Luzerne County Manager David Pedri Provides Status Report On All Divisions

Luzerne County Manager C. David Pedri said he can’t guarantee Children and Youth’s license will be removed from provisional status next month, but staffing and documentation concerns have been addressed. “I want to be very clear to council we are making strides,” Pedri said last week. “We still are facing many issues, but I would say that we are getting better, and we will continue to get better.” The state reduced the license to provisional status in September 2015 after a review stemming from the death of a child and other inspections that found “some serious concerns regarding agency practice as well as regulatory violations.” The downgrading continues through Sept.