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March 2023

Child Welfare Policy Updates for the Week of 3/20

By |2023-03-23T10:13:21-05:00March 23rd, 2023|Categories: Child Welfare Policy|Tags: , , , , |

By Ariana King, Graduate Assistant at CASCWMIFPA Bill PASSEDOn March 16, 2023, MIFPA modifications included in bills SF667/HF1071 were presented to and approved by Governor Walz. Representative Keeler, herself an Indigenous community member, and Senator Kunesh, of Native descent, were key figures in the bill’s passage. Updates on Bill(s) HF1672/SF1638 Quality Parenting Initiative funding [...]

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April 2022

Week 10: Last Chance for the Introduction of New Bills, Updates, and Upcoming Events

By |2022-04-01T11:21:27-05:00April 1st, 2022|Categories: Child Welfare Policy|Tags: , |

Compiled by Mariel Carlson, Graduate Assistant House members have introduced a record 4,708 individual pieces of legislation for the two-year session, as of Wednesday. It is the end of week 10 in the Minnesota Legislative session. Today, April 1st, is the deadline for bills which met last week’s March 25th deadline to move forward [...]

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January 2017

2017 Legislative Session Begins

By |2017-01-17T10:37:40-06:00January 17th, 2017|Categories: Child Welfare Policy|Tags: , , , , |

Minnesota’s 2017 legislative session began on January 3 with a number of new legislators and a Republican majority in both houses. This year begins a new two-year biennium session, in which the legislature sets the budget for the state for the next two years. And it marks a return to the Capitol, after the majority [...]

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January 2015

CPS Task Force to meet tomorrow at 12:15

By |2015-01-13T16:10:19-06:00January 13th, 2015|Categories: Child Welfare Policy|Tags: , , |

The Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children, as well as its 3 workgroups, will meet tomorrow (January 14, 2015), in the Minnesota State Office Building (SOB). If you have been following these meetings, you'll note a change in both time and location for tomorrow's meetings. Here are the details: Full Task Force Meeting [...]

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May 2013

HHS Omnibus bill in the Minnesota legislature

By |2016-12-01T19:33:06-06:00May 3rd, 2013|Categories: Child Welfare Policy|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The Health & Human Services Omnibus bill (H.F. 1233) in the Minnesota legislature has been slowly moving forward. Because the Senate and House did not agree on the bill text of H.F. 1233, there is a conference committee for the bill. This morning the HHS Conference Committee met from 8 AM to 10 AM and [...]

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March 2012

Quick Review – H.F. 2080

By |2016-12-01T19:33:18-06:00March 1st, 2012|Categories: Child Welfare Policy|Tags: , , , |

H.F. 2080 (S.F. 1883) is an MFIP ineligibility and sanctions bill that made the legislative committee rounds during February. The bill was sponsored by Rep. Kurt Daudt (R-17A) and has 12 cosponsors. As of today, 2080 is waiting to be heard in the House Health and Human Service Finance Committee, but that hearing has not [...]

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January 2012

Minnesota legislative session begins tomorrow; committee hearings scheduled

By |2016-12-01T19:33:19-06:00January 23rd, 2012|Categories: Child Welfare Policy|Tags: , , , |

Tomorrow at noon the Minnesota legislative session will begin. We will be providing regular updates on bills and committee hearings throughout the session, just like we did last year. In addition, we will be updating our webpage on child welfare policy to include separate pages on Policy Resources, Live Federal Bill Tracking, and Live Minnesota [...]

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April 2011

Week in Review: April 15, 2011

By |2016-12-01T19:33:25-06:00April 14th, 2011|Categories: Child Welfare Policy|Tags: , , , |

We're so proud! In a time of budget crisis, our legislature is setting aside partisan politics and protecting some of Minnesota's most vulnerable. The Safe Harbor bill that we've been following is moving forward. It corrects problems in criminal law so that sexually exploited children are directed to support services rather than charged with crimes. [...]

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