Brad Wassink
Bradley Wassink is an American public official who served as Wisconsin's Assistant Deputy Secretary of Children and Families from April 16, 2017, until January 7, 2019.[1] Wassink previously served as the Director of Reform Initiatives at the Wisconsin Department of Administration.
Biography[edit]
Prior to his appointment by Governor Scott Walker to help lead the Department of Children and Families, Wassink was the program manager of the Human Flourishing Project at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) think tank.[2][3] During his time at AEI, Wassink wrote critiques of the Supplemental Security Income and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.[4][5][6]
Wassink has also served as an appointed member of the Wisconsin Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board and Read to Lead Development Council.[7][8]
While Assistant Deputy Secretary at the Department of Children and Families, Wassink authored policy regarding facilitating public adoptions, adoption assistance, and pre-adoption training.[9] Wassink served as a primary liaison to the Wisconsin Legislature, Governor's Task Force on Minority Unemployment, Joint Committee on Public Benefit Reform, Assembly Committee on Children and Families, and Assembly Committee on State Affairs.[10][11][12] Wassink also helped to establish the agency's Rural Poverty initiative.[13]
Wassink is the author of "A Conservative Social Justice Agenda" and has been a guest writer for the National Review and The Heritage Foundation.[14] He holds bachelor's degree in political science and English from Calvin College. While in college, Wassink had internships for Michigan State Senator Jim Marleau, the Calvin College Center for Social Research, and the City of Grand Haven, Michigan.
References[edit]
- ↑ "About Us". dcf.wisconsin.gov. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
- ↑ "Brad Wassink". US News and World Report.
- ↑ "Doar Congressional Testimony" (PDF). budget.house.gov. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
- ↑ "America's broken program for low-income children with disabilities — and what to do about it". AEI. 2015-01-29. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
- ↑ "Ensuring Choice and Universal Coverage". National Review. 2013-08-06. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
- ↑ Daily, Investor's Business (2015-06-04). "Obesity In Poor Neighborhoods Isn't Because Of Lack Of Choice | Investor's Business Daily". Investor's Business Daily. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
- ↑ "Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board Board of Directors". preventionboard.wi.gov. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
- ↑ "Read to Lead Development Council" (PDF). dcf.wisconsin.gov. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
- ↑ "Rule Report for Legislative Review" (PDF). docs.legis.wisconsin.gov. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
- ↑ "Record of Committee Proceedings - Committee on Children and Families" (PDF). docs.legis.wisconsin.gov. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
- ↑ "Record of Committee Proceedings - Committee on State Affairs" (PDF). docs.legis.wisconsin.gov. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
- ↑ Joint Committee on Public Benefit Reform, retrieved 2019-01-02
- ↑ RECORD, REGAN KOHLER | SAWYER COUNTY. "Rural Poverty Initiative available for businesses, employees". APG of Wisconsin. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
- ↑ "A conservative social justice agenda". AEI. 2014-07-11. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
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