Lifeway for Youth, Inc., v. State of Ohio Department of Job & Family Services

April 10, 2007 Lifeway for Youth, Inc., v. State of Ohio Department of Job & Family Services On April 10, 2007, Lifeway for Youth, Inc. (LFY), a private foster care agency operating in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Virginia filed a lawsuit against the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) over ODJFS handling of a foster care investigation. The lawsuit, filed in the Ohio Court of Claims, says that ODJFS sought to damage LFYs reputation as a foster care agency in order to shift blame following a highly publicized child death in August 2006. LFY seeks more than $1 . . .