New York state’s Office of Children and Family Services will pay $250,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by New Hope Family Services after a court ruled that the agency is not subject to closure because it only places children with married, heterosexual couples.
That ended one case and set the stage for a cash settlement, which will cover attorney’s fees and court costs.is a private organization that, attorneys at Alliance Defending Freedom said, takes no government funding.
Among its specialties are placing infants with disabilities or other “hard to place” children in permanent homes, the law firm said. Adoption fees and support from churches, individual donors and private grants also fund the organization.“It’s regrettable that New York ever threatened to shut down our adoption services, through which we have placed more than 1,000 children with adoptive families since we began in 1965.
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