PRINTER'S NO. 2337
No. 285 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY ORIE, MURPHY, LOGAN, COSTA, WAGNER AND BODACK, OCTOBER 24, 2002
REFERRED TO AGING AND YOUTH, OCTOBER 24, 2002
A RESOLUTION 1 Recognizing and congratulating the Allegheny County child 2 welfare system for becoming a respected national model for 3 child welfare systems. 4 WHEREAS, In the mid-1990's, the child welfare system was in 5 crisis with foster care placements spiraling out of control and 6 large numbers of those children being placed with strangers or 7 being abused; and 8 WHEREAS, The child welfare system reinvented itself by 9 instituting innovative prevention-oriented programs, intensive 10 family counseling and child placement with extended family 11 members; and 12 WHEREAS, The Allegheny County child welfare system has been 13 called a shining national model and was recognized on CNN 14 "NewsNight" for its accomplishments; therefore be it 15 RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize the Allegheny County 16 child welfare system for the outstanding work it conducts with 17 children and congratulate it on becoming a respected national 18 model for child welfare systems everywhere. J2L82MSP/20020S0285R2337