A federal appeals court affirmed a lower court’s preliminary injunction Wednesday, allowing two Hoosier mothers to continue providing state-reimbursed caregiving services to their medically fragile children.

Plaintiffs, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana and Indiana Disability Rights, argued that the children’s care was too intensive to transition from attendant care to another state program last August. With a statewide shortage of nurses, mothers also said they couldn’t use state services to hire an outside caretaker and had to take on the 24/7 responsibilities themselves.

“We are grateful that the courts have once again recognized that these children deserve to live at home with their families, not be forced into institutions,” said Gavin Rose, the ACLU’s d

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