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WonkCast #17: The Novel Metrics Quietly Reshaping Child Welfare Policy
Using data as a compass, not for "chart crimes"
13 hrs ago
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Zach Laris
3
28:38
Weekly Wonk: Agreeable Vibes Don’t Move Bills
What Hill Staff Wish the Child and Family Policy Field Understood.
Mar 2
44
February 2026
WonkCast #16: The Uber of Social Isolation
"You cannot legislate love."
Feb 25
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Zach Laris
2
31:23
Weekly Wonk: The Behavioral Health Ceiling on A Home for Every Child
Plus a bonfire of regulatory "dark matter"
Feb 23
42
WonkCast #15: A Publicly Funded & Voluntary Alternative to Foster Care
"How do we build these structures for people who have no one else to turn to?"
Feb 18
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Zach Laris
4
33:09
Weekly Wonk: Making A Home for Every Child Work
What the Ratio Can & Can't Measure, Financing Reform, and When "Everybody Knows"
Feb 17
12
WonkCast #14 Wendell Primus on Power & Policymaking
Listen now | Wendell Primus on how to navigate Congress to redesign child welfare financing
Feb 11
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Zach Laris
3
35:18
Weekly Wonk: A Hidden Constraint to Scaling Child Welfare Innovation
Family First turns 8, New ACF Action, & Why Indirect Costs Matter
Feb 9
15
WonkCast #13: Child Safety & Generative AI
Listen now | Teresa Huizar on why technology outpacing policy is not inevitable
Feb 4
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Zach Laris
4
32:54
Weekly Wonk: The Deficit Moment Child and Family Policy Can’t Ignore
Why it matters and what's ahead
Feb 2
36
January 2026
WonkCast #12: When Poverty Isn’t Just About Money
Listen now | Jedd Medefind on complex poverty, prevention, and child welfare
Jan 28
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Zach Laris
4
33:06
Weekly Wonk: Kinship & State Capacity
From the Founder’s Desk
Jan 26
31
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