CASCW at the Capitol

Legislative Task Force on Child Protection: An update

By CASCW staff|2016-12-01T19:32:50-06:00August 1st, 2016|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: 24/7 Coverage for Child Protective Services, child protection, Disparities Grants, Family Assessment, Family Investigation, Legislative Task Force|

The Legislative Task Force on Child Protection met on July 27, 2016, to hear an update from DHS on the work of the Implementation Work Group and the grants that were recently awarded to projects designed to reduce racial disparities in child protection. Senator Kathy Sheran opened the meeting by saying that the legislature elected [...]

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Legislative Session Wrap-Up: Child Welfare Policy Highlights

By CASCW staff|2016-12-01T19:32:50-06:00June 3rd, 2016|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: 89th legislative session, child protection, FASD, foster care|

The commitment to child welfare reform was demonstrated in the Minnesota legislature this year mainly through its renewal of the Legislative Task Force on Child Protection, which was scheduled to expire at the close of this year’s session. The renewal included new tasks for the group, which will expand to twelve bipartisan members. First, the [...]

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Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Will Support Educational Needs of Children in Foster Care

By CASCW staff|2016-12-01T19:32:50-06:00May 26th, 2016|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: child welfare policy, education, foster care, homeless children, juvenile justice, school attendance|

The passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) that has been known as No Child Left Behind since 2002, will usher in key provisions to support the educational needs of children and youth in foster care. When children are placed foster care, their school [...]

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Legislative Task Force on Child Protection Likely to Continue Beyond 2016

By CASCW staff|2016-12-01T19:32:51-06:00May 10th, 2016|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: 89th legislative session, child protection, child removal, extended foster care, foster care providers, MAPCY|

The Legislative Task Force on Child Protection last met on February 25 and current statute authorizing the task force states that its work will end as of the end of the 2016 legislative session. It appears that the legislature will approve the bill requesting that this sunset be eliminated. In the Senate bill, it is [...]

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Legislative Session Update: Child Welfare Reform Remains a high priority

By CASCW staff|2016-12-01T19:32:51-06:00April 20th, 2016|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: 89th legislative session, agency response time, American Indian Child Welfare, child maltreatment, child protection, family Ombudsperson, foster care, foster care providers, Native American|

As the Minnesota State legislative session progresses, with hundreds of new bills introduced in both the House and the Senate, we are following several bills of interest to child welfare professionals. You can find those bills on our Bill Tracker. While this year’s session will last only ten weeks, and all legislators are up for [...]

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Legislative Task Force on Child Protection Update: Foster Care Work Group Finalizes its Report to Task Force

By admin|2016-12-01T19:32:53-06:00January 11th, 2016|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: child abuse, child protection, child welfare, CPS Task Force, Indian child welfare, MN child welfare funding, MN DHS, race and culture|

The Legislative Task Force on Child Protection continued to meet in late 2015 to monitor progress on the completion of tasks assigned to the Department of Human Services during the 2015 legislative session and to hear recommendations for legislative action for the 2016 session. The October 27th meeting of the Legislative Task Force on Child [...]

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Supporting Permanency of Children in Foster Care Through Relative Placement

By admin|2016-12-01T19:32:53-06:00January 7th, 2016|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: adoption, child welfare policy, criteria, kinship care, Northstar Care for Children, Northstar Kinship Assistance, permanency, relative care|

In 2014, there were over 12,000 children who spent some time in out-of-home care in Minnesota, with a majority in family foster care. While most children in foster care return home, for others, reunification is not an option. As the agency policy specialist for the Permanency Unit of the Child Safety and Permanency Division at [...]

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The Adoptee Citizenship Act: History and Overview of Proposed Legislation

By admin|2016-12-01T19:32:53-06:00December 9th, 2015|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: adoption, child welfare, child welfare legislation, citizenship, permanency, policy, stability|

In advance of this week's graduation of the 4th Permanency and Adoption Competency Certificate (PACC) cohort, former Stability, Permanency and Adoption Coordinator JaeRan Kim guest blogs on the impact of newly introduced adoption legislation. JaeRan is currently Assistant Professor at the University of Washington – Tacoma in the social work program. Until the passage of the Child [...]

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