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Rebecca Jones Gaston, a former foster youth and social worker who oversees the social services department in Maryland, is set to lead Oregon’s child welfare program, state officials have announced. “Rebecca has extensive experience in child welfare systems across the country and, as part of that work, she has encountered many of the same challenges we face in Oregon,” said Fariborz Pakseresht, director of Oregon’s Department of Health Services, in a statement.

Permanency in the News is a weekly email roundup of media stories on permanency in child welfare curated and distributed by Dr. Greg Manning. Below you will find this week’s edition.

As jurisdictions across the nation struggle to meet the demand for licensed foster homes, many agencies have been driven to seek out new methods of recruitment. In the states of Washington, Iowa and Texas, child-welfare agencies are ramping up new recruitment efforts.

“You are so blessed.” “You’re an angel.” “Are you Catholic?” “Are they all yours?” “God Bless you.” These statements are just a sampling of what people say to my husband and me when they find out we have seven children.