The agency satisfied its statutory burden of making diligent efforts to encourage and strengthen the parental relationship (see Social Services Law § 384-b [7] [f]). Those efforts included scheduling regular visitation between mother and child, referring and encouraging the mother to attend and complete a drug treatment program, and referring her to domestic violence and anger management programs (see Matter of Jonathan M.,
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