month since March 2020. This gives SNAP recipients additional support during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Stakeholders are pleased to announce the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) is extending water deliveries to those with dry domestic wells into March of 2022. The County made the request last week and was notified the request was granted this week.
Read MoreSALEM, Ore. - Most Oregonians who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits will receive emergency allotments in June. The federal government has approved emergency allotments every month since March 2020, to give SNAP recipients additional support during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On March 17, 2021, Klamath County Sheriff’s Office deputies made two arrests on charges of child neglect and criminal mistreatment following an investigation.
Read MoreOregon has been approved to issue Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) emergency allotments for the month of March 2021. These emergency allotments will be available on March 10 for current SNAP recipients and March 30 for new SNAP recipients after March 10
Read MoreThe Oregon Department of Human Services will continue to offer increased food benefits in February 2021, to help Oregonians struggling as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreA waiver approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) allows Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Disaster SNAP recipients in the following 23 counties to purchase hot or prepared foods from authorized SNAP retailers until Nov. 20.
Read MoreSALEM, Ore. - To support Oregon’s working families dealing with the spread of COVID-19, Governor Brown directed the Oregon Department of Human Services and the Early Learning Division to make changes to child care benefits.
Read MoreSALEM, Ore. — The Department of Human Services’ (DHS) Child Welfare Information System, otherwise known as OR-Kids, is generally functional for case management, according to an audit released today by the Secretary of State. However, auditors found that the system hampered caseworkers’ efficiency due to usability issues, which put data quality at risk.
Read MoreThis morning, the Oregon Court of Appeals affirmed LUBA’s denial of Sky Lake’s primary objection to the new DHS Facility to be constructed at TimberMill Shores. The court concluded that:
Read MoreSalem, Ore. – The Oregon Department of Human Services is sending notices by mail to approximately 645,000 clients notifying them that their personal information was compromised during a previously announced January 2019 data breach.
Read MoreChiloquin OR.- Klamath Tribal Government, Administration Staff, and Tribal Social Services, met with members of the Oregon Department of Human Services to discuss the Child Welfare System and the Klamath Tribal children’s over-represented numbers in the state child welfare system.
Read MoreSALEM, Oregon – Children in the care of Oregon’s dysfunctional foster care system have been anything but safe. Under a succession of Democrat administrations, the agency charged with the care of foster children has failed them time and again.
Read MoreSalem, Ore. — Governor Kate Brown today issued an executive order that establishes the Child Welfare Oversight Board to advise her direction to the Department of Human Services (DHS) so it can more effectively address Oregon’s child welfare crisis.
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