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Don’t Make It Easier to Hurt Kids! Tell Legislators to Oppose HB 3835!!

Oregon’s House Committee on Early Childhood and Human Services is currently considering a bill that will fundamentally gut critical protections of children and teens. If HB 3835 passes, more children and youth will be hurt.

HB 3835 will limit how and when child abuse and neglect are investigated, remove nearly all independent oversight of the Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS), weaken legal protections that keep kids safe, and many more bad things. Illegal seclusion and restraint practices in school will also go uninvestigated—unless a child dies or is permanently disfigured. Finally, under HB 3835 foster youth will be stranded in homeless shelters.

If HB 3835 passes, more children and youth will be hurt. A vote for HB 3835 is a vote to harm our most vulnerable children.

Tell Legislators to protect Oregon kids and Vote “NO!” on HB 3835!

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House Committee on Early Childhood and Human Services, My Legislator, & Legislative Leaders

Subject: Protect Oregon Kids—Vote “NO” on HB 3835!

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I live in Oregon, and I am writing to strongly urge you to oppose HB 3835 currently under consideration by the House Committee on Early Childhood and Human Services. If passed, this dangerous bill will gut critical protections of children and teens, and more kids will be hurt. Stories about child abuse are common in Oregon, and kids need better protection now, not worse. The Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS) is charged with supporting families and children to keep them safe and healthy. But this poorly written bill makes the state more vulnerable by eliminating protections against child abuse. If passed, HB 3835 will limit how and when child abuse and neglect are investigated, remove most independent oversight of DHS—including by juvenile courts—weaken legal protections that keep kids safe, and much, much more. HB 3835 will cause illegal seclusion and restraint practices in schools to go uninvestigated unless a child dies or is permanently disfigured. This bill also allows DHS to leave foster youth in homeless shelters instead of finding them a safe and loving home. Oregon shouldn't treat our most vulnerable children this way. We’ve heard horrific descriptions from youth in Oregon’s foster care system—including traumatic memories of repeatedly being sold for sex. Numerous state-funded providers, like Dynamic Life and Give Us This Day, have been reported to abuse kids. Years of ongoing sexual abuse of teens have gone ignored in Saint Helens schools. Why would Oregon want to stop investigating abuse? Children and teens deserve to be safe, healthy, and loved—and the last thing you should do is take DHS at their word that weakening the law is a good thing. Every kid in Oregon—including thousands in the foster care system, in public schools, individuals held by the Oregon Youth Authority, and youth with developmental disabilities—needs you to Vote “No!” on HB 3835! I urge you to oppose this dangerous bill.

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Don’t Make It Easier to Hurt Kids! Tell Legislators to Oppose HB 3835!!

Tell Legislators to Oppose HB 3835!

Follow 2 Easy Steps:

Add your own personal story about why Oregon kids need better protection from abuse, not worse. Why do you think the House Committee on Early Childhood and Human Services should oppose HB 3835?

Sign the email with your name and what city you live in.

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Don’t Make It Easier to Hurt Kids! Tell Legislators to Oppose HB 3835!!

Tell Legislators to Oppose HB 3835!

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