[Source.](https://thepostmillennial.com/florida-found-to-be-in-violation-of-americans-with-disabilities-act-over-institutionalizing-children) > *The decision comes "after nearly a decade of litigation."* > The US District Court for the Southern District of Florida ruled on July 14 that the state violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by institutionalizing disabled children. > In a press release from the US Department of Justice, the court found that children who were put in nursing facilities have families who "overwhelmingly want their children to live at home, but that they have not been given meaningful options other than institutional placement." > It also wrote that children were "unnecessarily institutionalized" in care homes. --------------------------- > To remedy the issue, Florida must now take steps to ensure children who are disabled have access to the medical services they need to live in their homes and integrated within their own communities. > The press release said that all applicable children living in care homes will have a transition plan to return to their families so long as the parents or guardians are not opposed.