Policy
PCCYFS Legislative Updates
April 5, 2024 Next week, both the State House and State Senate return for one more week before a small break for the Primary Election. As we inch closer to ...
PCCYFS Testifies at Senate Aging & Youth Committee Hearing on Child Welfare
On April 3, 2024, the Pennsylvania Senate Aging & Youth Committee held a public hearing on the challenges and opportunities facing Pennsylvania’s Children and Youth Services Agencies. The hearing included ...
PCCYFS Legislative Updates
March 29, 2024 Among the many bills on the House calendar, the chamber considered legislation to address “ghost guns.” HB 777 by State Representative Morgan Cephas (D-Philadelphia) passed the House ...
2023 Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Plan to the Governor
The 2023 Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Plan to the Governor has been released, outlining nine recommendations. Recommendations can be found below in the Executive Summary of Recommendations to the Shapiro-Davis ...
PCCYFS Legislative Updates
March 22, 2024 Another session week in the books and we’re onto the next session week. This week we saw a flurry of committee meetings in the State Senate and ...
PCCYFS Legislative Updates
The State House and the State Senate reconvene next week after about a month hiatus full of budget hearings and a special election. It’s shaping up to be an eventful week ...
PCCYFS Legislative Updates
It’s official, the 2024-2025 budget hearings have concluded. This week featured some major departments: Health, Human Services, Education, State, and the Governor’s Budget Office. The State House and State Senate ...
PCCYFS Legislative Update
March 1, 2024 Week two of budget hearings in the State House and State Senate is in the rear-view mirror. The Independent Fiscal Office released its monthly report for February ...
PCCYFS Legislative Updates
February 23, 2024 In election news, petition challenges continue across the board – even for a congressional race – and it will be a little while until the official ballots ...
PCCYFS Legislative Updates
February 16, 2024 Good news for the PA Courts’ website! A victim of a cyber attack, specifically a “denial of service” attack, last week, Chief Justice Debra Todd announced that ...
