Minn-LInK Report Brief—Special Topic No. 36, Fall 2018
Authors: Horn, T., Piescher, K., Shannon, P., Hong, S., & Benton, A.

The purpose of this study was to examine the proportion of Somali and Oromo youth involved and their experiences in Minnesota’s Child Protection System (CPS). Because this is not an identifiable group in CPS data systems, an innovative data matching project was used to explore and reveal unique knowledge about this rarely studied population’s experiences with CPS. This study answered the following research questions:

  1. What proportion of Somali and Oromo children have a history of CPS involvement?
  2. What are the experiences of Somali and Oromo children and families within CPS?
  3. What strengths and needs of Somali and Oromo families were identified by workers using the Structured Decision Making (SDM) assessment?

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