An increasing number of people are filing claims with a settlement fund created by New Hampshire lawmakers to resolve accusations of abuse at the former Youth Development Center (YDC).
According to a newly released report by the administrator of the settlement fund, former state Supreme Court Chief Justice John Broderick, 159 new claims have been filed since the start of this year, bringing the total number of claims to 418. In the previous quarter, 79 claims were filed.
To date, the settlement fund has agreed to pay out more than $66 million to 134 claimants – more than two-thirds of the $100 million fund. The majority of the remaining claims are still pending. Only two claims have been denied by the settlement fund administrator since the work began in January 2023.
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