George Sheldon, the former head of Florida’s Department of Children and Families (DCF) will work in the Obama Administration as a leader of Administration of Children and Families (ACF).  He will begin his career as an advisor to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Acting Assistant Secretary David Hansell.  When Hansell leaves ACF next month, Sheldon will become the acting assistant secretary.  Secretary Sheldon’s career with DCF began with an appointment by Governor Charlie Crist.  The child welfare community throughout Florida has praised Secretary Sheldon for running a transparent government, most notably when he set up a special Web site with information on the case of 7-year-old Gabriel Myers, a foster child who had been prescribed powerful psychotropic medications and hung himself in 2009.  Through the noted success of Florida’s Title IV-E waiver since 2006, Sheldon has become a strong supporter of child welfare waivers to promote innovation by making the federal allotment of foster care funds more flexible.