On this week’s episode we first talked to Kat McCloud about the new season of “Self-Taught,” a podcast from foster youth, for foster youth that just joined our SafeCamp Audio Network. McCloud talks about the first season of the show, what to expect in the second (which is now out) and how she decides what she is comfortable sharing publicly.

Bruce Lesley, president of First Focus on Children, joins us to discuss a new tax reform bill that includes a big proposal to provide more financial support for low-income parents and children, as well as federal budget deliberations and what states are doing related to child spending. 

Bruce Lesley is president of First Focus on Children. Prior to his work at First Focus on Children, he served as Senior Health Policy Advisor on the Senate Finance and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committees for U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman. 

Reading Room

Self-Taught: Former Foster Youth on Sex, Health, and Life
https://safecampaudio.org/show/self-taught/

Money and Maltreatment
https://bit.ly/3hcelIU

New Research Links Increased Minimum Wage to Reduced Child Maltreatment
https://bit.ly/2RvAqr7

Support Grows For No-Strings-Attached Cash For Families To Prevent Foster Care Removals
https://bit.ly/3DD1NUY

Let the Child Tax Credit Work
https://bit.ly/3aALZHh