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July
2002
 Class Action
Lawsuit Complaint of ACLU et al v. LA County Department of
Children and Family Services
Compliant filed by the Center for
Law In the Public Interest, the ACLU Foundation of Southern
California, the Western Center on Law and Poverty, the Youth Law
Center, Protection and Advocacy, Inc., the Bazelon Center for
Mental Health Law, and the national law firm of Heller Ehrman
White & McAuliffe, against the Los Angeles County Department
of Children and Family Services (DCFS), the County of Los Angeles,
and the State of California. The suit seeks to ensure the delivery
of medically necessary mental health services for children
currently in, or at risk of being placed in, DCFS custody, and to
put an end to the County's abysmal record of multiple failed
foster placements and its excessive reliance on restrictive,
institutional placements for children with emotional and
behavioral problems.
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