Policy
PCCYFS Legislative Updates
May 22, 2024 The House is finally at full complement. On Tuesday, the Chamber swore in State Representative Jeff Olsommer (R-Wayne), who won the Special Election for the 139th District ...
PCCYFS Legislative Updates
May 17, 2024 Despite the House schedule calling the members back to session on Monday, the latest is that Monday will be a non-voting session day. Rumors abound as to ...
PCCYFS Legislative Updates
5/10/24 The budget, telemedicine, equal pay and FMLA, PRESS, PACER, appliance energy and efficiency standards, anti-fraud ballots, NOL, prevailing wage, tax breaks, small games of chance, and distracted driving, merely ...
PCCYFS Legislative Updates
May 3, 2024 The Senate advanced legislation by Senator Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-York) that would modernize existing regulations for landline phone companies in an effort to further remove barriers to broadband ...
PCCYFS Legislative Updates
April 26, 2024 Both the State House and the State Senate resume session next week. On the House docket we have, among many bills, HB 416 - prohibits remote stalking ...
US Department of Labor Publishes Overtime Proposed Rule – Updated (4.24.2024)
4/24/2024 UPDATE: On April 23, 2024, the US Department of Labor published their final rule increasing the overtime salary threshold. According to the Department: "Effective July 1, 2024, the salary ...
PCCYFS Legislative Updates
April 19, 2024 The House tackled a multitude of issues including changes to the campaign finance law to eliminate “dark money” access in Pennsylvania elections. HB 1472 ultimately passed the ...
STEM model may offer hope for PA child welfare workforce crisis
Keystone State News Connection (KSNC) recently published a story regarding Terry Clark’s (President and CEO of PCCYFS) testimony during the PA Senate Aging & Youth Hearing-Challenges in the Child Welfare ...
PCCYFS Legislative Updates
April 12, 2024 House Appropriations Majority Chairman Jordan Harris (D-Philadelphia) officially introduced the General Appropriations Act (HB 2324 ) and accompanying legislation this week. While expected, especially this time of ...
Pennsylvania DHS Voluntary Resolution Agreement – UPDATED April 2024
UPDATE: The OCYF Special Transmittal on training requirements was released on April 9, 2024 and is available here. On April 3, 2024, OCYF shared a PowerPoint presentation outlining more details ...
