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.

February 2012

This week’s child welfare-related legislative hearings in Minnesota

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:33:18-06:00February 13th, 2012|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: 87th legislative session, adoption, constitutional amendment, drug testing, MFIP, upcoming committee hearings, Voter photo-ID, Welfare Reform 2.0|

There are a few hearings this week in both the Minnesota Senate and House of Representatives that are of interest to those in the child welfare field. You can attend in person, or check to see if you can watch them live via the Senate Media Services. Senate Committee on Health & Human Services, Room [...]

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Child Development, Policy, and Practice – New CW360°

By Danielle Hegseth|2016-12-01T19:33:18-06:00February 10th, 2012|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: CEED, child development, child welfare, collaboration, developmental science, Miami Child Well-Being Court, policy|

Last week, the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare in partnership with the Center for Early Education and Development released the winter edition of CW360° entitled: "Using a Developmental Approach in Child Welfare Practice." CW360° is a magazine-length, standalone publication which uses a multidisciplinary approach to examine a prominent issue in the field of [...]

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Ready… Set… ADVOCATE!

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2014-09-04T13:25:30-05:00February 9th, 2012|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: 87th legislative session, advocacy, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits|

(written by Lindsay Brekke) The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits held an Advanced Advocacy training on February 8, 2012, which outlined a number of resources right here at our state Capitol for advocacy work by nonprofits. This post is a recap of this training and is meant to help others in their advocacy work. First is [...]

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Minnesota House Committee hearing today on Jacob’s Law

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:33:18-06:00February 1st, 2012|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|

Today (Wednesday, February 1) there will be a hearing in the Minnesota House Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance Committee at 10:15 AM in Room 10 State Office Building. The agenda includes several items, but the one most relevant to child welfare is Jacob's Law (HF 1899), whose short description is "Jacob's law [...]

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January 2012

2012 Session Line Up…Rundown

By Lindsey Brekke|2016-12-01T19:33:19-06:00January 31st, 2012|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: constitutional amendment, Governor Dayton, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, Minnesota Council on Foundations, Voter photo-ID|

On Friday, January 27, 2012 the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits and the Minnesota Council on Foundations hosted the 2012 Session Line Up, speakers included Governor Mark Dayton, Representative Paul Thissen, Representative Kurt Zellers, Senator John Marty and Senator David Senjem. Although this is a bonding year and not a budget year there are a number [...]

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Minnesota legislative session begins tomorrow; committee hearings scheduled

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:33:19-06:00January 23rd, 2012|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: 87th legislative session, legislative hearings (MN), Minnesota Management & Budget, MN budget|

Tomorrow at noon the Minnesota legislative session will begin. We will be providing regular updates on bills and committee hearings throughout the session, just like we did last year. In addition, we will be updating our webpage on child welfare policy to include separate pages on Policy Resources, Live Federal Bill Tracking, and Live Minnesota [...]

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Keeping All Students Safe Act

By Lindsey Brekke|2016-12-01T19:33:19-06:00January 20th, 2012|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: Physical Restraints, School, Seclusion, Students|

On December 16, 2011, Senator Thomas Harkins (D-IA) introduced Keeping All Students Safe Act (S. 2020). This bill would protect all school children against harmful and life-threatening seclusion and restraint practices. The House has a companion bill H.R. 1381 introduced by Rep. George Miller (D-CA7). A similar bill was introduced in 2009 called Preventing Harmful [...]

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New Minn-LInK report raises policy questions for homeless children

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:33:19-06:00January 18th, 2012|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: child poverty, child protection, child welfare policy, homeless children, homeless families, Minn-LInK, poverty, supportive housing|

Our new Minn-LInK report (full version and brief) highlights a study conducted through our Center, in partnership with Hearth Connection, that shows the positive impact supportive housing has on educational outcomes and overall child well being for children in homeless families. The children involved in this study were enrolled in Hearth Connection's supportive housing program [...]

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