Former Oregon foster youth sent out of state worries about bill to revive that practice

Former Oregon foster youth sent out of state worries about bill to revive that practice

Kaylee has been through a lot since she was sent to a locked youth treatment center in St. George, Utah, six years ago.But she can still remember the feeling she had during the emergency child welfare hearing when the judge approved a plan to send her to a facility out of state: panic. “Oh, I lost my mind,” she said in a recent interview with OPB. “I started crying right there.” Kaylee was part of a group of kids placed in Oregon’s foster care s…