US: Foster Youth Advocate Joins Biden Administration’s Child Welfare Agency Leadership (Requires subscription)
Imprint – September 15, 2021
Vowing to work against racial discrimination and unnecessary family separation, a former foster youth from Connecticut and outspoken advocate for her peers has been named as an advisor to the Biden administration’s child welfare leadership team. Lexie Grüber-Pérez, most recently a consultant for the Fortune 500 firm Accenture, started working last week as a senior advisor to Aysha Schomburg, associate commissioner of the $10 billion Children’s Bureau. The paid position within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will function “in partnership” with Casey Family Programs, a Seattle-based child welfare philanthropy, according to a statement from department spokesperson Kenneth Wolfe.
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