The same month Frank Cervone got his start in the Support Center for Child Advocates, the organization helped spark a major legal battle against the Pennsylvania Department of Welfare and other related agencies.
Cervone said that what followed was 11 years of litigation to improve the child welfare system. The federal class action, filed by the ACLU and Drinker Biddle & Reath, sought to remedy the state’s failure to provide for abused and neglected children.