Browse past issues of our popular biweekly newsletter.
2023
How I Connect featuring Katie Erickson, PLX registration, ICWA/MIFPA podcast and Esther Wattenberg Policy Award Breakfast.
How I Connect featuring Ann Bailey, National Adoption Month, Child Development for Child Welfare Website, Institute of Child Development Virtual Info Session, Star Tribune articles, CASCW Podcasts.
How I Connect featuring Amy Wilkerson, National Adoption Month, Native American Heritage Month, Expanding Our Knowledge Blog Series, 6-part Video Series Highlighting the Front-line Perspectives of Indigenous Child Welfare in Minnesota, Star Tribune story on child fatalities.
How I Connect featuring Carrie Owen, ICWA/MIFPA podcast and New Vistas For Telling Stories of Adoption: A Conversation with Angela Tucker and Shannon Gibney event.
How I Connect featuring Melissa Batalden Mendez, CASCW Title IV-E Partnerships, Indigenous Peoples’ Day and Infographics for Supporting Hmong Families in the U.S.
How I Connect featuring Kari Gloppen, National Recovery Month, Kinship Care Month, MSW Orientation, CASCW new hire, Permanency & Child Welfare Fall Conference registration for Greater MN professionals, New Vistas For Telling Stories of Adoption: A Conversation with Angela Tucker and Shannon Gibney event.
How I Connect featuring Jon Hollister, Cannabis Legalization in Minnesota and Child Welfare, Afghan Refugee video, Be@School Conference, and CASCW podcasts.
How I Connect featuring Will Carlson, Afghan Newcomers to Minnesota Video Project, Permanency & Child Welfare Fall Conference call for presentations, 2023 Be@School recap, and CASCW podcasts.
How I Connect featuring Kurt Hattenberger, Child Welfare Worker Recognition Event, Permanency & Child Welfare Fall Conference call for presentations, 2023 Be@School registration, CASCW new hires and CASCW podcasts.
How I Connect featuring Matthew Witham, 2023 MN Legislative Session Ends, ICWA Upheld, Permanency & Child Welfare Fall Conference, 2023 Be@School Conference, and CASCW podcasts.
How I Connect featuring Evelyn Vee, June is Pride and Reunification month, honoring Juneteenth and Fathers Day, CEED and CASCW launches new child development resource website, 2023 Be@School conference, and CASCW podcasts.
How I Connect featuring Ariana King, CASCW’s professional certificate programs, Infant Mental Health training for child welfare professionals, and CASCW podcasts
How I Connect featuring Renee Armstrong, CASCW 2023 awards, CASCW annual May conference, and CASCW podcasts.
How I Connect featuring Eric Grumdahl, CW360º, registration for PACC and PLX, and CASCW podcasts.
How I Connect featuring Maddison Kissner Child Abuse Prevention month, CASCW’s annual May conference, ECE participation for children in foster care, Traci in the press, and CASCW podcasts.
How I Connect featuring Mimi Choy-Brown, Developmental Disabilities Awareness month, CASCW’s annual May conference, MSSA Conference, and CASCW podcasts.
Welcome by Traci LaLiberte, How I Connect featuring Jessica Mclain, National Social Work Month, CASCW’s annual May conference, award nominations, NASW-MN Diverse Workforce Initiative Cohort application, a policy blog on child welfare at the state capital, and CASCW podcasts.
Welcome by Traci LaLiberte, How I Connect featuring Michelle Chalmers, CASCW’s annual May conference and award information, and a policy blog on state-related ICWA laws.
Welcome by Traci LaLiberte, How I Connect featuring Montanay Adams, Title IV-E fellow, award nominations, a spotlight on Experiential Learning in the African American Community (ELAA), the new CEED module series on working with parents, and a policy blog on child welfare related legislation at the Minnesota state capitol.
Welcome by Traci LaLiberte, How I Connect featuring Kirsten Anderson, Executive Director of AspireMN, a spotlight on January as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, and CASCW’s abbreviated summary of DHS’ overview of 2022 child welfare legislation.
Special issue featuring a 2022 Year in Review. Summary of awards, podcasts, webinars, publications, blogs, conferences and events, Title IV-E fellows, Title IV-E training products, PACC and PLX graduating cohorts, MNCWTA info, and CASCW Executive Director Traci LaLiberte’s appearance on MPR.
2022
Welcome by Liz Fronsoe, featuring a resource bundle on working with youth, information about a PACC webinar, and a spotlight on the Foster Children Bill of Rights.
Welcome by JaeRan Kim, featuring a resource bundle on adoption and child welfare, information about our 2022 Esther Wattenberg Policy Forum, and a spotlight from MNAdopt.
Welcome by Justice Anne K. McKeig, featuring a resource bundle on working with Native families, a new Minn-LInK brief, CASCW’s virtual forum on Haaland v. Brackeen, and a spotlight on frontline perspectives of child welfare professionals working with Indigenous communities.
Welcome by Marjorie Aunos and Traci LaLiberte, featuring a resource bundle on disability in child welfare, and a spotlight on the upcoming ICWA Supreme Court Hearing.
Welcome by Lynette Renner featuring a resource bundle on domestic violence/intimate partner violence (IPV), a new module on IPV and child maltreatment, and a spotlight on Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month.
Welcome by Kristy Piescher, featuring Part 2 of a resource bundle on Workforce Development and the needs and experiences of child welfare workers, results from the 2019 MN Child Welfare Workforce Study, and spotlight on kinship care.
Welcome by Liz Snyder, featuring Part 1 of a resource bundle on Workforce Development and supporting the child welfare workforce, photos from CASCW’s booth at the State Fair, and a spotlight on the grand opening of the Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy.
Welcome by Amanda Harrington, featuring a resource bundle on education and child welfare, a new brief from Minn-LInK on dual debt, and a spotlight on the annual Be@School conference.
Welcome by Julie Rohovit, featuring a resource bundle on substance use, Dr. Amy Krentzman’s new module on positive recovery journaling, the first episode of Parenting Done Differently: Parenting with Disabilities, and a spotlight on August as Wellness Month.
Welcome by Patricia Shannon and Will Carlson, featuring a resource bundle on working with refugee and immigrant populations, Minn-LInK’s latest brief on the impacts of Minneapolis’ The Choice is Yours program, and a spotlight on July as Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month.
Welcome by Jeffrey Waid, featuring a resource bundle on sibling relationships in child welfare, a new module on out of school suspension, and a spotlight on gun violence prevention and awareness.
Welcome by Shawn Powell, featuring a resource bundle on supporting parents in child welfare, the 2022 edition of CW360: Supporting Collaborative Birth and Foster Parent Relationships, and the first episode of a PACC podcast on lifebooks.
Welcome by Ryan Berg, featuring a resource bundle on supporting LGBTQ+ youth, a new module called Strengthening Sibling Relations for Youth in Care, and a spotlight on June as Pride Month.
Welcome by Sue Abderholden, featuring a resource bundle on mental health and child welfare, two guest policy blogs, and a new Minn-LInK brief on the relationship between community-level supports and student school attendance.
Welcome by Amelia Franck Meyer, featuring a resource bundle on supporting youth in care, two guest policy blogs, and a spotlight on Asian American and Pacific Island (AAPI) Heritage Month.
Welcome by Ann Masten, featuring Part 2 of a resource bundle on child maltreatment, prevention, and resilience, two guest policy blogs, and a spotlight on April as World Autism Acceptance Month.
Welcome by Chris Bray, featuring Part 1 of a resource bundle on child maltreatment, prevention, and resilience, CASCW Executive Director Traci LaLiberte’s presentation at CEHD’s Scholar Spotlight series, a new Minn-LInK brief on the effectiveness of drop-in centers for youth experiencing homelessness, and a spotlight on National Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Welcome by Kristy Piescher, featuring a resource bundle on crossover youth, a new podcast and fact sheet on neoliberalism, a new module on the intersection between homelessness and CPS, and a spotlight on Black Women Social Workers.
Welcome by Jessica Toft, featuring a resource bundle on the field of social work, an update on the Anti-Trans legislation in Texas, and a spotlight on March as Social Work Month.
Welcome by Jodi Dworkin, featuring a resource bundle on technology and social media, and details on CASCW’s annual conference: Supporting Collaborative Birth and Foster Parent Relationships in Child Welfare.
Welcome by Priscilla Gibson, featuring a resource bundle on disparities in child welfare, and a spotlight on Black History Month.
Welcome by Traci LaLiberte, featuring a resource bundle on child development, and a spotlight on National Human Trafficking Prevention Month.
Welcome by Traci LaLiberte, featuring a 2021 year in review of awards, podcast series, webinars, publications, modules, and blogs.
2021
Welcome by Kate Walthour, featuring a spotlight on supporting children in care around the holidays.
Welcome by Traci LaLiberte, featuring a spotlight on December as Universal Human Rights Month and the Heart of Supervision podcast.
Welcome by Kristy Piescher, featuring a spotlight on November as Native American Heritage Month and PACC participants as well as MNAdopt webinars.
Welcome by Traci LaLiberte, featuring a spotlight on November as National Adoption Month and podcast episodes on Early Development and Child Welfare.
Welcome by the CASCW Outreach Team, featuring revisions in MN DHS Best Practice Guidelines and a spotlight on October as National Substance Abuse Prevention Month and misconceptions about substance use disorder.
Welcome by Traci LaLiberte, featuring a new training module on reducing disparities through Indigenous Social Work education, a new episode of the Disability and Child Welfare podcast, and a spotlight on Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Welcome by Liz Snyder, featuring a spotlight on National Child Welfare Workforce Development Month, a recognition of September as National Suicide Prevention Month, and a new training module on parents with disabilities who are involved in CPS.
Welcome by Traci LaLiberte, featuring a spotlight on the 2021 edition of CW360: Confronting Racism, Engaging Partners, Finding Solutions and a domestic violence courts training manual.
Welcome by Kristy Piescher, featuring a study done by SSW faculty on Child Maltreatment Re-reporting, Recurrence, and Foster Care Re-entry in Hennepin County, and the Mindfulness Monday podcast.
Welcome by Stacy Gehringer, featuring a spotlight on the Permanency and Adoption Competency Certificate (PACC) program and a new module on Gossip Addiction in Rural Communities.
Welcome by Kate Walthour, featuring a spotlight on July as BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month.
Welcome by Traci LaLiberte, featuring a spotlight on the Phoenix Learning Xchange program and modules on refugee communities in Minnesota, the Family First Prevention Services Act, key barriers to for engagement with prevention services, and moral injury.