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.

January 2011

$1 billion budget bill, including cuts to CCSA, passes House

By Tracy Crudo|2016-12-01T19:33:26-06:00January 28th, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: Children & Community Services Act, MN budget, MN budget cuts, MN child welfare funding|

HF 130, a bill that includes a 21% reduction to the Children and Community Services Assistance grants (the primary source of state funding for Child Protection services), passed the House in a close 68-63 vote yesterday. A floor vote on the companion bill in the Senate (SF 60) is anticipated on Monday, January 31. Tweet

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Amended SF 60 passes out of Finance Committee

By Tracy Crudo|2016-12-01T19:33:26-06:00January 26th, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: 87th legislative session, Children & Community Services Act, legislative hearings (MN), MN budget, MN child welfare funding|

This morning, SF 60, containing proposed cuts to the Children and Community Services Assistance (CCSA) grants, passed out of committee on a 9-6 roll call vote. Author, Sen. Robling, did propose amendments to the bill before the vote, including a reduction of the CCSA cut from $19.2 million (30% reduction) to $13.6 million (21% reduction). [...]

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Proposed Child Welfare Cuts: Hearings 1/24 & 1/26

By Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare|2016-12-01T19:33:26-06:00January 21st, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: 87th legislative session, Children & Community Services Act, legislative hearings (MN), MN budget, MN budget cuts, MN child welfare funding|

You probably heard that Child Welfare (Child Protection) funds were included in the $1 billion spending cuts proposed by the legislature last week*. Maybe you also heard that HF 128 passed out of committee, and was referred to Ways and Means. This means that bill moved forward, but the action isn't done. Currently, three bills [...]

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Proposed funding cut to CCSA (MN Child Welfare Funds)

By Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare|2016-12-01T19:33:26-06:00January 19th, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: 87th legislative session, Children & Community Services Act, MN budget, MN budget cuts, MN child welfare funding|

On January 18th, legislators in the MN House and Senate introduced bills (HF 128, HF 130 and SF 60) that propose substantial cuts to Child Welfare funding in the state. State dollars are 15% of child welfare funding in Minnesota, and are mostly allocated through the Children and Community Services Act (CCSA). These bills propose [...]

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Welcome!

By Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare|2016-12-01T19:33:26-06:00January 4th, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|

Stay up-to-date on the social work-related policy at the Capitol this legislative session. Here, CASCW is tracking bills related to child well-being that impact your work and the people you serve. The intent of the blog is to provide child welfare stakeholders with up-to-date, non-partisan information on policy issues that impact child welfare practice in [...]

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