FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
State Rep. Mike Sturla D-Lancaster Chairman, Democratic Policy Committee www.pahouse.com/sturla	State Rep. Vanessa Lowery Brown D-Philadelphia Hearing Co-Chairman www.pahouse.com/brown

MEDIA ADVISORY

House Democratic Policy Committee to hold public hearing

on homeless children Monday in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 12 – House Democratic Policy Committee Chairman Mike Sturla, D-Lancaster, announced that the committee will hold a public hearing on homeless children from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday at the People’s Emergency Center, 325 N. 39^th St., Philadelphia.

State Rep. Vanessa Lowery Brown, D-Phila., requested the hearing and will serve as co-chairman. The hearing will focus on a recent report by Dr. Staci Perlman and Joe Willard that estimates the annual cost of child homelessness in Pennsylvania to be $335 million.

The current hearing agenda is:

· 2 p.m. – Welcome and opening remarks

· 2:10 p.m. – Panel one:

Ø Dr. Staci Perlman, MSW, assistant professor, Department of Social Work, Kutztown University

Ø Joe Willard, vice president of policy, People’s Emergency Center

· 2:50 p.m. – Kathy Fisher, family security director, Public Citizens for Children and Youth

· 3:20 p.m. – Maura McInerney, staff attorney, Education Law Center

· 3:50 p.m. – Mary Jane Morrison, RSM, MSS, LSW, social worker, Maternity Care Coalition

· 4:20 p.m. – Closing remarks

For more information about the Policy Committee, visit www.pahouse.com/PolicyCommittee.

The hearing is open to the public and media coverage is invited.

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