Chapter 189 Oregon Laws 2001

AN ACT

HB 2491

Relating to community-based foster care demonstration projects; amending ORS 417.747; and declaring an emergency.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

SECTION 1. ORS 417.747 is amended to read:

417.747. (1) Notwithstanding ORS 409.190, [beginning on August 18, 1993, the department and the state commission] the State Office for Services to Children and Families, in consultation with local commissions on children and families, may [agree to establish pilot programs in counties that are capable of handling the program to administer foster care programs under the department’s jurisdiction. The pilot program must be accepted by the board of county commissioners in the local coordinated comprehensive plan.] establish community-based foster care demonstration projects. The purposes of the demonstration projects are to:

(a) Promote strategies that keep abused and neglected children in their familiar surroundings and neighborhood schools;

(b) Recruit community volunteers to serve as foster parents for abused and neglected children who live in the community;

(c) Identify barriers to recruiting community foster parents and recommend strategies to address those identified barriers; and

(d) Create a community-based system of support for foster children and community foster parents.

(2) [The pilot program] A demonstration project shall be subject to federal requirements and the restrictions agreed upon between the [department] office and the county where the [pilot program] demonstration project is located.

SECTION 2. This 2001 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2001 Act takes effect on its passage.

Approved by the Governor May 24, 2001

Filed in the office of Secretary of State May 24, 2001

Effective date May 24, 2001

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