The Pulse: Outgoing DCYF Director On Overhauling An Agency In Crisis

The search is underway for a new director of the state’s Department of Children, Youth, and Families. For this week’s The Pulse, Rhode Island Public Radio’s Kristin Gourlay sits down with outgoing director Jamia McDonald to learn what’s changed for children and staff since she took the reins a year and a half ago

, and what still needs to be tackled to ensure children in crisis get what they need.

Outgoing DCYF director Jamia McDonald on her tenure at the agency, what’s changed for children in crisis, and what’s on the next director’s to-do list.