Citizen Review Panel, Alaska
Brief Description:
Alaska has one Citizen Review Panel which started around 2003. The Panel has a chair and vice-chair. Staffing is provided through a contract with an outside agency.
Other Information: Alaska’s CRP got off to a slow start, as initially the Panel received no funding. This made it challenging to serve a state that is equal in size to 20% of the contiguous U.S. There are many challenges trying to serve such a large area, much of which is not connected by roads.
Sample of Current Work Projects/Focus:
• Relationship between Office of Children’s Services and foster parents
• Relationship between Office of Children’s Services and tribal entities
Website: www.crpalaska.org
Started in: 2003
Annual Report Submitted: June 30,
response due from state within 6 months
Total Members: Currently 8, hoping to
add a member from Southwest Alaska
Budget Amount and Source: $110,000 from state general funds. Information Insights is
contracted through Alaska’s child welfare agency to provide program coordination.
Started in: 2003
Annual Report Submitted: June 30,
response due from state within 6 months
Total Members: Currently 8, hoping to
add a member from Southwest Alaska
Contact Information:
Sylvan Robb
Senior Consultant at Information
Insights
Coordinator for Citizen Review Panel
212 Front Street, Suite 100
Fairbanks, Alaska 99701
(907) 450-2456
sylvan@iialaska.com
Source: Citizen Review Panel National Directory of States
Membership and Staff Support
Required membership The Panel shall be composed of volunteer members who are broadly representative of the state, including members who have expertise in the prevention and treatment of child abuse and
neglect.
Current membership
Susan Heuer, Chair, Anchorage
Bonnie Edmondson, North Pole
Dana W. Hallett, Haines
Kristin Hull, Wasilla
Steve McComb, Palmer
Stella Schuchardt, Fairbanks
Former members who left the group during this reporting period
Arthur Hansen, Fairbanks
George Kirchner, Fairbanks
Ralph Taylor, Eagle River
Fred Van Wallinga, Willow
Desired membership The CRP would like to meet its requirement to be broadly
representative of the state by widening the geographic and racial and ethnic diversity of
the membership. The group is working to recruit new members from underrepresented
areas of the state as well as a greater diversity of child-centered expertise and backgrounds.
Source: Citizen Review Panel Annual Report (2011 Annual Report)
My question would be... who is reviewing the Citizens Review Panel? I have seen plenty of evidence that this state has MANY good ol' boys clubs. Who's watching the watchers?
The Citizen Review Panels (all three) should be treated like jury duty. Normal citizens picked for Review duty. Never the same ones twice.
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Never doubt that a small, dedicated group of citizens can make a difference. Indeed,
it is the only thing that ever has…..
~ Margaret Mead
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*The posts made in this blog are of our opinion only* Without Prejudice UCC 1-207
Brief Description:
Alaska has one Citizen Review Panel which started around 2003. The Panel has a chair and vice-chair. Staffing is provided through a contract with an outside agency.
Other Information: Alaska’s CRP got off to a slow start, as initially the Panel received no funding. This made it challenging to serve a state that is equal in size to 20% of the contiguous U.S. There are many challenges trying to serve such a large area, much of which is not connected by roads.
Sample of Current Work Projects/Focus:
• Relationship between Office of Children’s Services and foster parents
• Relationship between Office of Children’s Services and tribal entities
Website: www.crpalaska.org
Started in: 2003
Annual Report Submitted: June 30,
response due from state within 6 months
Total Members: Currently 8, hoping to
add a member from Southwest Alaska
Budget Amount and Source: $110,000 from state general funds. Information Insights is
contracted through Alaska’s child welfare agency to provide program coordination.
Started in: 2003
Annual Report Submitted: June 30,
response due from state within 6 months
Total Members: Currently 8, hoping to
add a member from Southwest Alaska
Contact Information:
Sylvan Robb
Senior Consultant at Information
Insights
Coordinator for Citizen Review Panel
212 Front Street, Suite 100
Fairbanks, Alaska 99701
(907) 450-2456
sylvan@iialaska.com
Source: Citizen Review Panel National Directory of States
Membership and Staff Support
Required membership The Panel shall be composed of volunteer members who are broadly representative of the state, including members who have expertise in the prevention and treatment of child abuse and
neglect.
Current membership
Susan Heuer, Chair, Anchorage
Bonnie Edmondson, North Pole
Dana W. Hallett, Haines
Kristin Hull, Wasilla
Steve McComb, Palmer
Stella Schuchardt, Fairbanks
Former members who left the group during this reporting period
Arthur Hansen, Fairbanks
George Kirchner, Fairbanks
Ralph Taylor, Eagle River
Fred Van Wallinga, Willow
Desired membership The CRP would like to meet its requirement to be broadly
representative of the state by widening the geographic and racial and ethnic diversity of
the membership. The group is working to recruit new members from underrepresented
areas of the state as well as a greater diversity of child-centered expertise and backgrounds.
Source: Citizen Review Panel Annual Report (2011 Annual Report)
My question would be... who is reviewing the Citizens Review Panel? I have seen plenty of evidence that this state has MANY good ol' boys clubs. Who's watching the watchers?
The Citizen Review Panels (all three) should be treated like jury duty. Normal citizens picked for Review duty. Never the same ones twice.
--------------------------------------------------------------
Never doubt that a small, dedicated group of citizens can make a difference. Indeed,
it is the only thing that ever has…..
~ Margaret Mead
--------------------------------------------------------------
I might ad that, that small, dedicated group of citizens find what and who they are dedicated to.
*The posts made in this blog are of our opinion only* Without Prejudice UCC 1-207
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