This post was written by Salma Barkad Children and Youth Services- addressing racial disproportionality in child welfare This article talked about the disproportionate number of families served in child welfare are of families of color. But relatively few strategies for helping families of color have been monitored for their impact. This article reports early findings [...]
The Minnesota State Capitol Building. Source: Star Tribune The House Education Policy Omnibus Bill (H.F.2397) and the Senate Education Bill (S.F.1889) continue to make early education and K-12 education a priority in the second year of the legislative biennium. There are various proposed changes that have the potential to make an impact on youth and [...]
Today's guest blogger is Becky Rios. Damon Winter/The New York Times The article “When Children Are Traded” was written by Nicholas Kristof on November 20, 2013 and published in the New York Times . This short article describes an exchange or trade of adopted children, whose placement have failed in their adoptive homes. [...]
Today's guest blogger is Rachel Hanle. As of 2012, twenty-one states have passed laws or guidelines regulating the exposure of children in foster care homes to second-hand smoke. Because children who are in foster care are considered wards of the state, it is the state’s responsibility to provide them with living arrangements that protect and [...]
Today's guest blogger is Jill Mehrkens. Photo: David Joles for the Star Tribune The article “A Minnesota success: Adoption of teens is rising” was written by Jeremy Olson in the Star Tribune on December 23, 2012. This topic was related to a personal story of a 15 year old girl (Brianna) that was [...]
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker answers questions from reporters on April 16, 2014, in Madison, Wis. Source: Scott Bauer/AP Wisconsin's Response to Re-Homing In the wake of the 2013 Reuters investigative report on "re-homing"—which brought to light the virtually hidden practice of unregulated and unsafe use of online forums to ask strangers to take one's adopted [...]
G. Lee blogs about her internship in child protection. MSW Title IV-E Child Welfare Student: G Lee Xiong Field Instructor: Mark Muellerleile Task Supervisor: Becky Hilderman Field Site: Ramsey County Community Human Services Working with Becky, Mark and the Child Protection Intake Staff has truly been an amazing learning experience for me. Becky has been [...]
Last year Governor Dayton signed into law Northstar Care for Children, which is set to go into effect January 1, 2015. Throughout this legislative session there have been several bills introduced that would make changes to Northstar Care for Children before its implementation, namely S.F. 2754/H.F. 3216, S.F. 2240/H.F. 3027, and S.F. 2753/H.F. 3215. In [...]
