Summary: <p>The Jefferson Exchange: February 5, 2014, Hour 1A:</p><div class="card-content"><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> <p>Foster care is meant to keep children safe and healthy, but taking kids away from their parents is tough on everyone involved: children, birth parents, and foster parents. There are advocates available for children, but Oregon is now about to take a further step. That step will be the creation of a<a href="http://oryouthconnection.org/2014/01/23/foster-care-ombudsman/" target="_blank"><strong> Foster Care Ombudsman,</strong></a> to field calls, queries and complaints from foster children and foster parents alike. We talk about the duties of the yet-to-be-hired ombudsman, and how the hiring process will move ahead.</p> <br><p> </p> </div></div></div></div>
