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 [...]
The update for this week on the final recommendations from the Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children is on the potential changes to what is currently known as Family Assessment. If you are reading this post, you may already be familiar with the two-track response system that currently makes up Minnesota's child protection [...]
Throughout the year we have been following the Governor’s Task Force on the Protection of Children from its creation through the debates and now to the final report and recommendations that were released in March. All of the recommendations have an impact on either statute, practice, training, the social service information system, the Department of [...]
In preparation for this Friday's meeting of the Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children, I'd like to highlight each workgroup's proposed final recommendations (based on the February 27 Task Force meeting). On Friday the Task Force will meet to finalize the final recommendations. This post will focus specifically on the Family Assessment/Adequacy of [...]
Dr. Traci LaLiberte presenting at the Feb. 13, 2015, meeting of the Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children. Source: Heidi Ombisa Skallet/CASCW The Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children met last Friday, Feb. 13, in St. Paul. Two of the workgroups also met that day, though I was only able to [...]
House File 8, introduced by Representative Ron Kresha and supported by members from both political parties in the House, implements several recommendations put forth by the Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children (CPS Task Force). Yesterday, at the full meeting of the CPS Task Force, Rep. Kresha indicated that the bill will be [...]
Tuesday, January 6th marked the beginning of the 2015 legislative session. Priorities for the upcoming session include the $1 billion dollar surplus, transportation, education, long-term care and child protection. Among the many proposed House and Senate files, three bills stand out in particular as they directly impact Minnesota's child protection system. These bills were developed [...]
Updated Jan. 5, 2015, to reflect the Initial Recommendations report, released December 31, 2014. Changes and additions are highlighted yellow , and deletions are marked as strikethroughs. The Family Assessment & Adequacy of Resources Workgroup preliminary initial recommendations are listed below, grouped under general themes (which are found in the light gray boxes). [...]
