WITNESS LIST
Human Services Committee
April 23, 2013 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Hiner, Harrison (Texas state employees union)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Martinez, Sandra (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
Stuart, John (Self; National Association of Social Workers Texas Chapter)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Against:
Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)
On:
Wilson, Wayne (HHSC resource Witness)
For:
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One Voice Texas)
Chandler, Robin (Disability Rights Texas)
Cormie, Duncan (Self; Texas Network of Youth Services)
DeWitt, Lauren (Self)
Foster, Mike (Self; Texas Association of Child Placing Agencies)
Holmes, Harry (Harris County Healthcare Alliance)
LeBleu, Stephanie (Texas CASA)
Panju, Arif (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Tafoya, Marcelo (League of United Latin American Citizens)
On:
Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)
Rogers, James (Department of Family and Protective Services)
Villarreal, Rudy (HHSC Resource Witness)
For:
Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One Voice Texas)
Bryant, Gigi edwards (Self)
Chandler, Robin (Disability Rights Texas)
Dove, Deborah (Self)
Harris, Ashley (Texans Care for Children)
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For:
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
Rosenbaum, Lisa (Self)
Seay, Bronwyn (The settlement home)
On:
Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Blanke, Laura (Texas Pediatric Society)
Clements, Irene (Self; Texas Foster Family Association)
Conradt, Trish (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)
Cormie, Duncan (Self; Texas Network of Youth Services)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas Association for Infant Mental Health)
Foster, Mike (Self; Texas Association of Child Placing Agencies)
Holmes, Harry (Harris County Healthcare Alliance)
LeBleu, Stephanie (Texas CASA)
Martinez, Diana (Self; TexProtects, The Texas Association for the Protection of Children)
Martinez, Sandra (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas)
Stuart, John (Self; National Association of Social Workers Texas Chapter)
Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)
On:
Rogers, James (Department of Family and Protective Services)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
Villarreal, Rudy (HHSC Resource Witness)
For:
Spector, Sara (Self)
Tunnell, Dawn (Self; Texas Baptist Home for Children)
Against:
Acevedo, Fidel (Self; LULAC)
Moreno, Dennis (Self)
Moreno, Jesse (Self)
Moreno, Mary (Self)
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
Tafoya, Marcelo (Self; LULAC)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Caselman, Jeanie (Self; Texas baptist home for children)
Clements, Irene (Self; Texas Foster Family Association)
Combs Boruff, Sarah (Texas alliance of child and family services)
Hogan, Jami (Self; Texas Baptist Home for Children)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Prewitt, Jessica (Self; Texas Baptist Home for Children)
Ratliff, Thomas (Self)
Sapolio, Jessica (Self; Texas baptist home for children)
Webster, Rachelle (Self; Spaulding for Children)
Wright, Eric (Providence service corporation)
Against:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
DeWitt, Lauren (Self)
Foster, Mike (Self; Texas Association of Child Placing Agencies)
Harris, Ashley (Texans Care for Children)
Newman, Jeremy (Self; Texas Home School Coalition)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
On:
Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
LeBleu, Stephanie (Texas CASA)
On:
Shaw, Jean (Department of Family and Protective Services)
For:
Wilson, April (The Texas Association for the Protection of Children)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One Voice Texas)
Clements, Irene (Self; Texas Foster Family Association)
Foster, Mike (Self; Texas Association of Child Placing Agencies)
Harris, Ashley (Texans Care for Children)
LeBleu, Stephanie (Texas CASA)
Ligon, Katharine (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Perkins, Vicki (Children's Hospital of San Antonio)
Schroeder, Rebekah (Texas Children's Hospital)
Against:
Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)
On:
Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Mitchell, Beth (Disability rights texas)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
Against:
Watkins, Sarah (Community Now)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
DeWitt, Lauren (Self)
Robinson, Ileene (Self)
Against:
Castillo, Consuelo (Texas advocates)
Cranston, Ron (Self)
Kafka, Bob (Self; ADAPT)
On:
Engelking, Beth (Department of Family and Protective Services)
Vesowate, Joe (Department of Aging and Disability Services)
For:
Cole, Celia (Texas food bank network)
Dimitry, Lauren (Self; Texans Care for Children & the Fresh Chefs Society)
Gaines, Leslie (Self)
Seay, Bronwyn (The settlement home)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One Voice Texas)
Chandler, Robin (Disability Rights Texas)
Clements, Irene (Self; Texas Foster Family Association)
Cooper, Rachel (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
DeWitt, Lauren (Self)
Foster, Mike (Self; Texas Association of Child Placing Agencies)
Hughes, Lisa (Texas Academy of Nutrition ans Dietetics)
Johnson, McCall (Fresh Chefs Society)
LeBleu, Stephanie (Texas CASA)
Martinez, Diana (Self; TexProtects, The Texas Association for the Protection of Children)
Olson, Anne (Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission)
Rathbone, Marissa (Self; ACTIVE Life)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
Stuart, John (Self; National Association of Social Workers Texas Chapter)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)
For:
Acevedo, Fidel (LULAC)
Chandler, Robin (Disability Rights Texas)
Dove, Deborah (Self)
Moreno, Dennis (Self)
Moreno, Jesse (Self)
Moreno, Mary (Self)
Tafoya, Marcelo (League of United Latin American Citizens)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Wade (Self)
Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One Voice Texas)
Clements, Irene (Self; Texas Foster Family Association)
Foster, Mike (Self; Texas Association of Child Placing Agencies)
Holmes, Harry (Harris County Healthcare Alliance)
LeBleu, Stephanie (Texas CASA)
Martinez, Diana (Self; TexProtects, The Texas Association for the Protection of Children)
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
Richardson, Lionel (Self)
Salazar, Laura michelle (Self)
Smith, Erin (DePelchin Childrens Center)
Wheat, Tina (Self)
Against:
Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)
On:
Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)
Martinez, Jose (Department of Family and Protective Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Foster, Mike (Self; Texas Association of Child Placing Agencies)
On:
Engelking, Beth (Department of Family and Protective Services)
For:
Foster, Mike (Self; Texas Association of Child Placing Agencies)
Martinez, Diana (Self; TexProtects, The Texas Association for the Protection of Children)
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Sparks, Andrea (Texas CASA)
On:
Byrne, Darlene (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One Voice Texas)
Chandler, Robin (Disability Rights Texas)
Cormie, Duncan (Self; Texas Network of Youth Services)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas Association for Infant Mental Health)
Harris, Ashley (Texans Care for Children)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
On:
Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)
For:
Cole, Celia (Texas food bank network)
Cooper, Rachel (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Dimitry, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)
Olson, Anne (Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission)
Rathbone, Marissa (Self; ACTIVE Life)
Seay, Bronwyn (The settlement home)
Widrow, Woody (RAISE Texas)
Against:
Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)
On:
Rose, Cathy (HHSC Resource Witness)
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