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Traci LaLiberte, MSW, PhD is the Executive Director of CASCW. She oversees the professional education, outreach, and evaluation efforts of CASCW and teaches at the U of M's School of Social Work. She is interested in comprehensive family assessment, system change, permanency, and work with children and parents with disabilities.

September 2014

Cool Heads Prevail

By lali0017|2016-12-01T19:33:01-06:00September 12th, 2014|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: child protection screening, in the media, MN child welfare policy, MN DHS, reactionary policy|

This post is in response to the Star Tribune opinion article written by Joanna Woolman and the comments that followed Ms. Woolman's article. A version of this blog post has been submitted to the Star Tribune as a commentary. This post was edited at 3:29 PM, 9/12/14, to clarify current DHS policy. I appreciate Joanna [...]

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February 2014

Minnesota’s foster care re-entry rate is a complex issue
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Minnesota’s foster care re-entry rate is a complex issue

Minnesota’s foster care re-entry rate is a complex issue

By lali0017|2016-12-01T19:33:03-06:00February 20th, 2014|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol, Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: ASFA, MN child welfare policy, permanency, practice issues, re-entry, reunification|

Source: MN DHS Child Welfare Continuous Improvement Brief 1 A little over a week ago this Star Tribune article reported that Minnesota's high foster care re-entry rate may cause the state to incur a large federal financial penalty for failing to meet the national standard. According to the article, the national standard is 9.9 percent while Minnesota [...]