HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON FAMILIES, CHILDREN, AND SENIORS
REP. KATHY CRAWFORD
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, February 06,
2019
09:00 AM
Room 308, House Office
Building, Lansing, MI
The House Standing Committee on Families, Children, and Seniors was called to order by Chairman
Crawford.
The Clerk read the following letter from the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Lee Chatfield, to
Gary L. Randall, Clerk of the Michigan House of Representatives:
January 16, 2019
Mr. Gary L. Randall, Clerk
Michigan House of Representatives
State Capitol Building
Lansing, MI 48913
Dear Mr. Clerk:
I appoint the following Members of the 100th Legislature to the Standing Committees for the
2019-2020 Legislative Session:
Families, Children, and Seniors
Reps. Crawford (C), Rendon (Maj. VC), Hoitenga, Meerman, Wozniak, Garrett (Min. VC),
Liberati, Brenda Carter, Cynthia A. Johnson
Sincerely,
Lee Chatfield, Speaker
Michigan House of Representatives
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Crawford, Rendon, Hoitenga, Meerman, Wozniak, Garrett, Liberati, B. Carter, C. A.
Johnson.
Absent/Excused: None.
The Chair stated the committee would be following Chapter IV, as stated in the House Standing Rules
that were adopted by the House of Representatives on Wednesday, January 9, 2019.
Representative Rendon moved to adopt Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. in room 308 of the Anderson House
Office Building as the day, time, and location for the regular schedule for the meetings of the House
Families, Children and Seniors Committee.
The motion prevailed 9-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Crawford, Rendon, Hoitenga, Meerman, Wozniak, Garrett, Liberati, B. Carter, C.A.
Johnson.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
The Chair asked the committee members and support staff to introduce themselves to the full committee.
The Chair laid before the committee a presentation given by the Children’s Services Agency.
Stacie Bladen, the Deputy Director for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Children’s Services Agency, introduced her staff: Collin Parks, Manager of the Children Protection
Services Program Office; Sarah Goad, Manager of the Foster Care Program Office; and Cathe Hoover,
Manager of the Adoption, Guardianship, Recruitment and Retention. Deputy Director Bladen gave an
overview on the agency’s child welfare program. Questions and discussion followed. Copy of the
PowerPoint presentation is attached.
There being no other business before the committee; Representative Garrett moved that the Committee
adjourn. The motion prevailed without objection.
There being no further business before the committee, the Chair adjourned the meeting at 10:28 AM.
Representative Kathy Crawford, Chair
Joy Brewer
Committee Clerk
joybrewer@house.mi.gov