On this week’s episode we discuss some notable changes in Congress’ 2023 spending deal, a new study on equity in services, and the release of The Imprint’s 2022 foster care capacity data. 

Marina Nitze, author of Hack Your Bureaucracy and a co-founder of the Child Welfare Playbook, joins to discuss strategies for improving child welfare, why she’s optimistic about the future of kinship care, and more. 

Reading Room

2023 Spending Deal: What’s In It for Youth and Families
https://bit.ly/3X7IgUa

House Rules for the 118th Congress
https://bit.ly/3Iy7RSl

ACF Equity Study to Examine Six Child Welfare Systems
https://bit.ly/3vy1eaO

Child Welfare Official Confirmed by Senate
https://bit.ly/3VjB9Hf

Who Cares: A National Count of Foster Homes and Families
https://www.fostercarecapacity.com/

Number of Foster Youth, and Foster Homes, Declined Again in 2022
https://bit.ly/3I1NkFH

Child Welfare Playbook
https://www.childwelfareplaybook.com/

Hack Your Bureaucracy, by Marina Nitze and Nick Sinai
https://www.hackyourbureaucracy.com/