{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-418.950","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 418.950","heading":"Definitions for ORS 418.950 to 418.970.","body":"As used in ORS 418.950 to 418.970, unless the context requires otherwise:\n      (1) “Agency” means any person or organization providing substitute residential care for an average daily population of eight or fewer children. “Agency” includes but is not limited to:\n      (a) Child-caring agencies licensed, certified or otherwise authorized by the Department of Human Services under ORS 418.205 to 418.327;\n      (b) Foster homes as defined in ORS 418.625 providing care for more than four children; and\n      (c) Youth care centers as defined in ORS 420.855.\n      (2) “Average daily population” means the sum of days in residence of all children residing in a child-caring facility during a certain period divided by the number of days in the period.\n      (3) “Child-caring facility” means a residence or building used by an agency to provide substitute residential care for children.","path":["11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services","34. Human Services; Juvenile Code; Corrections","Chapter 418 — Child Welfare Services"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors418.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:14Z","sha256":"9570bf59e7380c0e23404d598dca2397ba4e5d6752810529d045857b30563cf6","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-418.945","next":"us-or/ors-418.955"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}