Archive - Child Welfare Wonk

WonkCast #6: Reshaping Family Matches with Online Dating Data Science

A conversation with AdoptionShare Founder & CEO Thea Ramirez

Dec 3 •

33:26

Weekly Wonk: The Map is Not The Territory

Plus ACF's New "Home for Every Child" Initiative...

Dec 1

November 2025

WonkCast Episode 5: Former ACYF Commissioner Rebecca Jones Gaston

"Who am I to sit back?"

Nov 26 •

32:13

Weekly Wonk: The Next Big Child Welfare Window

From the Founder’s Desk

Nov 24

WonkCast Episode 4: Former ACF Assistant Secretary Lynn Johnson

From Head Start's critic to its conservative champion

Nov 19 •

33:14

Weekly Wonk: How the Rise of For-Profit Mental Health is Reshaping Access for Kids

From the Founder’s Desk

Nov 17

WonkCast Episode 3: Dr. Melissa Merrick

Listen now | ACEs, public health approaches to serving families, and how to define a term as broad as "prevention"

Nov 12 •

31:25

Weekly Wonk: How Child Welfare Advocacy Fell Flat—and What Comes Next

Welcome, Wonks.

Nov 10

WonkCast Episode 2: Rita Soronen

Scaling what works, expanding perspectives on permanency, and the role and limits of evidence in policymaking

Nov 5 •

35:23

Weekly Wonk: Oh SNAP– Shutdowns & Shifting Stability

Wonk Special Request

Nov 3

October 2025

WonkCast Episode 1: Mary Bissell

Kinship care, bipartisanship, and what MaryLee Allen taught about coalition leadership

Oct 29 •

28:15

Introducing WonkCast: People Power Policy.

Episode 0: Our Launch

Oct 29 •

3:37

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