EEOC Sues CityCare Health Services for Breaching Conciliation Agreement

WASHINGTON - CityCare Health Services, Inc., operator of behavioral and mental health clinics in Washington, violated federal law when it failed to comply with the terms of a conciliation agreement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency said in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC's suit, after the EEOC investigated a charge of discrimination and found reasonable cause to support the charge's allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation, CityCare participated in the EEOC's voluntary conciliation process to resolve the charge without litigation. In June 2026, CityCare executed a conciliation agreement requiring the company to pay the discrimination victim about $40,000, as well as implement policy changes, provide interactive training on federal anti-discrimination laws, and post a notice about the agreement. CityCare promptly breached the agreement and has failed to provide any of the required relief, the suit said.

"The EEOC takes conciliation seriously, and so should employers who enter into conciliation agreements with the agency to avoid litigation," said EEOC Philadelphia Regional Attorney Debra Lawrence. "The EEOC will not hesitate to enforce conciliation agreements against defaulting employers."

The EEOC filed suit (EEOC v. CityCare Health Services, Inc., Case No.1:26-cv-03670) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to enforce the conciliation agreement, compel CityCare's compliance, and recover the EEOC's costs for having to bring this action.

Mindy Weinstein, director of the EEOC Washington Field Office, said, "Conciliation agreements are a critical tool used by the EEOC to vindicate rights and prevent discrimination. Compliance with such agreements is not optional."

For more information on the EEOC's conciliation process, please visit https://www.eeoc.gov/guidance/what-you-should-know-eeoc-conciliation-and-litigation . For more information on sexual harassment, please visit https://www.eeoc.gov/sexual-harassment .

The EEOC's Washington Field Office is one of four offices in the Philadelphia District Office, which has jurisdiction over Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, and parts of New Jersey and Ohio. Attorneys in the Philadelphia District Office also prosecute discrimination cases in Washington, D.C., and parts of Virginia.

The EEOC is the sole federal agency authorized to investigate and litigate against businesses and other private sector employers for violations of federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. For public sector employers, the EEOC shares jurisdiction with the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division. The EEOC also is responsible for coordinating the federal government's employment antidiscrimination effort. More information about the EEOC is available at www.eeoc.gov .