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.

June 2011

World Refugee Day

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:33:23-06:00June 20th, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: international child welfare, refugee children, unaccompanied minors, Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program, World Refugee Day|

Today, June 20, is World Refugee Day. Since our June theme is international child welfare, we decided to highlight a program in the United States that helps unaccompanied refugee minors, in honor of this day. The Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program, overseen by the Office of Refugee Resettlement, "helps unaccompanied minor refugees develop appropriate skills to [...]

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Different Definitions of Core State Functions

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:33:23-06:00June 15th, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: essential services, government shutdown, Governor Dayton, Minnesota Attorney General, special session|

This week two petitions were filed in Ramsey County Court regarding continued funding for core functions of the state should a government shutdown occur. The first petition was filed on Monday, June 13, by the Minnesota Attorney General's office. This petition stated that in order to protect the constitutional rights of Minnesotans on a state [...]

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Federal and Minnesota Policies Informing International Adoption

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:33:23-06:00June 15th, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|

In this post we will discuss policies informing international adoption both in the United States and in Minnesota. Note that other countries will have their own policies regarding international adoptions; for examples, see this recent article on new regulations in Ukraine, Mexico, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Future posts will look at how these [...]

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Legislature Week in Review: June 6 – June 11

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:33:23-06:00June 13th, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|

'Budget Solution' Meetings The legislature and Governor Dayton have scheduled meetings throughout June to discuss budget solutions to prevent a government shutdown beginning July 1. The two sides met a few times this past week; so far, the GOP-led legislature has offered to increase spending in K-12 education, public safety, and the courts, but will [...]

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Policy implications from the field of international child welfare

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:33:23-06:00June 8th, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|

This first entry in June's theme of international child welfare will discuss a few ways in which international child welfare policies are already impacting policy here in the United States and in Minnesota. Future posts will focus on international adoption as a subset of international child welfare, with an emphasis on policies affecting this practice [...]

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Policy Blog Summer Themes

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:33:23-06:00June 8th, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|

As the legislative activity at the Minnesota Legislature winds down, the Child Welfare Policy Blog will continue to provide a weekly update of happenings at the Capitol. In addition, starting this week, we will post a weekly blog entry dedicated to a special topic related to child welfare policy. We will tackle a different policy [...]

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Catching up on the news from the MN legislature

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:33:23-06:00June 6th, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|

My apologies for staying quiet the past couple of weeks as the transition Katie mentioned in the previous entry has taken place. I am hoping to get you caught up on what has been happening at the legislature in this entry, so it will be a little long. The Budget Over the past couple of [...]

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May 2011

MN legislative session ends, special session planned, & government shutdown looming

By Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare|2016-12-01T19:33:23-06:00May 25th, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|

By now, you've probably heard the news about the May 23rd legislative deadline that came and went this week. Minnesota Public Radio sums it up in a nutshell: "Gov. Dayton vetoed nine budget bills assuring a special session will be called to pass a two-year budget. Dayton also said there's a "strong likelihood" that a [...]

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