By Matthew Dooley Minnesota’s 2024 legislative session began yesterday, February 12! The shorter length of this year’s session as compared to last year, paired with this session’s “policy and bonding” designation, forecasts less spending and more focus on policy issues. As we continue into the season, stay tuned for CACSW’s legislative updates, and see [...]
By Matthew Dooley The 2023 legislative session brought major changes to the child welfare system in Minnesota, including the establishment of a new state agency, greater investments in children and families, and changes to regulations and licensing. This summary was compiled from language found in the Department of Human Services 2023 Summary. Creation of [...]
By Ariana King, Graduate Assistant Note: updates as of 2/22/2023 AM These past few weeks, several new child welfare related bills have been introduced! Check out the summaries and status updates below. We'll continue to keep you updated with new information that could impact children and families. Governor’s Budget Proposals Walz’s budget increases early [...]
By Stacy Gehringer There are many, many bills related to children and families introduced and revisited at the Minnesota legislature during session. Hearings, testimony, debate, companion bills — it’s a lot to track! We have provided bill summaries and brief status updates below that are relevant to the child welfare workforce, as well as [...]
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 [...]
Compiled by Stacy Gehringer, MSW, LICSW (she/her), Director of Outreach and Mariel Carlson (she/her/hers), Graduate Assistant Last week’s big news was the release of the redrawn legislative districts map that will direct the state’s elections for the next decade. Because some currently seated Legislators are now in the same district based on the new maps, [...]