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Weekly Wonk: Policy Influence Tradecraft
Breaking through the noise, plus deeper deregulation
Jun 1
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Douglas Steiger
27
May 2026
WonkCast #28: Innovating Amid Aversion to Risk
Listen now | "Our children and families don’t come to us in pieces, and yet we plan and budget for them as if they do."
May 27
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Zach Laris
3
1
29:21
Weekly Wonk: Title IV-E's Quiet Makeover Continues
Financing shifts outpace the narrative on child welfare financing.
May 26
27
WonkCast #27: Where You Sit is Where You Stand
Listen now | JooYeun Chang on how our role shapes what we see
May 20
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Zach Laris
5
1
31:33
Weekly Wonk: Family First, Light on Families
Digging the latest Family First data, plus deregulation comes to child care
May 18
38
WonkCast #26: Family Policy's Power Problem
Listen now | "In some ways, we are showing up to the political racetrack in a horse and buggy"
May 13
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Zach Laris
3
35:51
Weekly Wonk: Disconnected Domestic Violence Policy
Why Systems Meant to Help Can Make It Harder
May 11
19
WonkCast #25 NE Child Welfare Commissioner Alyssa Bish
Listen now | Family First, kinship care, and why NE was a "quick yes" on A Home for Every Child
May 6
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Zach Laris
3
33:17
Weekly Wonk: Advocacy When the Earth Moves Underneath You
How advocacy is evolving, building safety culture, & Chafee on the move
May 4
45
April 2026
WonkCast #24: When Policy Outruns Evidence
Listen now | Dr. Jill Duerr Berrick on poverty and neglect, child welfare abolition, and where policy narratives and the evidence for them drift
Apr 29
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Zach Laris
8
1
32:44
Weekly Wonk: What if We’re Wrong About What Works?
Why the limits of evidence in child welfare matters for policy
Apr 27
36
WonkCast #23: Alex Adams 6 Months in at ACF
Listen now | The big bet he's making on policy durability
Apr 22
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Zach Laris
10
35:55
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