Think Out Loud

In response to the ongoing crisis in the child welfare system, including scathing audits and a class action lawsuit, democratic Governor Kate Brown appointed a Child Welfare Oversight Board. The body is meeting every other week and is chaired by the governor herself. We talk with two of its members, Judge Nan Waller and the Casey Foundation’s David Sanders, to find out how they’re approaching their momentous task and why they think this panel will succeed where similar efforts have not.