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.

March 2012

Child welfare committee hearings this week at the MN legislature

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:33:18-06:00March 19th, 2012|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|

Hope you're enjoying the excellent weather we've been having here in Minnesota. As the weather gets nicer and the urge to go outside becomes stronger, check out some of the committee hearings pertaining to child welfare at the Capitol building and State Office Building. If you'd like more information about these bills and their relevance [...]

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Early Intervention Screening on All Accepted Child Protection Reports

By Lindsey Brekke|2016-12-01T19:33:18-06:00March 13th, 2012|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: child protection, early intervention|

On Monday, March 12th S.F. 1165 was heard in the Health and Human Services Committee. This bill was introduced to amend language in 125A.30 Interagency Early Intervention Committees. This language would prompt a referral for an early intervention screening for children under age 3 who are subject of an accepted report for investigation or family [...]

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Minnesota committee hearings for the week of March 12

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:33:18-06:00March 12th, 2012|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|

Happy Monday! Here are this week's legislative committee hearings as they relate to child welfare legislation. If you'd like more information about these bills and their relevance to child welfare policy, make sure to review our bill tracking sheet. Monday, March 12 12:30 PM: House Civil Law, 10 State Office Building (SOB)HF2009 (Abeler) Human services [...]

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Foster Care Moratorium Exception to Provide Care for Children with Severe Autism

By Lindsey Brekke|2016-12-01T19:33:18-06:00March 6th, 2012|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: 87th legislative session, autism, foster care|

On Monday, March 5th the Minnesota Senate held a hearing on S.F. 1412 which was introduced by Senator Senjem. The purpose of the bill is to create an exception to the foster care moratorium to allow the licensing of facilities that serve children with severe autism. *A moratorium on new child and adult corporate foster [...]

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Quick Review – H.F. 2080

By Danielle Hegseth|2016-12-01T19:33:18-06:00March 1st, 2012|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: essential services, legislative hearings (MN), MFIP, policy|

H.F. 2080 (S.F. 1883) is an MFIP ineligibility and sanctions bill that made the legislative committee rounds during February. The bill was sponsored by Rep. Kurt Daudt (R-17A) and has 12 cosponsors. As of today, 2080 is waiting to be heard in the House Health and Human Service Finance Committee, but that hearing has not [...]

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February 2012

This week in child welfare at the Minnesota legislature

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:33:18-06:00February 27th, 2012|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|

Several committee hearings related to child welfare legislation are occurring this week. Remember, most, if not all, can be viewed live online at either the Senate or House websites, and often they archive their videos fairly quickly to be viewed later. You can also follow the Twitter hashtag #mnleg to see the community discussing activity [...]

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Child Protection Screening Report

By Danielle Hegseth|2016-12-01T19:33:18-06:00February 23rd, 2012|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: 87th legislative session, child protection screening, MN DHS, OLA screening report|

On Tuesday, February 21, the Office of the Legislative Auditor (OLA) released their evaluation report on Child Protection Screening. That same day,The Health and Human Services Reform Committee heard testimony from eight individuals representing agencies ranging from the Minnesota Department of Human Services to local nonprofits. The purpose of the Committee hearing was to present [...]

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S.F. 1675 Children and family services modifications

By Lindsey Brekke|2016-12-01T19:33:18-06:00February 21st, 2012|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: 87th legislative session, child care assistance, child support, permanency, safe place for newborns|

Minnesota Senate File 1675 was heard on February 15th and February 21st. This bill has a number of amendments that affect child welfare. Click here to see the full bill text. This bill has been referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Here are a few of the pieces of the bill that were discussed in [...]

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