Photo Courtesy of Department Of Economic Security

Former Director of DES Clarence Carter.

We followed up on the news that Clarence Carter will resign on Friday from his post as director of Arizona’s Department of Economic Security.

DES provides services for families who need assistance with, among other things, child care, food and employment. Child protective services used to fall under DES’s umbrella, until the scandal involving thousands of ignored potential child abuse cases became public. That happened under Carter’s watch.

We talked about what the next DES director needs to do and focus on with Bruce Liggett, director of the Maricopa County Human Services Department and former chair of the Protecting Arizona’s Family Coalition.