On Monday, August 25th, close to 200 MSW students and field instructors came together in the North Star Ballroom at the St. Paul Student Center for training to prepare for field experiences this year. After a large group ice-breaker activity, everyone settled in and learned about important field documents and policies. After this, we had [...]
Screenshot of the new poster outlining Oregon's Foster Children's Bill of Rights. Source of the screenshot: Oregon DHS Oregon's 2013 Legislature passed a law requiring Oregon's Department of Human Services to establish the Foster Children's Bill of Rights. While Oregon's DHS already had in place specific rules pertaining to the rights of children and youth [...]
One of the lead child protection agencies in Australia, Barnardos Australia, has introduced a resource for children and youth in foster care: a digital "memory box" called MyStory. The purpose of the digital memory box is to give children and youth in foster care a place to store their photos, report cards, drawings, letters, and [...]
Due to great interest, the Permanency and Adoption Competency Certificate (PACC) program is currently accepting registration for a SECOND cohort to start this September, 2014. The first Twin Cities cohort filled quickly so register today if you're interested! The second site will be located in the south metro area (Chaska or surrounding area). The PACC [...]
Photo with field instructor: Carol Anderson, LICSW (left) and Kristen Struss, MSW IV-E student (right) Kristen blogs about her summer internship at her place of employment, where her focus for the summer has been on learning about and gaining skill in a child protection supervisory role. In addition to her field task instructor, Kristen also [...]
In July The Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF) issued the 25th edition of the KIDS COUNT Data Book. The KIDS COUNT Data Book takes a look at 16 indicators of well-being from 4 domains in order to observe state and national trends in child well-being. Data used are from 2012, which is the most recent [...]
Photo with field instructor: Molly Kenney, LICSW (left) and Morgan Larson, MSW IV-E student (right) Morgan blogs about interning at the Mpls Crisis Nursery. The mission of the Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery is to end child abuse and neglect and create strong, healthy families. The Nursery offers a 24 hour Crisis Helpline, Crisis Counseling, Overnight [...]
This past week, 4 of our U of MN MSW IV-E students had the opportunity to attend the Summer Institute in American Indian Child Welfare along with other IV-E child welfare students from UMD, St Cloud State and Mankato State. This year marked the 7th year of the Institute, which provides an opportunity for Tribal [...]
