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.

April 2022

The Intersection of Policy and Practice: Anderson reflects on QPI-MN

By CASCW staff|2022-04-22T15:23:39-05:00April 22nd, 2022|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: foster care, guest blogger, public policy|

Executive Director, AspireMN This week at the CASCW Spring 2022 Conference we were inspired, instructed and sent – to further Support Collaborative Birth and Foster Parent Relationships in Child Welfare (as the conference was titled). Discussions included reflections from research, personal narrative, practice implementation strategies, and interestingly – little direct discussion of policy.Instead there [...]

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Week 13: Omnibus Bills Updates; HeadStart Funding; Ukrainian Families Reach United States-Mexico Border

By CASCW staff|2022-04-21T09:39:44-05:00April 21st, 2022|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: blog, child welfare legislation, MN Legislature|

Compiled by Mariel Carlson, Graduate Assistant and Ariana King, Graduate Assistant The Minnesota legislature returned from break on Tuesday to continue its hearings of omnibus bills. Previous bills which we reported on and were laid over for possible inclusion have “lost their number” when they are potentially rolled into the committee omnibus bills. National [...]

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Week 12: Omnibus Bills Move Forward; National and International Child Welfare News

By CASCW staff|2022-04-15T09:28:16-05:00April 15th, 2022|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: child welfare legislation|

Compiled by Mariel Carlson, Graduate Assistant The Minnesota legislature is on break this week and will be returning on Tuesday, April 19th to resume hearings on omnibus bills and more. National News A bill entitled “Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2021” (S.2689 / H.R. 5414) has been proposed in [...]

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Guest Blog: Safe Passage Supports Child Welfare-related Legislation

By CASCW staff|2022-04-20T13:30:57-05:00April 12th, 2022|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: child welfare legislation, guest blogger|

Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota is not bringing forward legislation itself this session, but our volunteers are meeting with their state Senator and Representative in support of legislation brought by others when it has a direct impact on child safety and well-being. The first such bill has been brought by Foster [...]

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Week 11: The Progress of Bills in the Legislature and Introduction of Committee Omnibus Bills

By CASCW staff|2023-02-08T14:00:01-06:00April 8th, 2022|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: 2023 legislature, child welfare legislation|

Compiled by Mariel Carlson, Graduate Assistant Today, Friday, April 8th, is the last day for committees to act favorably on bills of finance or appropriation. All week long, various committees in the House and Senate have put forward their omnibus bills for consideration and voting. At the conclusion of week 11, the legislature will [...]

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Guest Blog: Changing MN’s Permanency Presumption (HF 3159 and SF 3984)

By CASCW staff|2022-04-12T15:02:22-05:00April 7th, 2022|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: child welfare legislation, guest blogger|

Joanna Woolman and Hannah Burton, Institute to Transform Child Protection Minnesota is one of only four states with an explicit preference in our law to terminate a parent’s rights when a child cannot return home. HF 3159 and SF 3984 seek to change that preference, and instead ensure that Minnesota’s permanency decisions in child [...]

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Week 10: Last Chance for the Introduction of New Bills, Updates, and Upcoming Events

By CASCW staff|2022-04-01T11:21:27-05:00April 1st, 2022|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: legislative hearings (MN), MN child welfare policy|

Compiled by Mariel Carlson, Graduate Assistant House members have introduced a record 4,708 individual pieces of legislation for the two-year session, as of Wednesday. It is the end of week 10 in the Minnesota Legislative session. Today, April 1st, is the deadline for bills which met last week’s March 25th deadline to move forward [...]

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March 2022

Week 9: Last Chance for the Introduction of New Bills, Updates, and Upcoming Events

By CASCW staff|2022-03-24T12:29:18-05:00March 24th, 2022|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: child welfare legislation|

Compiled by Mariel Carlson (she/her/hers), Graduate Assistant We are reaching the end of week 9 of the Minnesota Legislative session. Tomorrow, March 25, is the final date for committees in the Minnesota Legislature to act favorably on policy bills in the house of origin. If they do not, bills will not move forward in this [...]

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