Lawsuit Alleges Inadequate Care in North Carolina’s Foster System

Published on August 30, 2024

A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of children in the foster care system in North Carolina over the alleged endangerment of children in state custody. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) was sued on Aug. 27, with plaintiffs claiming that understaffing led to a lack of monitoring of residential facilities, putting children in the system in harm’s way. The class action lawsuit, filed on behalf of juvenile foster care children represented by adults, attributes the system’s alleged failure to the absence of a cohesive digital case management system. The plaintiffs say that children are being denied behavioral and therapeutic assistance due to frequent relocations and that they are being prescribed too much or too little medication, including psychotropics....

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