Inside Virginia’s Child Welfare Reforms, with Delegate Katrina Callsen
Lindsey Gray sits down with Virginia Delegate Katrina Callsen to explore how child welfare policy can better support children and families. From expanding kinship care and preventing unnecessary foster care placements to improving school stability and adoptee rights, Callsen shares how data, lived experience, and bipartisan collaboration are shaping meaningful reform. The conversation highlights both the progress Virginia has made—and the critical work still ahead—to create a more stable, family-centered system for vulnerable children.
In this episode:
What is kinship care and why does it…
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