Featured@CASCW features blog posts from CASCW staff on news and and other updates, as well as guest bloggers on research updates and perspectives from the field.
Interested in submitting a guest blog post to Featured@CASCW? Email the blog editor, Stacy Gehringer, at gehr0086@umn.edu for our guest blogger policy and guidelines.
Please note: This post originally stated that workers and supervisors had to be nominated by another worker or supervisor to be considered for this award. This is incorrect—any individual can nominate a worker or supervisor for this award. This includes clients, foster parents, birth parents, colleagues, etc. We apologize for this misinformation. CASCW is now [...]
Crossover Youth SeriesWritten by Wendy Haight, PhD, Gamble-Skogmo Chair The goal of this blog series is to provide information and encourage discussion of youth who are dually involved in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. In this first blog post, we will describe “crossover youth” and why we should be especially concerned about their [...]
Race & School Suspensions SeriesWritten by Wendy Haight, PhD, Gamble-Skogmo Chair The goal of this blog series is to provide information and encourage discussion of solutions for racial disproportionality in out-of-school suspensions focusing on Black children and families. In this first blog post, we will describe out-of-school suspensions, and why we should be especially concerned [...]
Our November eUpdate is now available. Beginning this month, we are including updates from our partners at Gamble-Skogmo Chair in Child Welfare and Youth Policy, located down the hall from us at the University of Minnesota School of Social Work. Topics of the November eUpdate are focused on National Adoption Month and Native American Heritage [...]
Image source: National Adoption Month website / Child Welfare Information Gateway Since 1995 the U.S. has recognized November as National Adoption Month. This year's theme is Promoting and Supporting Sibling Connections. The theme was chosen to recognize the unique bond between siblings, which research has shown to be influential in children's emotional well-being and development. [...]
CASCW's new Minn-LInK brief, Child Protection and the Achievement Gap, details a recent study whose purpose was to evaluate the educational outcomes of youth involved in Child Protective Services (CPS) at varying levels, including involvement in an accepted case of child protection (CP) and involvement in out-of-home placement (OHP). Specifically, the study analyzed the achievement [...]
The Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW) is pleased to announce that two CASCW staff have received Outstanding Service Awards from the Minnesota Association for Children's Mental Health (MACMH). Traci LaLiberte, CASCW's Executive Director, was nominated by Anu Family Services for her work on a variety of children's mental health initiatives. JaeRan Kim, [...]
Earlier this month, the Anu Family Services Board of Directors presented CASCW with an Award of Excellence for the partnership that CASCW had with Anu in 2013 that advanced Anu's mission. CASCW and Anu Family Services have had a partnership since 2007. The goal of this partnership is to examine research and develop evidence-based tools [...]
