Joint Legislative Child Protection Oversight Committee

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Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

Meeting Record

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Review of Committee Charge

• Sean Brown, Commissioner, Department for Children and Families
  
• Brian Grearson, Chief Superior Judge, Vermont Judiciary
  
• Steve Howard, Executive Director, Vermont State Employees Association
  
• Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  
• Evan Meenan, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys and Sheriffs' Dept.
  
• Marshall Pahl, Appellate and Juvenile Defender, Defender General's Office
  
• Aryka Radke, Deputy Commissioner, Family Services Division, Department for Children and Families
  
• Judith Rex, Executive Director
  

9:00 AM

Update on Raise the Age

• Sean Brown, Commissioner, Department for Children and Families
  

11:00 AM

Committee Discussion

Schedule Future Meetings and Agenda Items

11:30 AM

Adjourn

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Thursday, July 29, 2021

Meeting Details

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Standard

Meeting Record

9:30 AM

Update on Foster Parent Program

Caseload, Foster Care Accessibility, Parent Training

• Brenda Gooley, Operations Director, Family Services Division, Department for Children and Families
  
• Aryka Radke, Deputy Commissioner, Family Services Division, Department for Children and Families
  

10:30 AM

Foster Care Parent Training

• Richard Valenza, Raise a Child
  
• Jessica Vallely, Manager, Pro Act, Inc
  
• Sarah Ward, Director, VT Child Welfare Training Partnership
  
• Gail Zatz, Lobbyist, Raise a Child
  

12:00 PM

Adjourn

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Friday, August 27, 2021

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

Meeting Record

10:00 AM

DCF's Family First Plan

• Elizabeth Hawgood, FFPSA Grant Manager, Department of Children and Families
  
• Aryka Radke, Deputy Commissioner, Family Services Division, Department for Children and Families
  
• Amy Rose, Policy Associate, Voices for Vermont's Children
  
• Beth Sausville, Senior Policy and Operations Manager and Family Services FFPSA Lead, Department for Children and Families
  

11:00 AM

Funding for Prevention of Child Abuse

• Linda Johnson, Executive Director, Prevent Child Abuse Vermont
  

11:30 AM

2020 Child Protection Report

• Aryka Radke, Deputy Commissioner, Family Services Division, Department for Children and Families
  

12:15 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

Overview of Services and Programs in Family Services Division

• Aryka Radke, Deputy Commissioner, Family Services Division, Department for Children and Families
  

1:45 PM

Children Placed Out of State

Judicial and Non Judicial Placements

• Diane Bugbee, Children Services Specialist, Department of Disabilities, Aging & Independent Living
  
• Jennifer Herbert, Clinical Director, Department for Children and Families
  
• Laurel Omland, Director, Child, Adolescent, and Family Unit, Vermont Department of Mental Health
  
• Aryka Radke, Deputy Commissioner, Family Services Division, Department for Children and Families
  
• Monica White, Commissioner, Department of Disabilities, Aging & Independent Living
  

2:30 AM

Commission Discussion

2:45 PM

Adjourn

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Friday, October 1, 2021

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

Meeting Record

10:00 AM

Final Review of Family FIrst Plan

30 Day AHS Assessment
60 Day Judicial Assessment

• Brian Grearson, Chief Superior Judge, Vermont Judiciary
  
• Aryka Radke, Deputy Commissioner, Family Services Division, Department for Children and Families
  
• Beth Sausville, Senior Policy and Operations Manager and Family Services FFPSA Lead, Department for Children and Families
  

11:00 AM

CHINS Reform Group Report

• Brian Grearson, Chief Superior Judge, Vermont Judiciary
  

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

DCF Licensing Process of Residential Treatment Programs

• Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  
• Jennifer Myka, General Counsel, Department for Children and Families
  
• Aryka Radke, Deputy Commissioner, Family Services Division, Department for Children and Families
  

1:30 PM

Agency of Education Certification

What does it mean if a school does receive certification?
What does oversight look like?

• Emily Simmons, General Counsel, Agency of Education
  

2:15 PM

Update on Kurn Hattin Claims

• Kim Dougherty, Co-Founder, Partner, Justice Law Collaborative, LLC
  

2:30 AM

Committee Discussion

2:45 PM

Adjourn

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Friday, October 29, 2021

Meeting Details

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Standard

Meeting Record

10:00 AM

Update from Agency of Education

Statistics related to Vermont residential schools
Overview of new State Board rules

• Emily Simmons, General Counsel, Agency of Education
  

10:30 AM

Best Practices/Policies for regulating schools

Non educational components of residential schools

• Marilyn Villalobos, Policy Associate, National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
  

11:20 AM

Family First Plan

Member questions

• Jennifer Herbert, Clinical Director, Department for Children and Families
  
• Aryka Radke, Deputy Commissioner, Family Services Division, Department for Children and Families
  
• Beth Sausville, Senior Policy and Operations Manager and Family Services FFPSA Lead, Department for Children and Families
  

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

Family First Plan

• Brian Grearson, Chief Superior Judge, Vermont Judiciary
  

1:20 PM

UVM Presentation on Child Custody Issues in Vermont

Joint Hearing with Justice Oversight Committee

• Hannah Holbrook, Clinical Psychologist, University of Vermont
  
• Sen. Jane Kitchel, Chair, Senate Committee on Appropriations
  
• Jessica Strolin-Goltzman, Professor, College of Education and Social Services, University of Vermont
  

3:00 PM

Adjourn

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Friday, November 19, 2021

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

Meeting Record

10:00 AM

Update on Family Child Centers

• Claire Kendall, Co-Director, Family Center of Washington County, Parent Child Center Network
  

10:30 AM

VCAB's IT Proposals

• Sally Borden, Co-Chair, VCAB, Executive Director, Kidsafe Collaborative
  

11:00 AM

Family First Plan

Recommendations

• Amy Rose, Policy Associate, Voices for Vermont's Children
  

11:30 AM

DCF Response VCAB's IT Proposals and Family First Plan

• Michael Blanchard, Director of IT, Department for Children and Families
  
• Aryka Radke, Deputy Commissioner, Family Services Division, Department for Children and Families
  
• Beth Sausville, Senior Policy and Operations Manager and Family Services FFPSA Lead, Department for Children and Families
  

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

DRB Denial of Beckett Facility

• Sean Brown, Commissioner, Department for Children and Families
  

1:30 PM

Committee Discussion

Recommendations to Committees of Jurisdiction

• Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  

3:00 PM

Adjourn

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Monday, January 10, 2022

Meeting Details

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Standard

Meeting Record

9:30 AM

Committee Recommendations

Review and Vote

• Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  

10:00 AM

Adjourn

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