CASCW at the Capitol

CASCW at the Capitol, our child welfare policy blog, was developed as a way to disseminate relevant child welfare-related policy information to child welfare practitioners and supervisors.

January 2013

Upcoming committee meetings for the MN legislative session: Jan. 29, 2013 through Feb. 1, 2013

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:33:10-06:00January 29th, 2013|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|

I will try to post as early as I can in the week about child welfare-relevant upcoming committee hearings during Minnesota's 88th legislative session. I thought it would be a good idea to organize based on topic, rather than date. Let me know what you think of my methods. As always, remember to follow our [...]

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Uninterrupted Scholars Act aims to improve educational outcomes for youth in foster care

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:33:10-06:00January 11th, 2013|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|

JaeRan Kim recently blogged about the Uninterrupted Scholars Act on our Stability, Permanency, and Adoption Blog. I've cross-posted her post here; to read the whole post, please visit the original post. Representative Karen Bass (D-CA) along with bipartisan support from fellow members of the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth Reps. Tom Marino (R-PA), Michelle Bachmann [...]

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88th legislative session convened in Minnesota; child welfare bill tracking begins

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:33:10-06:00January 9th, 2013|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|

Yesterday Minnesota's 88th legislative session convened. This blog post is really more about providing information regarding new leadership and committee makeup, not child welfare-related items. Remember, we are tracking child welfare-related bills. As of right now, we are only set up to follow Minnesota-specific child welfare legislation. In the future we hope to change this [...]

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December 2012

Protect Our Kids Act passed in House, introduced in Senate

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:33:11-06:00December 31st, 2012|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|

On December 19 the Protect Our Kids Act of 2012 (H.R. 6655) was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and sent to the Senate for consideration. Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) introduced Protect Our Kids legislation (S. 3705) in the U.S. Senate on December 21 with bipartisan support, including the 2011 version's sponsor, Sen. John [...]

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Gun control, increased access to mental health services, armed kindergarten teachers…

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:33:13-06:00December 17th, 2012|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|

The title of this blog post lists some of the potential policy solutions I've seen in policy discussions on the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. As with most violent acts that catch the eye of the nation, advocates are calling for policy solutions that span the liberal-conservative political spectrum. Such knee-jerk solutions include stronger gun [...]

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National Child Protection Training Act

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:33:13-06:00December 12th, 2012|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|

Source: MPRNews Our own Minnesota Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken introduced bipartisan legislation on December 4 that would improve child abuse training programs for child welfare professionals, based on the work conducted at the National Child Protection Training Center (NCPTC) here in Winona, MN. The other Senate cosponsors are Sen. John Boozman (R-AR) and [...]

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and child welfare policy

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:33:13-06:00December 10th, 2012|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 10, 1948. Since then, December has come to be recognized as Universal Human Rights Month and December 10, Universal Human Rights Day. Last year we blogged about the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which [...]

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Child Protection Act of 2012 on the President’s desk

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:33:13-06:00December 6th, 2012|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|

UPDATE 12/7/12: President Barack Obama signed this bill into law on December 7, 2012. On November 26, the U.S. Senate passed the bipartisan bill H.R. 6063, otherwise known as the Child Protection Act of 2012, which focuses on protecting children from child pornography, sexual abuse, and trafficking by enhancing law enforcement's ability to protect children [...]

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