A disability rights organization has filed a lawsuit alleging Pennsylvania's Department of Human Services is failing to provide adequate child welfare services to children with mental health disabilities.
The litigation, brought by Disability Rights Pennsylvania, concerns the treatment of children who are found to be “dependent” — those who can't safely live at home due to abuse or neglect. Their care falls to the state's Office of Children, Youth and Families and county child welfare programs, which are responsible for making sure the youths have a place to live and planning for “a permanent family connection for the child either through family reunification, foster care or adoption.”
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