| Evans Litigation
Evans Settlement Agreement
Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities
("Quality Trust") was founded as part of a settlement agreement in the class action lawsuit that closed Forest Haven and was incorporated in March, 2001. The government agreed to provide funds for the start up and operations of Quality Trust through 2011.
To
read the full document check out the PDF(36k).
Consent Order
In order to address the issues
still before the Court on remand, the parties have agreed
to the following Consent Order. In this Consent
Order, the Defendants and/or the District of Columbia
agree to endow and annually fund, pursuant to the provisions
below, a durable, independent, nonprofit organization
that will monitor and advance the individual and collective
interests of people with developmental disabilities
in the District of Columbia’s service delivery
system, including Evans class members, in exchange for
the waiver of any and all claims for past violations
of the Court’s Orders in this case as specified
in section II of this Consent Order. The
specifics of the parties’ agreement are set forth
below. To see the entire consent order click on the
Adobe file below.
Consent
Order
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