WITNESS LIST

            Appropriations Committee

            February 17, 2015 - 7:30 AM

            (SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING - ARTICLE II)

Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services

                 For:

                                 Asati, Reetika (Self)

                                 Craft, Rene (Self)

                                 Lavelle, Tanya (Easter seals central texas)

                                 Myers, David (Texas Association of thr Deaf)

                 On:

                                 Bearden, Chase (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Berger, Melitta (Lbb)

                                 Bitter, Sandra (Texas State Independent Living Council)

                                 Brown, Nissa (Self)

                                 Bufkin, Alice (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Catoe, Ellen (Self; Texana Center)

                                 Crawford, Valerie (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Durden, Veronda L. (Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services)

                                 Horton, Colleen (Self; Hogg Foundation for Mental Health)

                                 Hunt, Paul (Self; American Council Of the Blind Of Texas)

                                 Hunt, Sheryl (Self)

                                 Johnson-Patagoc, Kate (Self; Texana center)

                                 Kantoff, Amy (Texas Association of Centers for Independent Living (TACIL))

                                 Latta, Karen (Sunset Commission)

                                 Lawler, Erin (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Litzinger, Linda (Self)

                                 Samms, Brakeyshia (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Smith, Lindsey (Self; Texana Center)

                                 Trevino, Rebecca (Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Kuykendall (kirk-in-doll), Deanna L. (Texas Brain Injury Providers' Alliance)

                                 Zwicker, Ivy (Self; Autism treatment center)

                 On:

                                 Bartell, Charity (Self)

                                 Guevara, Chris (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Hernandez, Maria (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 McKay, Ginny (Sunset Advisory Commission)

                                 Neal, Glenn (Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services)

                                 Shurtleff, Sean (Sunset Commission)

                                 Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)

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WITNESS LIST

Department of Family and Protective Services

                 For:

                                 Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)

                                 Holman, Nancy (Texas Alliance of Child and Family Services)

                                 Homer, Andrew (Texas CASA)

                 On:

                                 Berger, Melitta (Lbb)

                                 Carson, Wayne (Self; Ach child and family services)

                                 Francis, Will (National association of social workers - Texas chapter)

                                 Gendron, Christine (Texas network of youth services)

                                 Harris, Ashley (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Henderson, Tracy (DFPS)

                                 Johnson, Shaniqua (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Patel, Dimple (TexProtects (Texas Association for the Protection of Children))

                                 Rasco, Sasha (DFPS)

                                 Rauls, Joy (Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas, Inc.)

                                 Samms, Brakeyshia (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Specia, John (Department of Family and Protective Services)

                                 Specia, John (DFPS)

                                 Tripp, Amy (Sunset Advisory Commission)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Black, Lisa (Department of Family and Protective Services)

                                 Brown, Nissa (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Cannata, George (Department of Family and Protective Services)

                                 Engelking, Beth (Department of Family and Protective Services)

                                 Guevara, Chris (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Hernandez, Maria (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Morris, Paul (Department of Family and Protective Services)

                                 Nash, Carissa (Sunset advisory commission)

                                 Rencher, Faye (Sunset commission)

                                 Sims, Jennifer (Department of Family and Protective Services)

                                 White, Kelly (Austin Children's Services)

                                 Zimmerman, Ric (Department of Family and Protective Services)

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