On this week’s podcast we discuss the growing interest in race-blind foster care removal decisions, hidden foster care, the return of federal earmarks, and an interesting Michigan Supreme Court case on educational neglect.
Rita Soronen, CEO of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, joins to discuss the first 10,000 adoptions accomplished under the organization’s Wendy’s Wonderful Kids program, and what’s next for expansion of the program.
Reading Room
Color-Blind Ambition
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Kentucky’s Budget Shrunk. These Informal Foster Parents Were Left with Nothing.
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Pork Is Back
Inside the Expanding Universe of Wendy’s Wonderful Kids