Ordered that the orders of fact-finding and disposition are affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
In a proceeding to terminate parental rights on the ground of permanent neglect, the agency must, as a threshold matter, prove by clear and convincing evidence that it has fulfilled its statutory duty to exercise diligent efforts to encourage and strengthen the parent-child relationship (see Matter of Jamie M.,
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