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DRLC Takes Action to Save a Program for Teenagers Who Are Deaf and/or Hard of Hearing

DRLC Takes Action to Save a Program for Teenagers Who Are Deaf and/or Hard of Hearing

The Disability Rights Legal Center has filed a lawsuit against the Director of the California Department of Public Health and the Coordinator for the California Office of Family Planning, among other defendants, on behalf of Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness, Inc. (GLAD), an organization representing the deaf and/or hard of hearing community in Southern California. For sixteen years, GLAD has operated a teen pregnancy prevention program for youth who are deaf and/or hard of hearing. The program is supported by grant funds distributed through the public agencies named above. This past year, the agencies instituted new requirements that make it nearly impossible for the organization to obtain funding for its longtime program. In the complaint, filed March 2, DRLC argues that these requirements violate the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504, the U.S. Constitution, corresponding state claims, the California Administrative Procedure Act, and requests declaratory and injunctive relief.

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