Senate Aging and Youth Committee
Wednesday, April 3, 2024 | 11 a.m.
Hearing Room 1, NOB
Agenda
Opening Remarks:
-Committee Chair, Senator Judy Ward
-Democratic Committee Chair, Senator Maria Collett
Panel 1 – The Department of Human Services
-Laval Miller Wilson, Deputy Secretary, Office of Children, Youth & Families Department of Human Services
-Brinda Penyak, Special Advisor to the Secretary, Department of Human Services – Testimony
Panel 2 – The perspective of Pennsylvania’s Children and Youth Services agencies and its counties.
-Brian Bornman, Esq., Executive Director, Pennsylvania Children and Youth Administrators Association – Testimony
-Kelvin Abrashoff, Administrator, Huntingdon County Office of Children’s Services – Testimony
-Marisa McClellan, Esq., Administrator, Dauphin County Social Services for Children and Youth
Panel 3 – The perspective of the Commonwealth’s Children’s Advocacy Centers and the Pennsylvania Council for Children, Youth and Family Services
-Chris Kirchner, MSW, Executive Director, Children’s Advocacy Centers of Pennsylvania – Testimony
-Terry Clark, MPA, CEO & President, Pennsylvania Council of Children, Youth and Family Services
Closing Remarks:
Committee Chair, Senator Judy Ward