CASCW at the Capitol

Legislative Updates of Interest to Minnesota Child Welfare Professionals

By CASCW staff|2022-02-23T13:50:08-06:00February 23rd, 2022|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: 2023 legislature, blog, Minnesota policy|

Compiled by Stacy Gehringer, MSW, LICSW (she/her), Director of Outreach and Mariel Carlson (she/her/hers), Graduate Assistant Last week’s big news was the release of the redrawn legislative districts map that will direct the state’s elections for the next decade. Because some currently seated Legislators are now in the same district based on the new maps, [...]

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2022 Legislative Session Begins

By CASCW staff|2022-02-04T14:07:44-06:00February 4th, 2022|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: lawmakers, legislative session, minnesota, Minnesota policy|

Compiled by Stacy Gehringer, MSW, LICSW (she/her), Director of Outreach Minnesota lawmakers returned to the Capitol on Monday, January 31st. With a divided legislature, COVID-19, a $7.7 billion dollar surplus, and an election year-- there will be much to follow. Governor Tim Walz (DFL) has shared that his top priorities include lowering healthcare costs, creating [...]

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Legislative Task Force on Child Protection Update: Wrapping Up 2018

By CASCW staff|2018-10-26T14:37:01-05:00October 26th, 2018|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: child abuse, child protection, child welfare, CPS Task Force, Legislative Task Force, MN child welfare funding, MN DHS, Training|

The Minnesota Legislative Task Force on Child Protection met at the State Senate building on Monday, October 22, 2018. After introducing new task force members and reviewing the role of the task force, the first item on the agenda was testimony from Jamie Sorenson, Child Safety and Permanency Director at the Department of Human Services [...]

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Legislative Session Moves into Final Few Weeks

By CASCW staff|2017-05-12T12:36:42-05:00May 12th, 2017|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: child protection, HHS omnibus bill, Legislative Task Force|

The Minnesota Legislature is working with Governor Dayton to determine their budget targets for the passage of the next biennial budget. Committees have chosen the bills that will make it into their respective omnibus bills, and the House and Senate have discussed their versions. The bill we’ve been tracking most closely is SF 800 / [...]

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Session Highlights: Bills of Interest to Child Welfare Professionals Being Considered

By CASCW staff|2017-03-10T12:29:15-06:00March 10th, 2017|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: 89th legislative session, child welfare, MN budget, MN child welfare funding|

The Minnesota Legislature continues its work sifting through thousands of bills to consider for passage. We are currently tracking nearly 40 bills that are relevant to the child welfare field. The Minnesota Management and Budget office’s budget forecast has increased from December’s projection to $1.65 billion. This means that the governor and the legislature have [...]

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ESSA Update: State Continues to Seek Community Guidance for Implementation

By admin|2017-02-21T13:44:53-06:00February 21st, 2017|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: ESSA, foster care|

The new provisions in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) were reviewed by state officials and community members throughout Minnesota over the past year, with several groups meeting to determine how Minnesota would implement the requirements of this federal legislation. Key provisions included in ESSA were outlined in our blog post titled Every Student Succeeds [...]

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Session Updates: Bills Introduced Related to Child Welfare

By CASCW staff|2017-02-13T09:26:58-06:00February 13th, 2017|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: 2017 legislative session, 90th legislative session, bill advancement, foster care providers|

Over 1000 bills have been introduced in the House so far and nearly 900 in the Senate in Minnesota, and committees have been meeting regularly to determine their priorities for this budget-setting session. Three deadlines have been established for committees. The first, March 10, is the date by which committees must determine which bills they’d [...]

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Newly Released: Updated Screening Guidelines and Minnesota’s Out-of-home Care and Permanency Report (2015)

By CASCW staff|2017-02-03T10:41:37-06:00February 2nd, 2017|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: child maltreatment, MN DHS, out-of-home placements, Permancy report|

The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) has recently released a revised version of the Child Maltreatment Intake, Screening and Response Path Guidelines for use by county and tribal child protection agencies in Minnesota. A full listing of the changes from the previous version of these guidelines are included in the January 5th, 2017, bulletin. [...]

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