Youth Services Alliance of Pennsylvania (YSAP)

06/12/2013

Op-ed "State court ruling on youth services was a victory for PA kids" runs in Harrisburg Patriot-News and York Dispatch

http://www.pennlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2013/06/state_court_ruling_on_youth_services_was_a_victory_for_pa_kids_as_i_see_it.html

http://www.yorkdispatch.com/editorials/ci_23435132/op-ed-ruling-helps-disadvantaged-children

After suffering at the hands of this illegal process for five years, Pennsylvania’s disadvantaged children have a clear road ahead. They can once again benefit from a healthy partnership between counties and hundreds of private agencies delivering a wide range of services—from day treatm...

05/22/2013

PA Supreme Court decision terminates illegal state fiscal process. Read more on our website:
http://ysaponline.org/2013/05/pa-supreme-court-decision-terminates-illegal-state-fiscal-process/

On April 24, 2013, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld a Commonwealth Court ruling that the fiscal process imposed on counties and private service providers since 2009 by the Office of Children, Youth and Families (OCYF) of the Pennsylvania Department of Welfare (DPW) was illegal. The power grab b...

06/02/2011

Learn how YSAP is supporting an anti "kids for cash" bill: http://tinyurl.com/42thw2o

Group gives OK to child welfare bills | The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre & Scranton PA

05/03/2011

Check out this op-ed by YSAP President, Judy Happ, in the Patriot-News (Harrisburg)!

By Judy Happ Throughout the 1990s, Pennsylvania’s disadvantaged children were well served by a healthy partnership between counties and hundreds of private agencies delivering a wide range of diverse services — from day treatment and therapeutic family care to residential programs. The system provid

04/27/2011

Here's a great example of how YSAP members help children who need help the most! http://tinyurl.com/4xgop8t

Lansdale Pennsylvania daily newspaper covering local, regional, and national news including local sports, video and multimedia coverage, and classified advertising.

04/27/2011

YSAP represents PA private children & youth providers who deliver 80% of PA's services for abused, neglected & delinquent children & youth.

04/27/2011

Committed to a healthy statewide private-provider system for children & youth in PA w/ cost-effective alternatives to government services