The Justice Department announced its findings that Arizona’s Department of Child Safety (DCS) violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by discriminating against parents, including foster parents and other caregivers, and children with disabilities.
DCS did not communicate effectively with parents and children with hearing disabilities and failed to reasonably accommodate the needs of parents with disabilities by, for example, not providing information in an easy-to-understand form. It also denied parents with disabilities an equal chance to participate in DCS services.
To learn more, please read the press release. If you or someone you know has a complaint about disability discrimination by DCS, please call 1-888-394-3540 (for TTY, dial 711 first) or file a complaint here.