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The agency’s vast subpoena surfaced last week in the federal class-action lawsuit filed against the Oregon Department of Human Services on behalf of Oregon foster children in 2019 by Disability Rights Oregon and A Better Childhood, a national advocacy organization. The lawsuit alleges the state has failed children in the foster care system in myriad ways, such as placement of children in hotels and other inadequate, abusive or unsafe settings. If successful, the lawsuit would force the state to make systemic policy changes in how it takes care of foster children.