PRINTER'S NO. 4444
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
1026
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY KNOWLES, BURNS, SONNEY, BOBACK, HILL-EVANS, MURT,
RYAN, MILLARD, READSHAW, GREEN, BURGOS, SAYLOR, SCHMITT AND
NEILSON, SEPTEMBER 29, 2020
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of September 27 through October 2, 2020, as
"Juvenile Services Providers Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania's array of public and private service
providers has continued to evolve in response to juvenile
justice system reform efforts by improving the quality of
service delivery and simultaneously striving to ensure the
protection of our communities; and
WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Partnership for Juvenile Services
(PPJS), an association of Pennsylvania service providers, was
originally established in 1978 and is celebrating 42 years as a
juvenile justice service provider; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania service providers have adapted to
serving low-risk to moderate-risk youths within the community
and moderate-risk to high-risk youths in residential programs;
and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania service providers offer uniquely
designed programs to all 67 counties of this Commonwealth to
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address the individualized needs of specific populations,
including secure detention, secure treatment, institutional
facilities, group homes, foster homes and community-based and
in-home family-based programming; and
WHEREAS, The members of PPJS, adhering to the Balanced and
Restorative Justice Model, contribute to public safety by
providing a stable environment for at-risk youths, providing
education and programming and ensuring sufficient opportunities
for growth and development of Pennsylvania's youth; and
WHEREAS, The members PPJS also ensure every child's health
and well-being by providing competency development, self-
discipline and stabilization through comprehensive physical and
behavioral health evaluations as well as community involvement;
and
WHEREAS, Thousands of men and women are dedicated to ensuring
the proper care and supervision of youths through the
application of evidence-informed practices and trauma-informed
approaches designed to positively impact youth according to
their developmental needs; and
WHEREAS, Youth care worker members of the PPJS stand ready to
respond to youths who display an array of unresolved mental
health, behavioral, educational, emotional and intellectual
issues; and
WHEREAS, PPJS acts as a key resource for these service
providers offering education, representation and support for the
important services they provide for the Commonwealth's youths
and communities; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania's juvenile justice service providers in
coordination with PPJS, merit a week of recognition for their
unending services aimed at protecting our communities and
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assisting Pennsylvania's youth; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
week of September 27 through October 3, 2020, as "Juvenile
Services Providers Week" in Pennsylvania.
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