Audit finds Washington agency failed to respond in time to vulnerable adult safety concerns
As Washington Adult Protective Services works through a backlog of reports, investigators struggled to hit deadlines
Public Health
Audit of Oregon early learning department highlights ongoing need for equity training, oversight
Findings align with concerns from current and former staff in recent InvestigateWest report
Idaho ramped up investments in round-the-clock youth psychiatric care. But concerns over safety, accessibility loom
Parents of children who were turned away from Idaho Youth Ranch criticize its ‘unrealistic’ admissions standards
Following InvestigateWest report, Idaho approves funding for teen’s long-awaited care — but now there’s nowhere for him to go
Idaho lacks options for teens requiring highest level of psychiatric treatment
Experts say a teen needs psychiatric residential care. Idaho still won’t pay for it.
Idaho funded less than one-third of requests for youths to receive the highest level psychiatric care since 2019, data reveals
Providence’s medically fragile children’s center will offer respite care to first child amid leadership shakeup, staff concerns
Nurses say they’re still struggling to prevent the spread of infection among young residents
Oregon patients needed fentanyl but got tap water — and it went unchecked for nearly two years
Poor data and coordination between regulatory agencies contribute to hospital drug thefts, experts say
Washington AG’s office joins forces with local police to intensify search for missing Indigenous teen
Teen’s disappearance — highlighted in recent InvestigateWest report — among the first cases taken by new state investigative unit
Oregon woman endures fear and despair in illegal imprisonment in Coffee Creek prison
Terri Lee Brown was released from Coffee Creek Correctional Facility after the Oregon Supreme Court found Gov. Tina Kotek’s order that sent her back to prison was unlawful
Oregon Secretary of State probing staff complaints about racism, mismanagement at early learning department
Auditors are exploring issues revealed in InvestigateWest reporting as possible risks to the department “getting off to a strong and lasting start”
Staff at Providence Center for Medically Fragile Children sound alarm over shrinking space, families turned away
Oregon families of medically fragile children grapple with uncertain future of longtime Providence center
Idaho is losing OB-GYNs after strict abortion ban. But health exceptions unlikely this year.
Doctors, confused about how to practice medicine under Idaho’s abortion ban, pleaded with state legislators for a solution
New WA legislation prioritizes human trafficking prosecutions and support for child victims
Almost $700,000 was allocated to support child victims