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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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March 2022

Week 9: Last Chance for the Introduction of New Bills, Updates, and Upcoming Events

By |2022-03-24T12:29:18-05:00March 24th, 2022|Categories: Child Welfare Policy|Tags: |

Compiled by Mariel Carlson (she/her/hers), Graduate Assistant We are reaching the end of week 9 of the Minnesota Legislative session. Tomorrow, March 25, is the final date for committees in the Minnesota Legislature to act favorably on policy bills in the house of origin. If they do not, bills will not move forward in this [...]

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Week 8 Legislative Review

By |2022-03-21T10:30:32-05:00March 21st, 2022|Categories: Child Welfare Policy|Tags: , |

Compiled by Mariel Carlson (she/her/hers), Graduate Assistant and Ariana King (she/her/hers), Graduate Assistant We just completed week 8 of this session! The upcoming deadline of March 25 is the final date for committees in the Minnesota Legislature to act favorably on policy bills in the house of origin. If they do not, bills will [...]

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Child Welfare-related Bill Updates, Events, and More!

By |2022-03-14T12:06:48-05:00March 14th, 2022|Categories: Child Welfare Policy|Tags: |

Compiled by Mariel Carlson (she/her/hers), Graduate Assistant and Ariana King (she/her/hers), Graduate Assistant We have just wrapped up week 7! Since February, the legislature has predicted a budget surplus of $9.3 billion, an improvement since the initial prediction in November 2021. Additionally, Minnesota agency Foster Advocates, supported by partner agencies such as Safe Passage [...]

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Updates from Week 6 at Minnesota Legislature

By |2022-03-07T12:15:06-06:00March 7th, 2022|Categories: Child Welfare Policy|Tags: |

Compiled by Mariel Carlson (she/her/hers), Graduate Assistant Since our previous blog post, in national news, there was the passage of anti-Trans legislation in Texas, disguised as safeguarding child well-being. As a child welfare organization, CASCW condemns this legislation and supports initiatives that give ALL children the most opportunity to have the best health outcomes. We [...]

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February 2022

Legislative Updates of Interest to Minnesota Child Welfare Professionals

By |2022-02-23T13:50:08-06:00February 23rd, 2022|Categories: Child Welfare Policy|Tags: , , |

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, [...]

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2022 Legislative Session Begins

By |2022-02-04T14:07:44-06:00February 4th, 2022|Categories: Child Welfare Policy|Tags: , , , |

Compiled by Stacy Gehringer, MSW, LICSW (she/her), Director of Outreach  Minnesota lawmakers returned to the Capitol on Monday, January 31st. With a divided legislature, COVID-19, a $7.7 billion dollar surplus, and an election year-- there will be much to follow. Governor Tim Walz (DFL) has shared that his top priorities include lowering healthcare costs,  creating [...]

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August 2021

Expanding Knowledge: Blogs (8 of 8)

By |2021-08-25T16:34:26-05:00August 25th, 2021|Categories: Featured@CASCW|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Mariel Carlson, University of Minnesota MSW Student and Outreach Graduate Assistant at CASCW Laura LeBrun, MSW, University of Minnesota Graduate and Outreach Graduate Assistant at CASCW Welcome to the Expanding Knowledge blog series! The following is an eight-week series that will feature means to enhance your child welfare work through education by non-conventional means, exploring [...]

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