CASCW at the Capitol

CASCW at the Capitol, our child welfare policy blog, was developed as a way to disseminate relevant child welfare-related policy information to child welfare practitioners and supervisors.

February 2012

This week in child welfare at the Minnesota legislature

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:33:18-06:00February 27th, 2012|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|

Several committee hearings related to child welfare legislation are occurring this week. Remember, most, if not all, can be viewed live online at either the Senate or House websites, and often they archive their videos fairly quickly to be viewed later. You can also follow the Twitter hashtag #mnleg to see the community discussing activity [...]

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Child Protection Screening Report

By Danielle Hegseth|2016-12-01T19:33:18-06:00February 23rd, 2012|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: 87th legislative session, child protection screening, MN DHS, OLA screening report|

On Tuesday, February 21, the Office of the Legislative Auditor (OLA) released their evaluation report on Child Protection Screening. That same day,The Health and Human Services Reform Committee heard testimony from eight individuals representing agencies ranging from the Minnesota Department of Human Services to local nonprofits. The purpose of the Committee hearing was to present [...]

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S.F. 1675 Children and family services modifications

By Lindsey Brekke|2016-12-01T19:33:18-06:00February 21st, 2012|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: 87th legislative session, child care assistance, child support, permanency, safe place for newborns|

Minnesota Senate File 1675 was heard on February 15th and February 21st. This bill has a number of amendments that affect child welfare. Click here to see the full bill text. This bill has been referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Here are a few of the pieces of the bill that were discussed in [...]

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This week’s child welfare-related legislative hearings in Minnesota

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:33:18-06:00February 13th, 2012|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: 87th legislative session, adoption, constitutional amendment, drug testing, MFIP, upcoming committee hearings, Voter photo-ID, Welfare Reform 2.0|

There are a few hearings this week in both the Minnesota Senate and House of Representatives that are of interest to those in the child welfare field. You can attend in person, or check to see if you can watch them live via the Senate Media Services. Senate Committee on Health & Human Services, Room [...]

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Child Development, Policy, and Practice – New CW360°

By Danielle Hegseth|2016-12-01T19:33:18-06:00February 10th, 2012|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: CEED, child development, child welfare, collaboration, developmental science, Miami Child Well-Being Court, policy|

Last week, the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare in partnership with the Center for Early Education and Development released the winter edition of CW360° entitled: "Using a Developmental Approach in Child Welfare Practice." CW360° is a magazine-length, standalone publication which uses a multidisciplinary approach to examine a prominent issue in the field of [...]

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Ready… Set… ADVOCATE!

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2014-09-04T13:25:30-05:00February 9th, 2012|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: 87th legislative session, advocacy, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits|

(written by Lindsay Brekke) The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits held an Advanced Advocacy training on February 8, 2012, which outlined a number of resources right here at our state Capitol for advocacy work by nonprofits. This post is a recap of this training and is meant to help others in their advocacy work. First is [...]

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Minnesota House Committee hearing today on Jacob’s Law

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:33:18-06:00February 1st, 2012|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|

Today (Wednesday, February 1) there will be a hearing in the Minnesota House Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance Committee at 10:15 AM in Room 10 State Office Building. The agenda includes several items, but the one most relevant to child welfare is Jacob's Law (HF 1899), whose short description is "Jacob's law [...]

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January 2012

2012 Session Line Up…Rundown

By Lindsey Brekke|2016-12-01T19:33:19-06:00January 31st, 2012|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: constitutional amendment, Governor Dayton, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, Minnesota Council on Foundations, Voter photo-ID|

On Friday, January 27, 2012 the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits and the Minnesota Council on Foundations hosted the 2012 Session Line Up, speakers included Governor Mark Dayton, Representative Paul Thissen, Representative Kurt Zellers, Senator John Marty and Senator David Senjem. Although this is a bonding year and not a budget year there are a number [...]

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