Oregon families that fall on hard times get far less cash assistance today than they did decades ago. Children in
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Life will get even harder for thousands of Oregon’s poorest children if lawmakers fail to fill the state's revenue gap.
Poor children don’t have a megaphone. They can’t create a dark money-funded group to pay for TV ads that attack
Life would become even harder for thousands of Oregon’s poorest children if lawmakers fail to fill a budget gap.
Last year, 21,000 school children in Oregon experienced homelessness. The same fate befell another 1,900 pre-school kids.
Oregon families that fall on hard times get far less cash assistance today than they did decades ago. Children in
Some of Oregon’s poorest families with children are slated to be among the first victims of state budget cuts, should
Preventing social problems before they arise is a smart thing to do. Certainly, taking steps that prevent child abuse and
Oregon has one of the nation’s highest use of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps,
Every year, it gets harder for struggling working families to get temporary assistance from Oregon’s primary anti-poverty program for families
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