Settlement In Kevin S., et al. v. Blalock, et al.

The settlement was approved on February 6, 2020. The complaint was filed in 2018 on behalf of 14 foster youth and two advocacy organizations: Disability Rights New Mexico, and Native American Disability Law Center. The plaintiffs alleged that trauma-impacted children and youth in New Mexico foster care lacked safe, appropriate and stable placements, and behavioral health services to meet their needs in the state system. The settlement calls for the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) and the Human Services Department (HSD) to develop a trauma-responsive system of care that will fully integrate Medicaid’s behavioral . . .