PFSA Executive Director Named to Pennsylvania Children's Trust Fund Board of Directors

HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Angela M. Liddle, executive director of the Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance (PFSA), has been appointed to the board of directors of the Pennsylvania Children's Trust Fund.

She was nominated to the post by Gov. Tom Corbett and confirmed by the state Senate. The board is made up of three members of the state House of Representatives, three members of the state Senate and nine citizens appointed by the governor.

The Pennsylvania Children's Trust Fund was created in 1988 to provide funding for innovative and creative community-based programs that help prevent child abuse and neglect.

The fund relies primarily on revenue generated from a $10 surcharge on marriage and divorce applications filed in Pennsylvania. The fund has awarded a total of a total of $29.8 million to 234 programs since its inception.

Liddle has been executive director of PFSA since 1994. She holds a bachelor's degree in family studies from Messiah College and a master's degree in public administration from Penn State. She is a certified nonprofit manager and a peer reviewer in standards of excellence for the Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations.

PFSA is a nonprofit organization that provides training in recognizing and reporting child abuse and neglect through schools, early childhood education centers, religious institutions, and social service agencies.

PFSA serves as the Pennsylvania sponsor of The Front Porch Project®, a community-based training initiative that educates the general public about how to protect children from abuse and also works with more than 50 affiliate agencies across Pennsylvania to provide information, educational materials, and programs that teach and support good parenting practices.

For more information, visit the PFSA Web site at www.pa-fsa.org.

Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance
Protecting children from abuse
Training for professionals
Support for families
Education for communities

Visit the PFSA website at www.pa-fsa.org

SOURCE PA Family Support Alliance

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