Weekly Wonk: Signals Amid Shutdown

From the Founder’s Desk

Oct 13

15

Weekly Wonk: How Family First Shifts State Spending

From the Founder’s Desk

Oct 6

22

September 2025

Weekly Wonk: Why This Shutdown May Be Different

From the Founder’s Desk

Sep 29

22

Weekly Wonk: The Hidden Fault Lines in Child Welfare Funding

From the Founder’s Desk

Sep 22

33

Weekly Wonk- Rounding up Research That Matters

Plus our inaugural Research Roundup, and Wonkatizers on the MAHA health blueprint, HHS budget cuts, and the Administration’s new regulatory agenda.

Sep 15

16

Weekly Wonk- The Guardianship Gap: Federal Promise, State Reality

Plus how coalitions become cartels, and what to watch amid clashes over CDC

Sep 8

38

The Wonk Launches Premium

Introducing the Wonk Briefing Room, plus child welfare’s legislative odds, shutdown signals, and CDC turmoil with real stakes for families.

Sep 2

34

August 2025

Data Surprise: Children with Mental Health Needs in Foster Care More Likely to Receive Therapy and Medication

Plus MACPAC deep dive, and MS infant mortality and child welfare

Aug 25 • 

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Weekly Wonk: Entitlement to What, Exactly?

Entitlement to what, why data matters, plus Wonk makes you an offer you can’t refuse

Aug 18

27

Weekly Wonk: New Analyses Show How Medicaid Cuts Impact Children

Two new data drops, Financing Survey insights, and much more

Aug 11

41

Weekly Wonk: TANF At a Crossroads

Plus bipartisan movement on housing policy, and a major retirement

Aug 4

10

July 2025

Weekly Wonk: The Other Pediatric Mental Health Crisis

New Data Drop and analysis of policymaking process

Jul 28

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