Resource: Dwayne B. v. Snyder

By: National Center for Youth Law

August 15, 2014

National Center for Youth Law

This class action lawsuit was filed against the state of Michigan for violating constitutional, federal statutory, and federal common law rights of children in foster care. The suit challenges the state for failing to move children quickly into safe, permanent homes; for failing to provide children with adequate medical, dental, and mental health services; and for failing to prepare children to live independently as adults after exiting the foster care system. The lawsuit charges that poor management, underfunding, and understaffing of Michigan’s child welfare system put the children in its custody at risk of serious harm.

https://youthlaw.org/case/dwayne-b-v-snyder/