Today's guest blogger is Steve Mincey. Minnesota’s Adoption Bill The article I will be reviewing is “The Minn. Adoption bill up for Senate” published on March 12, 2013 on MPR News by Sasha Aslanian. This article discusses a new proposed bill to increase Minnesota’s adoption rate from foster care. The current bill in place [...]
Race & School Suspensions SeriesWritten by Wendy Haight, PhD, Gamble-Skogmo Chair Suspensions and Black Children The goal of this blog series is to provide information and encourage discussion of solutions for racial disproportionalities in out-of-school suspensions focusing on Black children and families. Effective responses to this complex issue emerge from an understanding of the underlying [...]
Today's guest blogger is Matt Burbage When the media discusses adoption, it tends to focus on the perspective of the adoption industry or the adoptive parents. Yet, this depiction doesn’t tell the full story. In fact, Laura Barcella illustrates that there is another very important narrative that tends to get discounted, in her recently published [...]
The final report and recommendations from the Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children were issued yesterday. The recommendations are organized into short-, mid-, and long-term reforms, each preceded by a short description of the challenges faced in each area and the goals of the Task Force in general. Over the next few weeks [...]
As I look out from my office window in Peters Hall here at the University of Minnesota this sunny spring morning, I find myself in a reflective and contemplative mood, as one is apt to do in times of transition. As many of you may know, and some may not, today is my last day [...]
Figure 6. Children in Out-of-home Care per 1,000 by Race/Ethnicity, 2004–2013. Source: Minnesota's Child Welfare Report 2013, Department of Human Services (p. 10) A few weeks ago, a Star Tribune article raised the issue of child protection reform and its impact on families of color. The short article leaves a lot to be explored. My [...]
Today's guest blogger is Emma Lofgren. The article titled: Aboriginal adoptees suing Ottawa, was an article from The Canadian Press dated February 9th, 2015. The article discusses a class action suit against the federal government for damages of emotional trauma and loss of culture due to what is called the “60’s Scoop.” The 1960’s marked [...]
The Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare will be hosting this year’s National Title IV-E Roundtable in Bloomington, MN. The National Title IV-E Roundtable is a rare opportunity for child welfare stakeholders to gather and share ideas for education, training, research, and collaboration. Staff and faculty from Title IV-E education and training programs as [...]
