Lincoln County - 16 year old - 12/01/25

• Required to engage with a counselor; "if it wasn’t for that, I would not be where I’m at today"

• "So receiving the care in the juvenile justice system was a lot of help because I was so lost until they had so much opportunities and the openings that they lend me to become the person I am now."

• "From all the help that I have gotten, I don’t think there’s anything that didn’t work for me."

Linn County - 18 year old - 12/01/25

• Oak Creek Correctional Facility

  • Enjoyed having access to church service

• Juvenile Probation

  • Had a great relationship with Probation Officer Lily Richardson

    • She was “very chill” and “wasn’t really hard on me”

    • Great at communicating with guardians

• Workcrew

  • Had a great relationship with Work Crew Program Officer Idahna Freitag 

    • She was “really understanding” and “didn’t hold anything over my head”

    • Had lived experience, shared her story which was very helpful

    • Visited youth when placed at Oak Creek

    • Provided youth new shoes

    • Permitted youth to socialize amongst each other as long as work continued to occur

Linn County - 17 year old - 11/13/25

• "It kinda helped me a lot on how to stay to myself and avoid problems that dont have anything to do with you"

Linn County - 16 year old - 11/13/25

• Benefited from Juvenile Detention in Albany - "they made it feel like home" ; "it felt like a very safe place"

• Benefited from "help from Obria and youth for Christ"

• "I don’t think there was anything bad about it"

Linn County - 20 year old - 07/03/25

• Didn’t like it at first with PO, ended up being helpful

• “I wouldn’t be clean if it wasn’t for my PO”

• PO was “hard” on them, which ended up being helpful but isn’t for everyone

• Was relieved when no longer being mandated to have a PO, but the structure was helpful and they stay-in-contact to this day

• PO’s that are strict, while also support with a “kind, helping hand”

• PO provided youth $200 Gift Card to Ross for clothing & other necessities

• Biggest thing for young people is “them feeling comfortable” and the PO “actually trying to help, not just trying to enforce the law”

• Peer Court could have a lot of potential

  • Needs to be completely & discernably separate from regular court, cannot feel like the same thing

Linn County - 18 year old - 12/01/25

• Oak Creek Correctional Facility

  • Very strict

  • Not allowed to look out window, “if they catch you, you get in trouble”

  • Required to look at the ground during transitions

  • Required to respond to staff with “yes sir/ma’am, no sir/ma’am”

  • “It was not helpful at all”

  • Unable to stay connected with trusted peer due to rule prohibiting communication between girls and boys (required to sit at separate tables)

• Work Crew

  • Had harmful relationship with other Work Crew staff

  • Created and pushed power imbalances / struggles

  • Wouldn’t allow any socializing between youth engaged in the work

  • Consistently yelled at youth to get back to work

Linn County - 17 year old - 11/13/25

• "Sitting in a room for almost more than 2 hours"

Linn County - 16 year old - 10/09/25

• Has been “dealing with cops since 4 years old”

• Reports that a police officer told them to “never contact them again” even when the youth’s parents were trying to kick them out or put hands on them (with witnesses). The same statement was reportedly repeated multiple times.

• Feels that police are always accusatory and view them as a negative person

• When asking for time to regulate, officers treated them as if they were “playing the victim”

• Feels targeted due to frequent contact with police, as though officers are “looking for problems”

Linn County - 20 year old - 07/03/25

• Receiving warrants for not checking in with PO regardless of reason for absence & circumstances (not experienced by youth, but observed with youth peers)

• Idea: Upon first time missing visit with PO, mandated tour or one night stay in corrections rather than prolonged stay

• Overly strict PO’s

• Ability to be “real” with PO (telling them what they know they want to hear) as it is risky to be fully authentic

• Didn’t know much about own rights while navigating system, lawyer shared rights but didn’t ensure understanding

• Very little choice going through court process, its either this (what they want you to do) or that (a threat of a punishment)

• Traditional judicial process can cause young people to become disenfranchised, system-wary, and distrustful of the system

• Treatment opportunities shared by system offered no natural supports (going from one new, uncomfy setting of corrections to another new, uncomfy setting of treatment)

• No access to natural supports when opting for treatment upon exiting corrections setting

Lincoln County - 16 year old - 12/01/25

• Felt stressed in attending court

Linn County - 18 year old - 12/01/25

• Juvenile Probation

  • “Really hard to get ahold of”

  • Responses appear to be triaged due to lack of capacity, resulting in delayed communication to youth

Linn County - 16 year old - 10/09/25

• Youth emphasized a need for police training on understanding trauma, stress responses, and mental disorders — and how to respond appropriately

• Lack of understanding from law enforcement about why people have negative associations with police

Linn County - 20 year old - 07/03/25

• Getting connected to a peer support before challenges could have been helpful

  • Court giving pathway to get connected to peer support

  • Pathway being available upon system-entry

• Finding a balance between mandated & optional supports

  • Not providing forced choices (Ex: you can either participate in this treatment, or get locked up)

  • Providing multiple, 3+ opportunities to provide actual choice

• Takeaways

  • Receiving support that is comfortable (has natural supports involved), finding someone that truly cares, and being connected to resources to help is hugely important

    • Peer support would do all 3 of these things

  • Overall the system helped in the long run, "but at what cost?"

Lincoln County - 16 year old - 12/01/25

• Benefitted from tangible "tips and tricks on how to control my anger and how to manage my mental health"

• - Received a case manager "that helped me get my ID helped me get a job and I’m now working at 16 and the happiest I’ve ever been because I am in the mental health system."

Linn County - 18 year old - 12/17/25

• Outpatient Therapy

  • Was helpful when therapist was “real”, “authentic”, “didn’t dehumanize me”, permitted cussing, and related “like a friend”

  • Tactful accountability ; when a therapist, who has a strong relationship with a youth, will “call me out” to take ownership / accountability 

  • When experiencing mental health struggles around ideation, was supportive to not move directly towards hospitalization, to provide frequent communication check-ins

  • Referral system that was school-based (school has the knowledge & connections to refer to school-based & outpatient care)

Linn County - 16 year old - 11/21/25

• "It was very helpful to have someone to talk to and be there for me and I think more kids should have that"

Linn County - 22 year old - 11/20/25

• Access to therapy when needed

• Engaging with the suicide prevention hotline

  • Assisted in supporting in the moment

  • Provided the opportunity for young person to be truly heard

  • Successfully connected young person with follow-up mental health resources

Linn County - 16 year old - 11/13/25

• Access to therapy for "talking about my problems"

Linn County - 17 year old - 11/13/25

• Accessing care from therapist 1x a week

• "It has honestly helped me with communication without yelling along as other things"

Linn County - 16 year old - 11/13/25

• "My mental state got better"

•  "I don’t think there was anything bad bout it"

Linn County - 16 year old - 10/09/25

• Having support from an advocate in persisting on getting connected to services

Linn County - 15 year old - 06/16/25

• Strong connection to current therapist as well as first therapist

• “My therapist has helped me with all of that stuff” (regarding “What Didn’t Work” in Education)

• “When someone in that field talks to me like I’m any other teenager, I feel like less of an outsider"

Linn County - 14 year old - 05/09/25

• Having a real, authentic, genuine connection with a therapist that could relate to the experiences

• Learning about tangible strategies to navigate derealization & dissociation

Benton County - 17 year old - 04/10/25

• Freedom to take walks while in residential mental health care

• Always a safe space to go when needed

• Having multiple levels of care that coincided with privileges

• Had an initial Zoom meeting when entering new program, providing a walk through and introductions to staff

Lincoln County - 16 year old - 12/01/25

• Desired "more teen groups or more things for teens to get out the house"

Linn County - 18 year old - 12/17/25

• Involuntary Psychiatric Hospitalization

  • Involuntary Psychiatric Hospitalization

  • “They made me feel more crazy”

  • Youth consent was not gained prior to hospitalization (due to perceived suicidal ideation from providers, reported & falsified by guardian)

    • Idea: Would be better to talk to youth first prior to engaging in hospitalization due to reporting from others (Ex: detailed screener for suicide with youth)

    • Process included police showing up, handcuffing youth, mechanically restrained while enroute to hospital, required to strip all clothing to be provided new attire

  • Provided no choices while in setting other than meals

  • Safety Room (room youth was placed in during hospitalization) was “stale”, “made me feel more crazy”, only had white walls with no color, only metal & hard plastic, and a tiny window that couldn’t be seen out of due to height

  • Due to lack of activities / stimulation (Ex: couldn’t have cell phone), youth “counted all the screws in the room” and engaged in self-harming behaviors

  • No toothbrush or other hygiene products provided in 3 days

• Outpatient Therapy

  • Driving with therapists that haven’t built strong relationship (“made me uncomfortable”)

  • Was unhelpful when providers were reserved in their communication and weren’t “real” or “authentic” ; “treated me fragile like I’m glass”

• Grief Counseling

  • No response to referral from youth & family (over a year since it was submitted), provided by local funeral home

Linn County - 16 year old - 11/21/25

• Inability to request a new therapist when desired ; "one time they gave me a horrible therapist and I had to lie my way out of that but now I have a better one"

Linn County - 22 year old - 11/20/25

• - Feeling the need to “hit rock bottom” before being engaged to participate in preventative care

Linn County - 16 year old - 11/13/25

• Access to therapists compatible with youth

Linn County - 17 year old - 11/13/25

• Sitting in silence

• Being required to talk about certain topics and not respecting requests to change topics ; "i dont like to talk about certain topics and they don’t know how to just change the topic"

Linn County - 16 year old - 10/09/25

• Trilium

  • Delay in getting connected created barriers to timely access (took 1-2 months of near daily advocacy by advocate to hear any follow-up)

Linn County - 20 year old - 07/03/25

• Substance Use Supports

  • Focus less on drugs / substances, more focused on bettering oneself & healing

Linn County - 17 year old - 06/16/25

• Cycled through therapists, most just asked questions & stared, no genuine care or connection shown

• Need providers to ask if youth wants to meet independently or with family (only comfortable to talk when independent, left providers due to option to meet 1:1 was not provided"

Linn County - 14 year old - 05/09/25

• Having inauthentic, artificial connections with therapists that kept saying the same things

Benton County - 17 year old - 04/10/25

• Feeling “out of the loop” regarding own mental health care / feeling like professionals were “walking on eggshells” when discussing treatment

• Feeling scared while witnessing physically aggressive & unsafe behaviors by peers also receiving mental health care

Linn County - 16 year old - 11/21/25

• Need for more experienced therapists

Linn County - 22 year old - 11/20/25

• Societal perception and stigma around men connecting to mental health services

• Societal perception and stigma around men struggling with mental health challenges

Linn County - 16 year old - 11/13/25

• Inability to gauge match compatibility with therapists beforehand

Linn County - 17 year old - 11/13/25

• Barrier in comfortability to access care ; "I was scared to ask for help until a couple months ago after 3 years"

Linn County - 16 year old - 11/13/25

• Family involvement in mental health care

Linn County - 16 year old - 10/09/25

• Trillium

  • Lack of immediate access or communication despite strong follow-up efforts

Linn County - 20 year old - 07/03/25

• More inpatient recovery spaces in the region (had to go to a different state to receive care, which wasn’t even recovery-oriented) for ages under 18 years old

Benton County - 17 year old - 04/10/25

• Desired more authentic, honest, “real” communications with mental health staff

• Finding a therapist on private insurance

Lincoln County - 16 year old - 12/01/25

• Benefited from family support while engaged in the education system

• Noted some appreciation for online school; "I feel better doing this then dealing with the stressful situations that come with being in school."

Linn County - 18 year old - 12/01/25

• Elementary school counselor helped youth overcome the fear of men

• Empowered youth voice in Special Education service delivery - “I always had input on my IEP”

• Had a great relationship with Mr. Marte at Beaumont Middle School

  • “He was super chill”

  • Created a sense of belonging

• “Ralston High School is the best thing to ever happen to me honestly”

Linn County - 16 year old - 11/21/25

• "Ralston academy has helped me so much this year by giving me the help and the support that I needed and I think more kids should get the help they need instead of being put down"

Linn County - 16 year old - 11/13/25

• Access to educators compatible with youth

Linn County - 17 year old - 11/13/25

• Praised all aspects of Ralston High School (alternative education HS in Lebanon) ; "everything it has done a lot i love ralston"

Linn County - 16 year old - 11/13/25

• "They have helped me a lot since 6th grade till now"

Linn County - 16 year old - 10/09/25

• Keely Lane at the Welcome Center (high school) was described as incredibly helpful and supportive across all challenges

  • Met casually; youth shared their situation, and staff offered multiple ways to stay in contact and receive support

  • Demonstrated genuine concern and a desire to help

  • Made it easy to find the necessary paperwork and information to apply for assistance (like getting a birth certificate)

  • Helped the youth understand processes and move forward with goals

Linn County - 17 year old - 06/16/25

• Upheld restraining order

• School Counselor in High School - Ms. Herndon-Dubra (aka Ms. HD)

  • Actually listens, empathizes, & understands

  • Doesn’t treat you like a kid, treats you like an individual

• “There are diamonds in the rough” in regards to Lebanon High School staff

• Helpful having school-based therapist (though restricted to only certain # of sessions)

Linn County - 15 year old - 06/16/25

• While doing homeschooling, had access to a “math counselor” to help “catch-up”

• Consistent parent support in moving through challenges around math support & bullying at school (voice of youth was asked and advocated for)

Linn County - 14 year old - 05/28/25

• Having an option to join an educational community for those that don’t “fit in”

• Having the opportunity for a “fresh start” in moving to a different school & program

• Having alternative transportation available to avoid bullying on larger buses with less supervision

• Having the option to choose what high school to attend

Linn County - 14 year old - 05/09/25

• Open door option to participate in Alternative Education program (wasn’t initially of interest, schools didn’t push, eventually became of interest & was available)

Linn County - 18 year old - 04/30/25

• Standard Public Education System

  • The educators that led with transparency and authenticity were supportive & memorable

• Alternative Education Program

  • Granted the autonomy to move / walk around during class (not forced to stay in their seat at all times)

  • Skilled, transparent, and authentic leadership that actively & collaboratively responds to miscommunications and conflicts whilst respecting the voice of youth and the right to their experience

Linn County - 17 year old - 04/10/25

• Alternative Education High School

  • Providing numerous opportunities (getting a permit, ordering birth certificates, credit recovery support, gaining employment including in-district, showers, washers & dryers, etc.)

  • Voluntarily applied to based on shared opportunity from school counselor

  • Interviewed with principal to build relationships, do a walk-through, see if it was a good fit for the student and school,  and signed a contract for expectations while attending

  • Smaller environment (~50 people in whole school) but not too small

  • Consequences / punishments are collaborative & relational

• Standard Public Education

  • Emphasized relationship with teacher to be the biggest catalyst to attending classes (class subject matter also important, but the teacher-to-student relationship was the highest predictor of attendance)

Lincoln County - 16 year old - 12/01/25

• "I think the main thing that didn’t work was the counselor from the school and the principles and the staff not understanding the students on a real level. I think it was more of them trying to get their job done"

• Felt like available support staff "rushed me out well it felt like it"

• Encountered bullying and "when I stick up for myself I got in trouble"

Linn County - 16 year old - 11/21/25

• Insufficient support at traditional high school ; "they don’t help at all they made me depressed everyday and I hated it"

Linn County - 16 year old - 11/13/25

• Inability to gauge compatibility with educators and make adjustments as necessary

Linn County - 17 year old - 11/13/25

• Encountered group drama that impacted ability to stay at Lebanon High School ; "At the high school(LHS) didn’t work out because all the people are about drama"

• Felt care provided was impersonal ; "they dont really know how to separate people from each other"

Linn County - 16 year old - 10/09/25

• Made an informal grievance to an administrator about a staff member; the admin followed up with that staff in a shared office space (not confidential)

• Received no restitution, despite the admin siding with the youth

• Experienced retaliatory treatment from the staff afterward

• Described the formal grievance process as lengthy and burdensome

• “Teachers look at me like I’m a delinquent” due to being unhoused

Linn County - 17 year old - 06/16/25

• Middle School Counseling

  • When in time of struggle, only reached out once to offer support

  • Did not follow-through with stated follow-up

• Relationship with Teacher > Academic Content

• System for responding to youth grievances

  • Actually having follow-up on concerns (Ex: harassment on the bus, use of slurs directed towards marginalized populations)

  • Bias Incident form available to students, have received no follow-up from reports (likely due to privacy, but some follow-up better than none, for example at least receiving a copy of what was submitted)

    • Lack of follow-up likely due to privacy / confidentiality

    • Some follow-up better than nothing, even just knowing that it is being followed up on and by who

      • Suggested School Counselors to facilitate as they know how to support youth on challenging experiences

  • Having options on how to report (online form, talk with a staff, etc. so youth feel heard)

  • Creation of this system could use more resources, but also staff need to try harder

Linn County - 15 year old - 06/16/25

• Support with Math

  • Fell behind in 2nd grade, couldn’t “catch up”

  • Cannot recall any times where school provided additional help

  • Being behind in math, along with having ADHD, was always treated different for it (“teachers were short-tempered with me”)

  • Youth & parents advocated for more math support in high school (upon returning to public school from homeschool), were told by school to not get an IEP as they “take too long” and to get a 504 instead

  • Failed math class twice due to lack of support (accommodations from 504 were not nearly enough help)

  • “I didn’t feel that I belonged”

• Bullied

  • For an entire school year, was bullied by a peer for being trans

  • Student, parents, and teachers reported these incidents, nothing happened to stop the harm until the end of the school year

  • No system present for hearing concerns of youth

  • Parents emailed, no response other than short email apologizing

  • Didn’t feel heard

Linn County - 14 year old - 05/28/25

• Lack of a safe social environment on buses

• Additional staff supervision not helpful

• Needing to “get in trouble” repeatedly to have the option of alternative education

Linn County - 18 year old - 04/30/25

• Standard Public Education System

  • Told by an elementary school counselor “You are a joke”

  • Ineffective “system” to recognize & respond to youth feedback or grievances regarding staff behavior (yet one exists for teachers regarding student behavior)

  • No formalized, documented system that has guaranteed follow-up & reporting built into it (with time constraints as well)

  • No follow-up on conversations / no reported follow-up

  • Systemic Adultism - Students held to the expectations of adults without the same level of respect afforded to adults

Linn County - 17 year old - 04/10/25

• Standard Public Education

  • Did not feel heard or that anyone really cared

  • Too many students, not enough support

  • Lack of staff interest / capacity to be responsive to reports of bullying or request for help

  • Classes subject matter oftentimes did not feel relevant or helpful to learn

Lincoln County - 16 year old - 12/01/25

• Lack of response system for student grievances (provided evidence and "nobody did anything", resulting in student opting for online school

• Lack of academic support for students engaged in online school; "I am now doing online and don’t get a lot of help, but that’s what comes with doing online work"

• "I think there should be more tutors to help kids catch up on work." ; "I myself struggled with catching up and didn't have nobody to help me"

Linn County - 18 year old - 12/01/25

• Missed a lot of primary learning due to transportation barriers

• While attending a school in a high socio-economic area, reported that “everyone was very nice, I guess that comes with them being rich”

• In regards to specialized programs:

  • Insufficient staffing for students enrolled in a specialized program to participate in school lunch with their grade-level peers

  • Embarrassed to be on an IEP, which resulted in targeted bullying (in-school-suspension of bully was ineffective & not helpful)

Linn County - 16 year old - 11/21/25

• Not feeling cared for by educators at traditional high school ; "If the high school had better teacher who cared then it would have been 10 times better and I would have stayed there"

Linn County - 16 year old - 11/13/25

• Finding compatible, relational educators at Lebanon High School

Linn County - 17 year old - 11/13/25

• Combination of feeling lazy ("I was lazy to go to school") and struggling with mental health ("down with my mental health") causing absenteeism from school ("ended up being a drop out basically")

Linn County - 16 year old - 10/09/25

• Grievance processes that discourage reporting due to complexity and length

Linn County - 15 year old - 06/16/25

• Response system for hearing the concerns of students

• System for sharing the rights of students to access the IEP process

Linn County - 14 year old - 05/28/25

• Lack of alternative education options in high school

Linn County - 18 year old - 04/30/25

• Standard Public Education System

  • Singular approach to teaching that isn’t inclusive to other learning styles

  • Sufficient & accessible academic support that is inclusive to other learning style

Linn County - 16 year old - 10/09/25

• Has experience with multiple mandatory reporters (caseworker, school, welcome center, police 2–3 times), which at least shows some system awareness of concerns

Linn County - 17 year old - 06/16/25

• ABC House

  • So incredibly helpful

  • Provided board games, snacks, time with a dog

  • College students who volunteered were incredibly kind & compassionate, and initiated casual conversation before moving into vulnerable conversation on lived experience

  • “I couldn’t have asked for a better experience”

• Justice System

  • Judge & private legal representation incredibly compassionate & empathetic towards experiences

Linn County - 18 year old - 12/01/25

• "CPS fucking sucks”

• Did not provide support / alternative placement for over 4 years despite numerous mandatory reports being made and visible, documented harm being provided to responders by youth and others

  • Harm had to be encountered repeatedly with clear documentation throughout for action to be taken

  • First reported at 9 years old, took until 13 years old for emergency placement

• Solely assessed physical living situation, did not assess social/familial living situation

• Told individual perpetuating the harm who made the report, resulting in retaliatory treatment of youth

• No consistency in response

• They “take the kids that don’t need to be taken, and leave the kids that need to be taken”

Linn County - 16 year old - 10/09/25

• Worked with DHS five or six times; described it as “a rollercoaster”

• Youth keeps being told that because they’re “soon to be 17, almost 18,” the system “won’t do anything for you”

• “I kept getting written off...” and told “...that I’m just an emotional teen”

• Unable to get a permit, ID, job, or other supports due to having legal guardianship status

• Expressed concerns to DHS about being hit and degraded, even showing texts and videos as evidence, but received no response 

• No follow-up from DHS after grievances were shared

• Doesn’t know who their caseworker is; used school district Welcome Center family support staff to help reach out and left multiple voicemails, hasn’t heard back from anyone for over a month

• “People don’t understand that a year is a lot of time.”

Linn County - 14 year old - 04/30/25

• Lack of transparency regarding what situations warrant what actions from the state (each situation is nuanced, and, help paint a picture of the potential responses or actions)

• Inadequate methods for evoking honest responses while investigating reports (how can someone safely report what is happening if they were threatened or warned with an escalation of behavior if they are honest)

• Caseworker not being briefed on the case history of a youth before responding to a report (to understand if this is the first report, or one of many)

Linn County - 18 year old - 12/01/25

• Ineffective, prolonged, and harmful response system to mandatory reports made by / substantiated by youth

Linn County - 16 year old - 10/09/25

• Youth feels unheard and disregarded by DHS, even after presenting concrete evidence

• Lack of caseworker communication and follow-up

• Guardianship status limits ability to access identification and employment

• Youth feels written off due to age and emotional expression

• Concern for younger sibling still in the home, with no visible DHS response

Linn County - 14 year old - 04/30/25

• Not provided a means to contact caseworker when needed (how to contact when no phone is available)

Linn County - 16 year old - 11/13/25

• Access to services at local hospital

Linn County - 17 year old - 06/16/25

• Dr. Frothingham (pediatrician) at Mid-Valley Children’s Clinic

  • “He knows how to treat you like a kid, not in a demeaning way”

  • Used strategic sharing that was super helpful & supportive

  • Highly skilled in working with youth

  • Will connect with resources, and assist in accessibility (offered to make appointment)

  • “Goes above and beyond to make sure I’m safe and getting the resources I need"

Linn County - 18 year old - 12/17/25

• Paperwork jargon-heavy and difficult to understand

• Need more specificity & clarity on surgical procedures provided to youth (to give informed consent)

Linn County - 18 year old - 12/17/25

• Lack of providers in local area due to youth aging out of care from pediatrician (told to access care in different areas when no available transportation to do so exists)

Linn County - 22 year old - 04/09/25

• Adult Foster Home was available to meet emergent housing needs

• DD services was responsive to young person’s grievances (though was gradual, inconsistent positive changes)

Linn County - 22 year old - 04/09/25

• Living Conditions / Quality of Life

  • Guaranteed a queen / full bed mattress (as current one was defective & unsafe), did not receive

  • Community engagement limited to 2 hours, once a week, with a maximum of 2 locations

  • Inconsistent ability to access staff support in a 24-hour staffed home

  • Retaliatory action, including repeated unsuccessful eviction attempts & defamatory communications about young person spread tangibly to staff members

• Dietary Accommodations

  • Consistently encountered pushback when requesting accommodations to meet dietary needs as a result of diagnosed condition

  • Limited-to-no access to quality, fresh food

  • Provided menu not reflective of available food

  • Retaliatory actions taken when dietary accommodations were provided

• Financial Transparency

  • No current method to track the use of monthly financial allocation from DD services in addition to rent charged by home

  • Concern of financial allocations going towards businesses owned by facilitators of the adult foster home

  • Charged late fees on rent overdue by 2 days

• Grievance Procedure

  • Grievances needed to form a pattern in order for support to be provided

Linn County - 22 year old - 04/09/25

• Difficulty moving furniture in transition to adult foster home

• Access to Care

  • Lack of staffing resulting in inability to engage in mental health care

  • Access to SNAP benefits are limited / reduced when residing in that setting, though funding intended to meet the needs that SNAP meets isn’t transparent and young person doesn’t have full or partial autonomy on the use of those funds

• Insufficient staff training in understanding needs, navigating conflict, & providing accommodations (requirements in addition to how to provide accommodations)

• Home staff having personal relationships / conflict of interests with one another

• Lack of policy / lack of enforcement of policy on minimum voltage / electrical output per young persons’ rooms

• Lack of sufficient means to document grievances (Ex: cameras in common areas)

• Proactive communication on the rights of young people in that setting (from DD services)

• Legal representation for young people receiving DD services"