NY: Families sue for due process in NY foster care system
Courthouse News Service – November 10, 2021
Despite providing a loving home for the toddler, B.B.’s great grandparents weren’t approved last year for a state program to get financial support as foster parents. Regulators pointed back to 1995 when the child’s great-grandfather was convicted of attempted burglary in the second degree — one of the 300 felony charges that’s grounds for either lifetime or five-year mandatory disqualification under the state’s “kin caregiver” program. On Wednesday, the couple joined family members of 13 other minor children in a federal class action that describes being shut out of state services based on prior convictions — and sometimes criminal charges alone — regardless of when they took place or any rehabilitation since.
Also: Federal class action suit: https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/foster-ny-complaint.pdf

Families sue for due process in NY foster care system