Alaska is violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by failing to provide alternatives that would allow kids to stay in their homes and communities, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights division found in a report released Friday.
for lack of other options in their home communities, the department concluded.
“Each year, hundreds of children, including Alaska Native children in significant number, are isolated in institutional settings often far from their communities,” said Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “Most of these children could remain in family homes if provided appropriate community-based services.
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