Most counties left out of state program to improve legal help for children, parents

Gary Kiyuna is on a mission to get more help for Malheur County’s troubled children.
The Nyssa attorney for years has been appointed by the state to represent the legal needs of children moved into state custody.
He has seen one heart-breaking situation after another.
“You’ve got infants going through meth withdrawal,” Kiyuna said. “You have shaken babies, battered babies, raped and sodomized children. It’s pretty brutal.”
Kiyuna wants the state to expand the Parent…





