Oregon Hires New Leader To Oversee Foster Care Program

By Chris Lehman

Published September 7, 2016 at 5:20 PM PDT

Oregon's child welfare system will have a new leader in November. The Oregon Department of Human Services Wednesday announced the results of a nationwide job search.

comes to Oregon from New York City, where she directs an Arab-American community organization. She's been hired to lead Oregon's foster care system, which has come under fire. News reports last year that showed that top officials ignored repeated warnings about possible abuse at state licensed foster homes.

The previous director of the Foster Care program was fired in March.

Alhusseini was for her work with child protection programs. She starts her new job in November, but will visit Salem this month for an initial round of meetings with Oregon lawmakers.

Chris Lehman

Chris Lehman graduated from Temple University with a journalism degree in 1997. He landed his first job less than a month later, producing arts stories for Red River Public Radio in Shreveport, Louisiana. Three years later he headed north to DeKalb, Illinois, where he worked as a reporter and announcer for NPR鈥揳ffiliate WNIJ鈥揊M. In 2006 he headed west to become the Salem Correspondent for the Northwest News Network.

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Oregon Hires New Leader To Oversee Foster Care Program