Ashley Gardner knows all too well what it feels like to know someone has your back in trying times. She lived it.

A volunteer group advocating for children in foster care is facing a budget deficit after Congress cut community project ...

CASA programs in Oregon, Yamhill County’s included, will face difficult decisions due to a loss of $1.7 million in federal funding. In the continuing resolution ...

Theresa Collins and Jonathan Leverton grew up in foster care, facing different challenges but sharing the same desire — to be ...

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