Diabetes Litigation and Childcare
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has entered into several settlement agreements addressing the obligations of childcare providers to perform diabetes care tasks for children. Learn more about equal access to childcare.
See the following settlement agreements and press releases relating to equal access and reasonable accommodations in childcare:
- Atlanta YMCA press release
- Lil’ Einstein’s Learning Academy settlement agreement
- Lil’ Einstein’s Learning Academy press release
- Community First School Corp. settlement agreement
- Community First School Corp. Press Release
- Henrico Police Athletic League settlement agreement
- KinderCare Education, LLC settlement agreement
- Youth and Family Services, Inc. settlement agreement
- Learning Care Group, Inc. settlement agreement
- Philadelphia Freedom Valley YMCA-Rocky Run Branch settlement agreement
- Arlington-Mansfield Area YMCA settlement agreement
- YMCA of the Triangle settlement agreement
- Rainbow River Child Development Center settlement agreement
New cases can be found on the DOJ’s website. View cases prior to 2021.
Diabetes Litigation and Camps
Summary agreements between the U.S. DOJ and several camps require the camps to accept children with diabetes and to make reasonable accommodations including, but not limited to:
- Following state procedures to train staff to administer insulin and glucagon
- Supervising campers while they monitor blood glucose (blood sugar) levels
- Use insulin pumps, syringes, or other diabetes-related medical equipment
- Monitor consumption of food
See the following settlement agreements and press releases relating to equal access and reasonable accommodations in the camp setting:
- YWCA Gettysburg and Adams County, PA settlement agreement (Note: not a U.S. DOJ settlement)
- YMCA Chicago settlement agreement
- Camp Treetops settlement agreement
- University of Rhode Island Alton Jones Summer Camp settlement agreement
- New London 4-H Foundation settlement agreement
- Save the Bay settlement agreement
- Time to Rise, Inc. settlement agreement
- TSI Summer Camp press release
- TSI Summer Camp settlement agreement
- Raynor Country Day [Private] School Summer Camp press release
- Raynor Country Day School settlement agreement
- Pine Hills Kiddie Garden press release
- Pine Hills Kiddie Garden settlement agreement