MotherInterrupted 2003 Oregon Child Welfare¹ Report 2004 CAF budget report (partial)
Number of children taken into state custody	4,938²
Oregon tax dollars spent on "Children's Services"	$282,274,887
Federal matching dollars for Oregon child welfare services	$171,003,976
Number of state workers employed in child welfare	1,986
Oregon tax dollars spent on state salaries for "Children's Services", ie DHS caseworkers. Includes:	$69,116,667
Ramona Foley, head of “Children’s Services”	$112,000.00
Rob Abrams, “Community Relations” director	$72,000.00
Amounts paid to foster parents, per month
0-5 years old	$378
6-12 years old	$393
13-18 years old	$485
For every child adopted out (instead of returned home to their parents) the State pays out to their adoptive resources in tax dollars:
Per child (non Title IV)	$4,000.00
Bonus per “special needs”³-Title IV- child	$2,000.00
Adoption bonus for increase in number of adoptions	*waiting for total as of 4/04
Oregon tax dollars spent on compelled psychological services for child welfare	*waiting for total as of 4/04
Fee paid to state-contracted psychologist for two hour psych eval (estimate based on information from MPD family law staff)	$600.00

If you think DHS, SOSCF, CAF—or whatever they’re calling themselves today “saves” children or “helps” families, please visit www.motherinterrupted.us for a different look.
Please note an impressive 709 decrease in number of children taken from their parents in 2003, as compared to 2002.
The state claims many children have “special needs” and must be removed from their parents’ care, when in fact, the trauma of kidnapping creates the “special need”. This is why many call it the Child Abuse Industry.

These figures were provided by financial deputy for DHS, Michael Serice, on April 16, 2004.