Kids to Love, a non-profit founded by Lee Marshall, has not received a renewed license from the Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) nearly 11 months after the previous license expired.
Kids to Love previously filed a lawsuit claiming that DHR director Nancy Buckner and DHR employees suspended referrals following the posting online of information about children in need of adoptive homes. Kids to Love removed all information that originally came from DHR. It also claimed they were not given notice about the suspension.
The organization is now asking a judge to reconsider dismissing all but one issue and add an exception of the dismissal, the issue of the license being withheld.
Kids to Love claims DHR's suspension of referrals to the organization's foster care homes and facilities is unconstitutional, illegal, void, arbitrary and capricious.
The state claims those licenses have not been suspended. In July, Kids to Love requested a judicial review of DHR's procedures for suspending referrals.
"In its request, Kids to Love asserted that the Alabama Department of Human Resources (ADHR) is illegally withholding its Davidson Farms Group Home and Child Placing Agency licenses," court documents state.
The non-profit claims that instead of a renewed license, DHR sent a letter stating the Kids to Love licenses would not expire until DHR made a licensing decision. No reason for not reissuing a license was given.
DHR found no alleged violations of Minimum Standards during an evaluation. No claims have been made in relation to the quality of care children receive from Kids to Love programs
Attorneys for DHR have denied all claims against them.
A status review hearing is scheduled for Jan. 30, 2025.
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