Today's guest blogger is Shavon Swain. On October 31, 2013 the Chicago Tribune produced an editorial titled, Shut down Internet Adoptions; ‘Re-homing’ is for pets, not children. This editorial was written as lawmakers in Chicago joined forces to discuss the growing, yet disturbing trend of “re-homing”. In this article re-homing is defined as, “...transactions-typically [...]
On Wednesday, April 8, the Senate Committee on Health, Human Services and Housing heard from Ralph McQuarter of the Department of Human Services (DHS) and Jim Koppel, Assistant Commissioner of Child and Family Services at DHS, on proposed child protection funding formulas that are based on recommendations from the Governor's Task Force on the Protection [...]
Today's guest blogger is Shannon Abbott. In the article Adopting Through Foster Care: A Less Expensive Alternative by Susan Johnston the author seeks to promote adoption through foster care by shedding light on information that may not be known about this option. Many potential adoptive parents are aware of the great potential cost that comes [...]
The two human services policy bills, SF 1356 (authored by Senators Sheran and Lourey) and its companion bill HF 1535 (authored by Rep. Mack), modify the Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act (MIFPA), out-of-home placement provisions, and reporting requirements of maltreatment. Most of the child welfare changes found in this bill specifically impact Indian child welfare [...]
Join us in congratulating Heather Rosenthal and Mark Wilhelmson, who are the recipients of our first (soon to be) annual Child Welfare Exemplary Service Award. The Child Welfare Exemplary Service Award was developed in early 2015 by the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW) in order to recognize Minnesota child welfare supervisors and [...]
Today's guest blogger is Steve Mincey. Minnesota’s Adoption Bill The article I will be reviewing is “The Minn. Adoption bill up for Senate” published on March 12, 2013 on MPR News by Sasha Aslanian. This article discusses a new proposed bill to increase Minnesota’s adoption rate from foster care. The current bill in place [...]
Race & School Suspensions SeriesWritten by Wendy Haight, PhD, Gamble-Skogmo Chair Suspensions and Black Children The goal of this blog series is to provide information and encourage discussion of solutions for racial disproportionalities in out-of-school suspensions focusing on Black children and families. Effective responses to this complex issue emerge from an understanding of the underlying [...]
Today's guest blogger is Matt Burbage When the media discusses adoption, it tends to focus on the perspective of the adoption industry or the adoptive parents. Yet, this depiction doesn’t tell the full story. In fact, Laura Barcella illustrates that there is another very important narrative that tends to get discounted, in her recently published [...]