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About Heidi Ombisa Skallet

Heidi Ombisa Skallet, MSW, LISW, was the Outreach Coordinator at CASCW from 2011-2015. She received her Master of Social Work degree in Community Practice & Child Welfare from the University of Minnesota in 2011. Her areas of interest include child welfare systems reform, Indian child welfare, family & economic policy, early childhood policy, and international social work policies & practices.

April 2015

Final recommendations from the Governor’s Task Force on the Protection of Children now available

By |2016-12-01T19:32:55-06:00April 1st, 2015|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: , , , |

The final report and recommendations from the Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children were issued yesterday. The recommendations are organized into short-, mid-, and long-term reforms, each preceded by a short description of the challenges faced in each area and the goals of the Task Force in general. Over the next few weeks [...]

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March 2015

Announcing the 2015 National Title IV-E Roundtable in Bloomington, MN

By |2016-12-01T19:32:55-06:00March 31st, 2015|Categories: Featured@CASCW|Tags: , , |

The Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare will be hosting this year’s National Title IV-E Roundtable in Bloomington, MN. The National Title IV-E Roundtable is a rare opportunity for child welfare stakeholders to gather and share ideas for education, training, research, and collaboration. Staff and faculty from Title IV-E education and training programs as [...]

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CASCW’s Winter 2015 CW360º, Culturally Responsive Child Welfare Practice, is now available online!

By |2016-12-01T19:32:57-06:00March 27th, 2015|Categories: Featured@CASCW|Tags: , , , |

We are excited to announce that our 11th issue of CW360º, Culturally Responsive Child Welfare Practice, is now available online. The intersection of culture and child welfare practice has been considered and conceptualized in a number of ways, from cultural competence and institutional racism to disparity and disproportionality. Most often the discussion around culture is [...]

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House Budget Resolution and Targets Set, HHS Budget Target is $11.62 Billion

By |2016-12-01T19:32:57-06:00March 26th, 2015|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: , , , |

Representative Jim Knoblach, chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, discusses his proposed budget resolution during the Mar. 24, 2015, committee hearing. Source: Archived video from MNHouseInfo on YouTube On Tuesday night the House Ways and Means Committee set the budget resolution and budget targets for the various finance committees (view the committee hearing [...]

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Registration is now open for CASCW’s 16th annual child welfare conference, Culturally Responsive Child Welfare Practice

By |2016-12-01T19:32:57-06:00March 26th, 2015|Categories: Featured@CASCW|Tags: , , , , , , |

We at the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare are pleased to announce our 16th Annual Spring Child Welfare Conference, Culturally Responsive Child Welfare Practice. Registration is now open for both on-site and webstream participants. Registration will be available through Friday, April 17, 2015. Details Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 Time: 10 AM–4:30 PM [...]

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Governor Dayton signs HF 8 into law, which implements two child protection task force recommendations

By |2016-12-01T19:32:57-06:00March 20th, 2015|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: , , , , , , |

On Tuesday, March 17, Governor Mark Dayton signed into law House File 8, a bill that implements two recommendations from the Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children. The new law is effective immediately. In his press release on this action, Governor Dayton said that he has dedicated an additional $52.5 million for child [...]

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New federal legislation authored by Sen. Klobuchar promotes pre- and post-adoption supports

By |2016-12-01T19:32:57-06:00March 12th, 2015|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Last month, Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar introduced the Supporting Adoptive Families Act (S. 369), "A bill to enhance pre- and post-adoptive support services." The bill was referred to the Senate Committee on Finance, where it awaits a hearing. (For an easy-to-read version of the bill's full text, see Text of the Supporting Adoptive Families Act [...]

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Screening and Transparency, Training and Supervision Workgroups’ Proposed Final Recommendations & Key Discussion Points

By |2016-12-01T19:32:57-06:00March 11th, 2015|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: , , , |

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 Screening and Transparency [...]

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