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Court dismisses lawsuit seeking higher foster care payments
By Andrew Welsh-Huggins - Associated Press
Kimberly Hall, director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, looks over a photo display Aug. 15, 2019, outside her office in Columbus, Ohio.
COLUMBUS, Ohio The difference in foster care payments between licensed caregivers and relatives stepping in to help “is neither ideal nor even satisfactory,” a federal judge said as he dismissed a lawsuit seeking to close that gap.
Federal Judge Michael Barrett acknowledged that children cared for by relatives deserve more money but said advocates suing over the payment discrepancies didn’t have a claim under federal law.
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