Nebraska Legislature Health and Human Services Committee LR 37 Meeting Transcript for October 18, 2011

October 18, 2011 The status of Nebraska’s child welfare system was the topic of an October 16, 2011, meeting of the Nebraska Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee, which is conducting an interim study of the effects of child welfare reform and privatization since the state embarked on the reform initiative in 2008. The transcript presents more than five hours of testimony on the findings of surveys and reports conducted by multiple stakeholders, such as the ombudsman’s office, the courts, Nebraska Appleseed, the Foster Care Review Board, the probation office, and the legislative fiscal office. In May . . .