MotherInterrupted 2004 Oregon Child Welfare¹ Report
Number of children taken into state custody	5,515
Oregon tax dollars spent on "Children's Services"	$284,942,086
Federal matching dollars for Oregon child welfare services	$69,018,877.00
Number of state workers employed in child welfare²	2,042
Oregon tax dollars spent on state salaries for "Children's Services", ie DHS caseworkers. Includes:	$78,608,832 (represents an average range of $2,790 to $3,875)
Ramona Foley, head of “Children’s Services”
Rob Abrams, “Community Relations” director
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)	*still awaiting figure from Serice as of 6/15/05
Bonus per “special needs”³-Title IV- child	*still awaiting figure from Serice as of 6/15/05
Adoption bonus for increase in number of adoptions	0
Oregon tax dollars spent on compelled psychological services for child welfare	*still awaiting figure from Serice as of 6/15/05
Fee paid to state-contracted psychologist for two hour psych eval (estimate based on information from MPD family law staff)	still awaiting figure from Serice as of 6/15/05 (in 2003, the amount was $800.00)

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 increase from 2003 in the number of CAF workers and tax dollars paid to salaries. The state claims it doesn't have enough money to fund our children's schools, but somehow has found enough tax dollars to hire some 50 additional child snatchers.
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 February 1, 2005.

As of March 9, 2006, I have still not received 2005 financial data from Mr. Serice. Susan Detlefsen