| | Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support
Hearing to Review Proposals to Improve Child Protective Services
| Hearing Advisory | | | Herger Announces Hearing to Review Proposals to Improve Child Protective Services | | | Witness List and Testimony (Printer Friendly)
| Witnesses | | Panel: | | | Cornelia Ashby, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security, U.S. Government Accountability Office | | | The Honorable Constance Cohen, Associate Juvenile Judge, Fifth Judicial District of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa, on behalf of Zero to Three | | | Linda Spears, Vice President, Corporate Communications and Development, Child Welfare League of America | | | Terry Cross, Director, National Indian Child Welfare Association, Portland, Oregon | | | Kent Hymel, M.D., Falls Church, Virginia, on behalf of American Academy of Pediatrics | | | Thomas Atwood, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Council for Adoption, Alexandria, Virginia |
| | Panel: | | | The Honorable Cari DeSantis, Secretary, Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families, Wilmington, Delaware, on behalf of the American Public Human Services Association | | | Daniel Hatcher, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland | | | William Bell, President and Chief Executive Officer, Casey Family Programs, Seattle, Washington | | | Richard Wexler, Executive Director, National Coalition for Child Protection Reform, Alexandria, Virginia | | | Ikeita Cantu Hinojosa, Associate Counsel, Legislative Affairs, National Association of Social Workers | | | William Tower, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Family Rights Association, Fair Oaks, California | | | Heidi Goldsmith, Executive Director, Coalition for Residential Education, Silver Spring, Maryland |
| Submissions for the Record| | Allen, MaryLee, Children’s Defense Fund, statement | | | American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, statement | | | Brown, Tim, Waco, TX, letter | | | Bryan, Barbara, Davidson, NC, letter | | | Butts, Donna, Generations United, statement | | | Citizens Commission on Human Rights New England, Boston, MA, letter | | | Denney, Jim, Sutter County Sheriff's Department, Yuba City, CA, statement | | | Gladwell, Lisa, River Edge, NJ, letter | | | Groh, Alicia, Voice for Adoption, statement | | | Haymon, Gail, Columbus, OH, letter | | | Holder, Helen, Home, Walton, KY, letter | | | Kroll, Joe, North American Council on Adoptable Children, St. Paul, MN, statement | | | Mecca, Frank J., County Welfare Directors Association of California, Sacramento, CA, statement | | | National Indian Child Welfare Association, Portland, OR, letter | | | Prevent Child Abuse America, Chicago, IL, statement | | | Shipman, C. Edward, Happy Hill Farm Academy, Granbury, TX, letter |
| | Hearing Transcript | | | Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources, 109-73, Hearing to Review the Proposals to Improve Child Protective Services | | Printed Hearing | | | Not Yet Available | | | | |