PCCYFS Legislative Updates
June 28, 2024 Lawmakers will break for the weekend, but the chambers will return to session on July 1 to continue their efforts to pass a budget for fiscal year …
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Juvenile Court Judges Commission Awards Nominations Announcement
For more information or questions, please contact Angel Stewart at angstewart@pa.gov or Keysla Rodriguez at keyrodrigu@pa.gov.
PCCYFS Legislative Updates
June 21, 2024 All eyes turn to the General Assembly next week for the “final” stretch to approve a budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Constitutionally, that deadline is June …
RELEASE: Office of Children, Youth and Families Bulletin #3350-24-01 Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network (SWAN) Unit of Service Payment Rates and Programmatic Changes
The Office of Children, Youth and Families (OCYF) released Bulletin 3350-24-01, entitled “Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network Unit of Service Payment Rates and Programmatic Changes.” This bulletin rescinds and replaces …
PCCYFS Legislative Updates
June 14, 2024 The latest round of budget volleys this week focused on education. Senate Republicans pushed through a package of six bills that seek to address reform of higher …
Office of Children, Youth, and Families Releases Caseworker Recruitment and Retention Study
The Office of Children, Youth, and Families (OCYF) released the Caseworker Recruitment and Retention Study on June 4, 2024. Caseworker shortages are not new to child welfare agencies in Pennsylvania …
PCCYFS Legislative Updates
May 31, 2024 Next week, the State House and the State Senate resume session. Typically, the month of June is wrought with not only a flurry of legislative activity and …
Voluntary Resolution Agreement – Training Requirements FAQ
The Office of Children, Youth and Families released the Voluntary Resolution Agreement – Training Requirements FAQ. This document provides an overview of the information provided at the information sessions and …
Recap: Senate Finance Committee Hearing on the Family First Prevention Services Act
May 24, 2024 – Social Current (D.C.) On May 22, 2024, the Senate Finance Committee convened the hearing, “The Family First Prevention Services Act: Successes, Roadblocks, and Opportunities for Improvement.” …
Pennsylvania Citizen Review Panel’s 2023 Annual Report
The Citizen Review Panels’ Annual Report is produced in collaboration with individual citizen review panels, the Department of Human Services Office of Children, Youth and Families, the Pennsylvania Child Welfare …
