1st Steps International Adoptions, Inc. v. Department of Public Welfare

OPINION BY

Senior Judge JIULIANTE.

1st Steps International Adoption, Inc. (Petitioner) petitions for review of a May 27, 2004 order of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (DPW), Bureau of Hearings and Appeals (BHA), that adopted the recommendation of the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) to deny Petitioner’s appeal from DPW’s decision not to renew its third provisional certificate of compliance to operate as a private children and youth social services agency providing adoption. We affirm.

Petitioner was organized in 2001 by Lin Strasser; the focus of Petitioner’s services was on…