Youth and Shelter Services Settlement Resolves Class Action Lawsuit Over September 2023 Data Breach

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Youth and Shelter Services, Inc. has agreed to a settlement to wrap up a class action lawsuit that alleged the organization, which provides services to homeless youths, failed to protect the sensitive information of current and former patients and employees from a September 2023 data breach.

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The Youth and Shelter Services class action settlement received preliminary approval from the court on April 27, 2026. The deal covers all living individuals in the United States whose private information was potentially compromised in the September 2023 data breach, including those who received a notice of the incident by mail.

Court documents state that approximately 20,000 people are covered by the settlement.

The court-approved website for the Youth and Shelter Services data breach settlement can be found at YouthShelterServicesDataSettlement.com.

Youth and Shelter Services settlement class members who file a valid, timely claim form can receive up to $2,500 for documented losses incurred between September 2023 and July 20, 2026 due to the data breach.

Reimbursable expenses include losses due to fraud or identity theft, as well as the cost of credit monitoring, credit reports, freezing or unfreezing credit, replacement IDs and more. Class members must provide proof, such as receipts, to receive a documented-loss payment.

In lieu of a documented-loss payment, class members can file a claim form to receive a $50 alternative cash payment with no proof required.

To file a Youth and Shelter Services settlement claim form online, class members can head to this page and log in using the unique ID and PIN found on their copy of the settlement notice. Alternatively, class members can download a PDF of the claim form to print, fill out, and return by mail to the settlement administrator.

All Youth and Shelter Services settlement claim forms must be submitted online or by mail by July 20, 2026.

The court will determine whether to grant final approval to the Youth and Shelter Services data breach settlement following a hearing on August 3, 2026. Compensation will begin to be distributed to class members only after final approval has been granted and any appeals are resolved.

The Youth and Shelter Services class action lawsuit claimed that the nonprofit, which serves youth throughout Iowa, failed to implement proper cybersecurity safeguards to protect the sensitive information of its current and former patients and employees, which allegedly led to a September 2023 data breach.

Per court documents, private information potentially compromised during the breach included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, financial information, medical and health insurance information, passport numbers, billing and claims information, and government-issued ID numbers.

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