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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.

January 2015

Initial Recommendations from the CPS Task Force Now Available Online

By |2016-12-01T19:32:58-06:00January 5th, 2015|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: , |

Last week I published the preliminary recommendations that were introduced in the December 12, 2014 meeting of the Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children (CPS Task Force). The Initial Recommendations report that was due by December 31, 2014, is now available on the CPS Task Force's webpage: http://www.dhs.state.mn.us/childprotectiontaskforce. You can also download the [...]

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Crossover Youth & Well-Being (Crossover Youth Series)

By |2016-12-01T19:32:58-06:00January 5th, 2015|Categories: Featured@CASCW|Tags: , , , |

Crossover Youth SeriesWritten by Wendy Haight, PhD, Gamble-Skogmo Chair The goal of this blog series is to provide information and encourage discussion of youth who are dually involved in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. In this first blog post, we will describe “crossover youth” and why we should be especially concerned about their [...]

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December 2014

Training & Supervision Workgroup Preliminary Recommendations (Updated)

By |2016-12-01T19:32:58-06:00December 31st, 2014|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: , , , |

Updated Jan. 5, 2015, to reflect the Initial Recommendations report, released December 31, 2014. Changes and additions are highlighted yellow , and deletions are marked as strikethroughs. The Training & Supervision Workgroup preliminary recommendations are listed below, grouped under general themes (which are found in the light gray boxes). Each of these recommendations [...]

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Family Assessment & Adequacy of Resources Workgroup Preliminary Recommendations (Updated)

By |2016-12-01T19:32:58-06:00December 31st, 2014|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: , , , , |

Updated Jan. 5, 2015, to reflect the Initial Recommendations report, released December 31, 2014. Changes and additions are highlighted yellow , and deletions are marked as strikethroughs. The Family Assessment & Adequacy of Resources Workgroup preliminary initial recommendations are listed below, grouped under general themes (which are found in the light gray boxes). [...]

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Screening & Transparency Workgroup Preliminary Recommendations (Updated)

By |2016-12-01T19:32:58-06:00December 30th, 2014|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: , , , , , , |

Updated Jan. 5, 2015, to reflect the Initial Recommendations report, released December 31, 2014. Changes and additions are highlighted yellow , and deletions are marked as strikethroughs. The Screening & Transparency Workgroup preliminary recommendations are listed below, grouped under general themes (which are found in the light gray boxes). Each of these recommendations [...]

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A brief review of some of the CPS Task Force’s preliminary recommendations

By |2016-12-01T19:32:58-06:00December 29th, 2014|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: , , , , |

The full Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children, meeting on December 12, 2014, in the State Office Building. Image source: Author The last two meetings of the Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children (CPS Task Force)—held on December 4 and December 12—were mainly concerned with developing preliminary recommendations to the 2015 [...]

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Balancing transparency & accountability with privacy rights

By |2016-12-01T19:32:58-06:00December 17th, 2014|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Child protection-related tragedies, including child deaths from maltreatment, frequently lead to extended coverage in the media and public calls for systemic reform and change. One of the most frequently sought-after reforms involves increased transparency and accountability within the child protection system. Theoretically, the more transparency within the system (i.e., the more aware the public is [...]

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Upcoming CPS Task Force meeting and Minnesota’s Child Welfare Report 2013 stats

By |2016-12-01T19:32:59-06:00December 9th, 2014|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: , , , |

The Next CPS Task Force Meeting The next meeting of the Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children is Friday, December 12, from 9 AM to 12 PM, in Room 200 of the State Office Building in St. Paul. While the agenda for this meeting has not been made available online yet, it is [...]

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