Rethinking Head Start | Assistant Secretary Alex J. Adams

Podcast: Defending Ideas · Sutherland Institute

Opublikowano: 2026-09-22

Head Start is at the center of a heated public debate over federal regulations and how best to support families. But what exactly should the federal government do, and what should states be empowered to do, to fix America’s social safety net? On this episode of Defending Ideas, Nic Dunn speaks with Alex Adams, Assistant Secretary for the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), about his efforts to reduce ineffective federal regulations and give states more room to innovate. Dunn and Secretary Adams also disc...