Federal Court Approves Landmark Settlement Mandating Reform of Michigan Child Welfare System
A settlement agreement requiring comprehensive reform and federal court oversight of Michigan’s long-failing child welfare system was approved today by U.S. District Judge Nancy G. Edmunds, who hailed the settlement as going as far as possible to address the system’s problems and put in place the best means of solving them. A court order compelling the state to implement the reforms will be entered on October 24, resolving the first phase of the federal class action brought against the state by the national advocacy group Children’s Rights and a team of attorneys from Michigan and across the country.
Note: And they've secured their contracts.
Reforms coming to state foster care system
A federal judge today approved a massive settlement of a lawsuit filed on behalf of 19,000 Michigan foster children.
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