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February 2007
 Plaintiffs' Response to Maryland Department of Human Resources' 35th &
36th Six-Month Compliance Reports in L.J., et al., v. Massinga
The most recent monitoring report for the the L.J., v. Massinga
class action lawsuit filed against the Maryland Department of Human
Resources (DHR) noted that some
children were still not receiving regular medical care, school enrollment
tracking needed improvement, and that the Baltimore City Department of
Social Services (DSS) still lacks sufficient
appropriate foster care placements.
The consent decree in the L.J., v. Massinga lawsuit was approved by the
court in August 1988.
The terms of the settlement called for the DHR to hire more caseworkers
in the the city of Baltimore, to recruit more foster parents, and to
monitor quality of care provided by the DSS
which serves nearly 60% of the states children in foster care. In 1991,
the consent decree was amended to include Baltimore City foster children
placed in unlicensed relative care.
Part of the consent decree mandated regular monitoring and reporting.
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