Project Description

Minn-LInK Report Brief—Special Topic No. 17, Winter 2014
Author: Annette Semanchin Jones, PhD

The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of Differential Response (known as Family Assessment in Minnesota) on racial equity and child safety outcomes, focusing on over-represented groups in Minnesota’s child welfare system, including African American, Native American and Multiracial children.

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Minn-LInK is a unique collaborative, university-based research environment with the express purpose of studying child and family well being in Minnesota using state administrative data from multiple agencies.