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JusticeWorks Community Updates
Butler Independent Living Youth Shine During Site Visit
JusticeWorks Butler County held their yearly Independent Living site visit by video conference on 5/7/20 through the PA Child Welfare Resource Center (CWRC). Three IL youth and five JusticeWorks staff were present, along with the Butler County Program Specialist and Administrator. Staff fervently shared unique group and individual activities they have offered over the course of the past year. The youth were extremely engaged and expressive throughout the site visit - so much so that the Zoom conference mute button was in full force! The youth described a Butler IL team of passionate and...
Dan Heit: Funding must continue to ensure help for abused children
Guest editorial written by Dan Heit for a local newspaper. A part of a coordinated effort to appeal for additional funding. JusticeWorks YouthCare serves families within the child welfare system and youth on juvenile probation. We also operate alternative high schools for students with behavioral problems. Based in Pittsburgh, we work in 45 counties throughout Pennsylvania. Just as nurses, doctors, grocery clerks and delivery drivers do, our staff bravely risk their safety to provide much needed support to more than 10,000 individuals in 3,000 families daily. Since the covid-19 crisis...
No Distance Too Great
On March 13th, 2020 Pennsylvania’s Governor Wolf made the difficult decision to close schools for a two week period due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The school closure is now effective throughout the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year. This mandated closure affected our three alternative high schools for disruptive youth: Compass Academy Mt. Carmel; Lycoming and Schuylkill. We are, of course, disappointed not to be able to continue our schools as usual, our greatest goal was to be able to continue our students’ education. Compass Academy teams rallied to quickly a design a distance...
Appreciation from Cambria County!
Email received from Cambria County Children and Youth Services Administrative Officer, Matt Conjelko: "Your staff has always done a great job keeping communications open and planning for whatever may be coming down the pike, whether it is the Covid-19 virus, transitioning staff, or trouble shooting glitches. I wanted you to be aware and thank you for training your staff well." We're proud to be a valued partner with Cambria County and appreciate their CYS' Administrative Officer Matt Conjelko to take the time to appreciate JusticeWorks.
JusticeWorks Staff Recognition from Perry County!
Email received from Perry County Children and Youth Caseworker, Jessica Miller: “I just wanted to let you know a few things. I have been working with Kathy on one of our cases and I just wanted to let you know that she is doing such a great job. I do not usually do this, but I wanted to let you know that she has gone above and beyond! She is so diligent with sending me daily updates, having great communication between me and the family, and finding and helping the family with resources. I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate her and how great of a job she is doing. I know my...
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