Daisy Nguyen, Colin Groth, Richard Raya and Kim Johnson sit on stage at the 2023 Cradle to Career Network Convening

How a place-based community is wrapping its arms around every child and transforming how a city approaches economic mobility for all

Twenty-five years ago, Kim Johnson turned to the Women, Infants and Children program — WIC — for help as a new mom. Now as director of the California Department of Social Services, she is responsible for deploying billions of dollars to support children and families in poverty with dignity, in a way that puts them…