CASCW at the Capitol

Bill to provide funding for grants for disadvantaged youth

By Lindsey Brekke|2016-12-01T19:33:22-06:00October 21st, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: 87th legislative session, child abuse, Civic Justice Corps Model, disadvantaged youth, incarcerated youth, juvenile justice, neglect, young adults|

Did you know that the average annual cost of housing juveniles in a locked facility is $88,000 per person? As a whole, states spend approximately $6,000,000,000 a year on incarcerated youth. In addition to the cost, incarcerated youth are 50 times more likely to recidivate than their counterparts who remain in the community. Finally, 70 [...]

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Working Through Domestic Violence – Resources and Policy

By Danielle Hegseth|2016-12-01T19:33:22-06:00October 19th, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: child abuse, child protection, domestic violence, MINCAVA, promising practices, trauma|

October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month so CASCW is taking this opportunity to highlight the intersection of DV and child welfare. Minnesota's Domestic Abuse Act defines domestic violence as the infliction of physical harm, infliction of the fear of imminent physical harm, terrorist threats, criminal sexual conduct, and interference with a 911 call, committed [...]

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Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2011

By Lindsey Brekke|2016-12-01T19:33:22-06:00October 14th, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: 112th Congress, child abuse, licensing, neglect, residential programs|

The bill H. R. 3126: 'Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2011' was proposed on October 6, 2011 to require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs. What residential programs fall under this bill? This bill would cover private and public programs such as [...]

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Round Table on Early Childhood

By Danielle Hegseth|2016-12-01T19:33:22-06:00October 13th, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: child welfare, collaboration, conference, developmental science, early childhood|

The Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare and the Center for Early Education and Development are cosponsoring a Round Table Discussion regarding how early childhood development and child welfare practice interact. This event will be held on Thursday, November 3rd at the Science Museum of Minnesota. The discussion, entitled "Mobilizing Hope: Using a Developmental [...]

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World Mental Health Day: Secondary Traumatic Stress & Child Welfare Workers

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:33:22-06:00October 10th, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: child welfare workforce, mental health, secondary traumatic stress, World Mental Health Day|

Today is World Mental Health Day. This year's theme is "The Great Push: Investing in Mental Health," with a call for governments and others to invest in policies and approaches for removing barriers to mental health services and investing in prevention efforts as a cost-savings measure. In observance of this day, I feel it is [...]

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Former Homeless Youth on the Agenda for Low Income Housing Tax Credit

By Lindsey Brekke|2016-12-01T19:33:22-06:00October 7th, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: education, foster care, homeless youth, Low Income Housing Tax Credit, McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, unaccompanied youth|

H. R. 3076 was introduced on October 3, 2011. The purpose of this bill is to amend the Internal Revenue Code to qualify formerly homeless youth who are students for purposes of the low income housing tax credit. The bill affects those youth identified as homeless by the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act sec. 725, which [...]

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Bio: Lindsay Brekke

By Lindsey Brekke|2016-12-01T19:33:22-06:00October 5th, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|

I'm Lindsay Brekke. I am currently finishing my graduate degree in Social Work at the University of Wisconsin- Madison. I am completing my internship at the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare and focusing on child welfare policy. My interests are youth aging out-of-foster care and foster parent training and support. What's to come [...]

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Author Introduction

By Danielle Hegseth|2016-12-01T19:33:22-06:00October 4th, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|

Hello! My name is Danielle Hegseth and I am currently in my last year of Graduate School, completing a Master's in Social Work and a Master's in Public Policy. My areas of study include program evaluation, policy analysis, early intervention, and early childhood educational policy. I will be writing about the intersections of early childhood [...]

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CASCW at the Capitol

October 2011