Complaints air over Oregon's child protection system

In her remarks to the legsislative panel that began Monday, assistant director of the Oregon Department of Human Services Ramona Foley said that while people involved in the state's child protection effort at times feel "overwhelmed", they are searching for ways to improve the program. She noted she has asked a team of national child protection experts to review Oregon's program for assessing abuse complaints.
State caseworkers have seen reports of child abuse and neglect climb by 60 percent in the past decade.