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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.

February 2015

Nominations Now Being Accepted for the Minnesota Child Welfare Exemplary Service Award

By |2016-12-01T19:32:58-06:00February 2nd, 2015|Categories: Featured@CASCW|

Please note: This post originally stated that workers and supervisors had to be nominated by another worker or supervisor to be considered for this award. This is incorrect—any individual can nominate a worker or supervisor for this award. This includes clients, foster parents, birth parents, colleagues, etc. We apologize for this misinformation. CASCW is now [...]

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January 2015

Differences between the two bills implementing child protection task force recommendations, SF 4 and HF 191

By |2016-12-01T19:32:58-06:00January 30th, 2015|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: , , , , , , |

While SF 4 and HF 191 are companion bills that implement several recommendations from the Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children, the bill text in SF 4 (modified after the introduction of a delete-all amendment at the Senate committee hearing on Jan. 26) differs slightly from the bill text in HF 191. You [...]

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SF 4, which implements child protection task force recommendations, heard in Senate committee

By |2016-12-01T19:32:58-06:00January 29th, 2015|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: , , , , |

Note: This is a two-part blog post. This first post covers the Senate hearing broadly. The second post, found here, goes into detail about the differences between the two main Senate and House bills implementing child protection task force recommendations. That post also includes discussion from the Senate committee hearing when relevant. Senate Committee Hearing [...]

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Upcoming committee hearings related to child protection, plus next CPS Task Force meeting

By |2016-12-01T19:32:58-06:00January 23rd, 2015|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: , , , , , , |

There are several legislative events in the upcoming week that are related to child protection. All of these events can be found on our Calendar and are also listed on our Public Policy pages. Be sure to keep checking our Public Policy pages for updates on these hearings and Task Force meetings, bill tracking and [...]

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Task Force bill heard in the House HHS Reform Committee on Wednesday

By |2016-12-01T19:32:58-06:00January 23rd, 2015|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: , |

On Wednesday, January 21, House File 191 was heard in the House Health and Human Services Reform Committee. H.F. 191 implements several of the recommendations put forth by Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children. According to the bill's author, Representative Ron Kresha, who talked about H.F. 191 at the last CPS Task Force [...]

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Potential big changes in the public policy statement of Minnesota’s Reporting of Maltreatment of Minors Act (HF 8)

By |2016-12-01T19:32:58-06:00January 15th, 2015|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: , , , , |

House File 8, introduced by Representative Ron Kresha and supported by members from both political parties in the House, implements several recommendations put forth by the Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children (CPS Task Force). Yesterday, at the full meeting of the CPS Task Force, Rep. Kresha indicated that the bill will be [...]

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CPS Task Force to meet tomorrow at 12:15

By |2015-01-13T16:10:19-06:00January 13th, 2015|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|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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Senate human services committee hears from the child protection task force

By |2016-12-01T19:32:58-06:00January 12th, 2015|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: , |

Earlier today the Senate Committee on Health, Human Services and Housing heard from members of the Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children (CPS Task force). This hearing was informational only, to prepare committee members for the later hearing on a Senate bill addressing some of the CPS Task Force's recommendations. Presentation Overview Department [...]

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