Employment Services and Child Care issues
- Participated in Market Rate Study Committee
- Participated in the State’s Roundtable Sessions on TANF Reauthorization
- Reviewed & made recommendations on VIEW Draft Transmittal
Representatives on VA DSS Committees, Panels, and other groups including the Services Automation Steering Committee, OASIS Expert Panels, State/Local Foster Care Work Group
Adult Services and APS issues
- Legislative and policy efforts that established APS Training Standards
Presentations before Committees of the General Assembly and Joint Commission on Health Care
CPS, Foster Care, Adoption and Family Services issues – advocated for
- Development of protocols for handling critical incidents including child fatalities
- Study of Kinship Care to support families
- Critical review of legislation and other interventions to protect abandoned babies
- Exploration of Family Drug Treatment Courts to more effectively address parental substance abuse