Petitioner agency satisfied its statutory burden of making diligent efforts to encourage and strengthen the parental relationship here (see Social Services Law § 384-b [7] [f]). Those efforts included scheduling regular visitation between the parents and the children, referring and encouraging the mother to attend and complete various drug treatment programs, referring respondent father to parenting skills training, holding regular planning meetings with respondent...
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