Tonight at Last week the committee heard testimony on the house budget resolution. Testimonials urged for investment in services for adults with disabilities, education, and improvement of the state's infrastructure. Bills that we're keeping our eye on include SF 825 and SF 1356. SF 825 covers reimbursement of child welfare agency costs and tribal customary [...]
Today's guest blogger is Hannah Burton. Article Title: From the System to the Street: The factors and figures behind the so-called “foster care to prostitution pipeline” Author: Lauren Kirchner Date Published: February 12, 2015 This article focused on children who have runaway or aged out of the foster care system and their relationship with [...]
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 [...]
Today's guest blogger is Tyler Gustafson. In 2010, the Chicago Tribune told the story of an adoption that speaks to the fears of many parents who are contemplating adoption. In the article Adoption Interrupted, a story is told of a loving family, the Gertzes, who seem to have all the right resources, and adopt a [...]
By guest blogger Nicole DuRoche. “Adoption in the child welfare system — A cross-country analysis of child welfare workers' recommendations for or against adoption” was written by Marit Skivenes and Øyvind Samnøy Tefre of Bergen University College of Norway’s Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, and was published in Children and Youth Services Review on [...]
This week, several MSW Child Welfare students, most of whom are currently interning at Hennepin County in child protection and child welfare units, toured St. Joseph's Home for Children in Minneapolis. Many of the current students have worked with children who have stayed at St. Joseph's when they were removed from their homes due to [...]
Today's guest blogger is Kelly Healey. Ontario’s Most Vulnerable Children Kept In the Shadows was featured in the Toronto Star on December 12, 2014. It was co-written by Sandro Contenta, Laurie Monsebraaten and Jim Rankin. The article asserts that “Ontario’s child welfare system lacks accountability and transparency” (p.1) and is in need of significant systematic [...]
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 [...]
