Quote of the Day | July 6, 2018

“People didn’t become social workers to sit behind computers all day. I don’t believe we can do the best of our jobs with the cuts they’ve made.”

-Gail DeLashaw, a family-support worker with the Oklahoma Department of Human Services, who can no longer do face-to-face meetings with families since she her case load has grown from 500 to 600 clients to 1,200 [The Nation]

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Gene Perry worked for OK Policy from 2011 to 2019. He is a native Oklahoman and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a B.A. in history and an M.A. in journalism.

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