Chemeketa Community College

Challenges Facing Oregon's Children

  1. Collect evidence that the problem exists in Oregon. Identify a need/problem that Oregon’s children face
  2. Why is it a problem for Oregon’s children? Why should the CCC council care?
  3. Offer support using examples
  4. Use at least two quotations
  5. Propose: what could Chemeketa do? Take steps to address the need/problem.

Foster care
http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/children/fostercare/
http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/children/ (and other subjects on OR and Children)
http://www.childwelfare.com/oregon.htm
http://www.connectforkids.org/node/261
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1202099107164450.xml&coll=7http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2007/10/little-progress.html

Homelessness
http://www.outsidein.org/newsevents.htm
http://www.outsidein.org/PCCmoney.htm
http://www.outsidein.org/Oregonian101005.htm
http://eesc.orst.edu/agcomwebfile/edmat/html/em/em8743/part1/unseen.html

Hunger/malnutritionhttp://www.oregonfoodbank.org/research_and_action/documents/HFA2006Final.pdf Profile of poverty and hunger in Oregon
http://www.oregonfoodbank.org/research_and_action/documents/StateofHungerfall2007.pdf Who is hungry and why (Oregon Food Bank)
http://www.waterfrontbluesfest.com/history/oregonfoodbank.html
http://www.ocpp.org/cgi-bin/display.cgi?page=fact070423foodst

Daycare/Childcare
http://www.oregonfoodbank.org/research_and_action/documents/HFA2006Final.pdf Profile of poverty and hunger in Oregon (also supports need for daycare).
http://www.oregonchildcare.org/StrategicPlanDraft02-21-07.pdf (See page 2 regarding funding for early childhood programs in Oregon).
http://www.hhs.oregonstate.edu/familypolicy/occrp/publications/2004CountyProfiles.pdf
Department of Human Service:http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/children/childcare/main.shtml
http://www.hhs.oregonstate.edu/familypolicy/occrp/about-us.html

Poverty
Portrait of poverty in Oregon: http://eesc.orst.edu/agcomwebfile/edmat/html/em/em8743/part2/educationplays.html
National Center for children in poverty: http://www.nccp.org
Low income uninsured children by state (from the US Census) http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins/lowinckid.html