Faculty have been busy over the summer, here are two new resources:

A module titled Health and Mental Health Literacy and their Link to Health Disparities in Immigrant and Refugee Families by Hee Yun Lee, Ph.D., Jenni McHugh, MSW

Hee Lee, Ph.D. and Jennifer McHugh, MSW Candidate, present a concise overview of the compilation of Dr. Lee’s work on the impact health and mental health literacy have on immigrant and refugee children and the implications for child welfare practice. The module will discuss the risk factors they face, with a focus on Minnesota, as well as provide strategies for working with immigrant and refugee families to improve health and mental health literacy in the child welfare system.

In partnership with Gamble-Skogmo, Minn-LInK published Brief #23: The Parent Representation Clinic: A mixed method evaluation of parent representation and law student education by W. L. Haight  & J. M. Marshall

The purpose of this study was to evaluate a law school clinic that provides free legal representation to parents who have had their children removed from their care. Specifically, we examined the quality of (1) legal representation provided by a student- and faculty-run law clinic to parents involved in the foster care system, and (2) education received by student attorneys. This study answered the following research questions:

  1. How successful is the Clinic in achieving outcomes desired by participants?
    Specifically, how successful is the Clinic in achieving:
  • Reunification within 12 months,
  • Case closure within 12 months, and
  • Placement with relatives within 12 months of the child’s removal from home
  1. What are the strengths and challenges of the Clinic’s parent representation from the perspectives of parent clients, clinic staff, and court professionals?
  1. What are the strengths and challenges of the Clinic’s legal education from the perspectives of students, clinic staff and court professionals?

Read the full brief.