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March 2015

Racial Disparities in Child Welfare & Minnesota Child Welfare Reform
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Racial Disparities in Child Welfare & Minnesota Child Welfare Reform

Racial Disparities in Child Welfare & Minnesota Child Welfare Reform

By admin|2016-12-01T19:32:55-06:00March 31st, 2015|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: ASFA, CPS Task Force, disparities and disproportionality, federal policy, MEPA|

Figure 6. Children in Out-of-home Care per 1,000 by Race/Ethnicity, 2004–2013. Source: Minnesota's Child Welfare Report 2013, Department of Human Services (p. 10) A few weeks ago, a Star Tribune article raised the issue of child protection reform and its impact on families of color. The short article leaves a lot to be explored. My [...]

January 2013

When more than one family loves a child: Contested adoption story in local paper

By JaeRan Kim|2016-12-01T19:33:10-06:00January 23rd, 2013|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: adoption, ICPC, kinship/relative care, legal issues, MEPA, race and culture|

Last week a local news organization, The City Pages, published a feature article about a contested adoption case that the Minnesota Supreme Court is reviewing. As with many of these cases, this story highlights systems issues in child welfare, the tension between biological family and foster families, racial differences, interjurisdictional placements between states and the [...]

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