The Allegheny County Experience - The transformation of a child welfare system to a national model
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Marc Cherna has been the Director of the Allegheny County Department of Human Services for the past 11 years. He has 35 years of experience including thirteen years as an Assistant Director in the NJ Division of Youth and Family Services. In 2005 Marc received the Betsey M. Rosenbaum award for Excellence in Child Welfare Administration from his peers at the National Association for Public Child Welfare Administrators. He recently served on the Mayor’s Child Welfare Review Panel for the Philadelphia Department of Human Services.
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