Audit Affirms More Than $1.1 Billion in Pending YDC Abuse Claims

Audit Affirms More Than $1.1 Billion in Pending YDC Abuse Claims

By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org Lawmakers trying to make sense of the staggering price tag to settle decades of horrific child abuse perpetrated by state employees got details they asked for on the Youth Development Center Claims Administration and Settlement Fund. The Office of the Legislative Budget Assistant handed in this week its initial review of the settlement fund at the request of the legislature’s Fiscal Committee. The review shows the…

Report finds no problems with management of state's YDC victim settlement fund

Top State House Republicans and Attorney General John Formella have cited concerns about the management of the YDC settlements as one reason to shrink the amount of money in the fund. An audit found no problems.