01/29/2004 03:06 PM House HES

                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
               HOUSE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL                                                                             
                  SERVICES STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                                 
                        January 29, 2004                                                                                        
                           3:06 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Peggy Wilson, Chair                                                                                              
Representative John Coghill                                                                                                     
Representative Paul Seaton                                                                                                      
Representative Kelly Wolf                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Carl Gatto, Vice Chair                                                                                           
Representative Sharon Cissna                                                                                                    
Representative Mary Kapsner                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
^PRESENTATION BY MARK WALKER, LCSW, WRANGELL COMMUNITY SERVICES,                                                                
ON "CROSSINGS WILDERNESS EXPEDITIONS FOR YOUTH"                                                                                 
                                                                                                                              
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
04-06, SIDE(S) A & B                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  PEGGY WILSON  convened  the meeting  of  the House  Health,                                                            
Education  and Social  Services  Standing Committee  at 3:06  p.m.                                                              
Representatives  Wilson, Wolf,  Coghill, and  Seaton were  present                                                              
at the call to order.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
STEVE  PRYSUNKA,  Founder  and   Organizer,  Crossings  Wilderness                                                              
Expeditions   for   Youth   ("Crossings"),    Wrangell,   gave   a                                                              
presentation  describing   the  youth  program  Crossings.     The                                                              
presentation  described the  policies, practices,  and mission  of                                                              
Crossings.  Also,  the presentation described similar  programs in                                                              
other states,  and what  the State  of Alaska  could to  do assist                                                              
the  Crossings  program.   The  presentation  also  described  the                                                              
importance  of  Crossings  and   its  effectiveness  for  troubled                                                              
youth.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
There were no announcements.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                              
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
There being  no further business  before the committee,  the House                                                              
Health,  Education  and  Social  Services  committee  meeting  was                                                              
adjourned at 4:50 p.m.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
NOTE:   The meeting  was recorded and  handwritten log  notes were                                                              
taken.   A copy of the  tape(s) and log  notes may be  obtained by                                                              
contacting  the House  Records Office  at State  Capitol, Room  3,                                                              
Juneau,  Alaska  99801  (mailing  address),  (907)  465-2214,  and                                                              
after  adjournment  of  the second  session  of  the  Twenty-Third                                                              
Alaska  State Legislature  this  information  may  be obtained  by                                                              
contacting the Legislative Reference Library at (907) 465-3808.