September 19, 2024
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A federal judge has approved class-action status for a lawsuit challenging the placement of teens with mental health disabilities in New Hampshire’s foster care system.
The lawsuit was filed against the state in 2021 and it has been amended since then. It says New Hampshire has “unnecessarily warehoused” foster care teens in institutional and group home care settings instead of with families, against their best interests. The state requested a dismissal, saying the plaintiffs did not prove their case.
Efforts at mediation failed earlier this year.
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Children’s Rights, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, and Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala filed a lawsuit against the Washington State Department of Children, Youth & Families (DCYF) on behalf of immigrant children placed in Washington’s foster system and Legal Counsel for Youth and Children, a nonprofit that provides direct legal services and advocacy for youth and young adults.
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