Appeals from two orders of the Family Court of Ulster County (Mizel, J.), entered April 10, 2013 and April 11, 2013, which granted petitioner’s applications, in two proceedings pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b, to adjudicate the subject children to be permanently neglected, and terminated respondent’s parental rights.
Respondent is the mother of Brandon EE., Nigal FF. and Destiny EE. (born in 1997, 2000 and 2003, respectively).
As relevant here, in order to establish permanent neglect, petitioner was required to prove, by clear and convincing evidence, that “it made diligent efforts to strengthen the parent-child relationship and that, despite those efforts, the parent has failed to . . . substantially plan for the child[ren]’s future for one year after the agency has been charged with the child[ren]’s care” (Matter of Tatianna K. [Claude U.], 79 AD3d 1184, 1185 [2010]; accord Matter of Summer G. [Amy F.], 93 AD3d 959, 960 [2012]; see Social Services Law § 384-b [7] [a]). Diligent efforts include, among other things, “creating a service plan that offers appropriate services to the parents to resolve the problems preventing return of the child [ren], making suitable arrangements for visitation and advising the parent of the child[ren]’s progress” (Matter of Tatianna K. [Claude U.], 79 AD3d at 1185).
Here, respondent lost custody of the children as a result of her inability to recognize the danger posed by Nigal’s father, and the main impediments to her ability to regain custody were identified as her failure to acknowledge what had occurred to Brandon, her inability to understand and address the children’s resulting issues and her lack of suitable housing and employment. Our review of the record reveals ample support for the
The record also supports Family Court’s conclusion that respondent failed to adequately plan for the children’s future. Although respondent regularly exercised her visitation, underwent some counseling and took some parenting classes, she otherwise failed to pursue the services offered to her. Respondent remained inconsistent in her recognition of the abuse perpetrated against Brandon, made minimal effort in seeking a job, did not enroll in recommended therapy programs and, based on her inability to adequately address the children’s issues, was unable to progress beyond supervised visits with them. Accordingly, the record establishes that she made little or no progress in addressing the issues that prevented the children’s return (see Matter of Mister UU. [Angela VV.], 117 AD3d 1137, 1138-
Ordered that the orders are affirmed, without costs.
. We affirmed an order extending the placement of the children that changed the permanency goal from “return to parent” to “placement for adoption” (Matter of Destiny EE. [Karen FF.], 82 AD3d 1292 [2011]).
. We affirmed the denial of respondent’s motion to vacate the 2007 neglect findings and dismiss the petitions for permanent neglect (Matter of Destiny EE. [Karen FF.], 90 AD3d 1437 [2011], lv dismissed 19 NY3d 856 [2012]).
. A separate proceeding was brought with respect to Brandon. Although he was determined to be permanently neglected, a suspended judgment was entered on consent and he was returned to respondent’s custody. That disposition is not before us.
