Arizona Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs is taking the state’s child protective services agency in a different direction in the wake of a NBCNews and propublica investigation into the racial disparities in the child welfare system.
Link copiedThis article is published in partnership with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receiveArizona Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs is taking the state’s child protective services agency in a radically different direction in the wake ofthat have plagued the child welfare system here.
After leaving DCS, Stewart formed the community organization Our Sister Our Brother, which has fought the department for more equitable treatment of Black and also low-income parents. In a separate statement, the governor-elect said that Stewart knows how to keep children safe based on his experience working at DCS, but also how to get families help and keep them united. “He is a leader who will ensure that we can continue to transform our public systems so they are responsive to the communities that we serve,” Hobbs said.
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