Recent Testimony and Correspondence
State Budget
James F. Purcell, CEO, Testimony Before the NYS Assembly Ways and Means and Senate Finace Committees. Addressing areas of the state budget including recommendations on: Providing Essential INcreases; Social Work Licensing Law; Post Adoption Services; Safe Harbor Funding; Community Reinvestment in JJ Services
James F. Purcell, CEO, Testimony Before the NYS Assembly Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees. Addressing four areas of the state budget: Child welfare financing, juvinile justice reform, critical programs for restoration, structural issues affecting non profit child welfare providers
James F. Purcell,CEO, Testimony , Before the NYS Senate Committee on Children and Families and the NYS Senate Committee on Social Services
NYC Budget
Ron Richter, Commissioner, NYC ACS, Testimony Before City Council Budget Hearings re Preliminary Management Report and Agency Oversight Hearing, NYC Council FY 2013 Prelimiary Budget
Ron Richter Testimony on March 29 2012
Family Court
James F. Purcell,CEO, Testimony Before the New York State Bar Association Task Force on the Family Court. Family court issues in relation to child welfare…
Sex Trafficking
Jim Purcell, CEO, Testimony Before the Committee on Women’s Issues. The crimes of sexual explotation and trafficking require dual response of prevention and assistance to victims…
6 12 Testimony before Committee on Women’s Issues
Letter on Funding for Safe Harbor
Social Work Licensing
COFCCA Letter of Support for Senate Bill 6466-A and Assembly Bill 9794. COFCCA letter of support which would authorize non-profits to employ Licensed Social Workers..
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