NY: New York’s Foster Care Providers Sue State over Reimbursement Rates
Imprint – March 07, 2023
Organizations that run group facilities for New York’s children and youth in foster care are fighting a rate change set to begin April 1 that represents a funding cut so significant it “will destabilize the operational budgets for many child care agencies,” according to an ongoing lawsuit. The nonprofit foster care organizations say a new reimbursement rate formula “will destabilize the operational budgets for many child care agencies.” State officials have until March 14 to respond to the lawsuit, filed late last year in the State of New York Supreme Court by the Council of Family and Child Caring Agencies and 34 member organizations statewide. A representative of the state’s Division of the Budget said in an email that the agency would not comment on pending litigation.
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