On this week’s episode we discuss some leadership departures and additions in top jobs; the ongoing “workforce spiral” in child welfare; how systems pull money from the social safety net to offset costs; and the Adoption Files Initiative. Former Alaska legislator Les Gara is seeking the nomination to be the Democratic candidate for governor of the Last Frontier. He joined us to talk about his time in foster care, his advocacy for foster youth and parents in the Alaska legislature and why he thinks he has a chance in a state that has historically sent Republicans and Independents to the governor’s mansion.Reading RoomLos Angeles County Child Welfare Director Bobby Cagle Suddenly Steps Downhttps://bit.ly/3DPFHgwEric Adams Taps Jess Dannhauser to Lead City’s Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice Systemshttps://bit.ly/3zes219Legal Settlement: New York Foster Parents Poised for Big Increase in Support Paymentshttps://bit.ly/3JgCgSWKentucky Social Workers Get 10% Pay Hike Amid Job Exodushttps://bit.ly/3pkS3Z8These foster youth say the state of Alaska pocketed thousands of dollars that belonged to them.https://bit.ly/3vHyjPXA Mother Needed Welfare. Instead, the State Used Welfare Funds to Take Her Son.https://bit.ly/3FNQIQf​​States send kids to foster care and their parents the bill — often one too big to payhttps://n.pr/3zgqsvuJudge Curbs Alaska’s Practice of Claiming Foster Youths’ Federal Benefitshttps://bit.ly/3EMrbpDA Seattle Agency Digs Deep into Unanswered Questions About Past Adoption Practices, and its Obligations to Familieshttps://bit.ly/30I2KLO

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