Dee focuses on the importance of a healthy workforce and why a professional workforce is the key to a successful child welfare system. Dee talks about what he has seen over the last 50 years, and how that's impacting children impacted by these systems today. This episode is especially important for policy makers, child welfare advocates, child welfare attorneys, child welfare practitioners, and all those hoping to make long-term, sustainable, positive impacts on the child welfare...

After years of stalled progress on improving support for children and youth in foster care, compounded by the harm young people experienced during the pandemic, New Mexico simply can’t wait any longer to make foster youth a priority. Solutions exist to fix our broken child welfare system, and each new episode of "Brighter Futures Ahead" will feature ideas, solutions, best practices, and evidence-based research. We will feature stories and important news updates along the way. Join us as we...