Ross Hunter

Secretary WA State Dept. of Children, Youth, and Families. Changing the world one little kid at a time.

05/23/2025

The book release for Wards of the State is Friday May 23rd, 7pm at Elliot Bay Books in Seattle. I'll be there and you can get your very own copy.

Claudia Rowe’s new book Wards of the State is a powerful look at the child welfare system across the country with a focus on Washington State. Her main argument is that the system creates “the fost…

11/27/2023

It is a time to be greatful.

Lopez ferry dock at moonrise We should all be grateful we get to live in the amazing corner of the world.

11/23/2022

David Ambroz and I discuss how to make the world better for kids in poverty. Dec 1 7-8pm at Elliot Bay Books in Seattle. Join us.

I’m sitting down with author and former foster child David Ambroz to discuss his memoir A Place Called Home. Thursday December 1st 7-8 PM at Elliot Bay Books on Capitol Hill in Seattle. 1521 …

09/05/2022

We should ban these things.

Gas powered leaf blowers are a plague. Their two-stroke engines produce more climate changing gases than a fleet of cars and their noise is damaging to the ears of both residents and the people tha…

02/23/2022

Short book reviews for Black history month from my learning journey.

February is Black History Month. As a late-stage boomer, I got almost none of this history in school, despite growing up in a majority Black city (Philadelphia) and a big academic focus on American…

02/26/2021

On February 2nd I wrote about the former president's HHS agency leaders filing a rule that removed protections for LGBTQ children and youth and how Washington was not affected, as we had strong state protections. The order has now been blocked by both the Biden administration and the courts. From the American Public Human Services organization (APHSA.ORG) HHS Postpones Regulation Repealing Nondiscrimination Protections…...

http://rosshunter.com/2021/02/update-on-nondiscrimination-protections-for-children-and-youth-in-washington/

On February 2nd I wrote about the former president’s HHS agency leaders filing a rule that removed protections for LGBTQ children and youth and how Washington was not affected, as we had stro…

02/15/2021

Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud - large declines in the teen pregnancy rate lead to difficulty for couples who wish to adopt newborns.

I get regular emails from the Children’s Bureau with a collection of news clips about child welfare across the country. Some are helpful, some random, some totally uninteresting. At the top of the …

02/03/2021

Right before the change in administration earlier this month the federal Health and Human Services agency repealed a rule that prohibited government contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, (SOGIE) or on religion. Washington does not allow this kind of discrimination today, and won’t allow it in the future. The rule changes say that states can allow private agencies that use federal and state taxpayer dollars to discriminate against potential foster families based on a parent’s sexual orientation or gender identity and expression or their religion....

07/14/2020

An open letter to task force on improving institutional education programs and outcomes.

The laws that define education funding in Washington are complex. You know this if you have been reading this blog for a long time – I spent a good part of the last two decades working on bri…

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