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Weekly Wonk: Family First, Light on Families
Digging the latest Family First data, plus deregulation comes to child care
May 18
37
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
2
35:51
Weekly Wonk: Disconnected Domestic Violence Policy
Why Systems Meant to Help Can Make It Harder
May 11
18
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
2
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
7
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
Weekly Wonk: Spring '26 Wonk Intelligence Quarterly
Strategic guidance, plus FLOTUS on the Hill for foster care
Apr 20
47
WonkCast #22: Zach Laris Answers Your Questions
Listen now | Our first AMA with Founder Zach Laris
Apr 15
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Zach Laris
9
29:38
Weekly Wonk: Foster Care as Children's Behavioral Health Policy
Why custody relinquishment persists, plus... reconciliation redux?
Apr 13
49
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WonkCast #21: Advocacy Through Constraints
Listen now | Jeff Hild on navigating the constraints leaders face across policymaking and advocacy
Apr 8
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Zach Laris
7
32:53
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