HONOLULU (AP) — A legal battle over how much families are paid to care for foster children could cost Hawaii millions of dollars, state officials said.
A 2013 class-action lawsuit accused the state of violating requirements of the federal Child Welfare Act, which mandates that foster-care payments be sufficient to cover the cost of providing for a child's basic needs, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported .
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