CASCW at the Capitol

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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2017 Legislative Session Begins

By CASCW staff|2017-01-17T10:37:40-06:00January 17th, 2017|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: 2017 legislative session, 90th legislative session, governor's task force, legislative hearings (MN), Legislative Task Force|

Minnesota’s 2017 legislative session began on January 3 with a number of new legislators and a Republican majority in both houses. This year begins a new two-year biennium session, in which the legislature sets the budget for the state for the next two years. And it marks a return to the Capitol, after the majority [...]

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Moral Injury and Child Welfare

By admin|2017-01-04T15:40:35-06:00January 4th, 2017|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: child abuse, child protection, child welfare, guest blogger, moral injury, practice issues, research, social work practice, trauma|

Guest blog post written by Erin Sugrue, MPP, MSW, LICSW, and Wendy Haight, PhD, School of Social Work, University of Minnesota, in partnership with the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare. The Case of Brandon 12-year-old Brandon was receiving counseling for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) following his placement in foster care. Brandon’s parents [...]

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Low Health & Mental Health Literacy in Asian American Immigrant Families: Implications on Children’s Health and Mental Health Equity

By admin|2016-12-21T10:02:43-06:00December 13th, 2016|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: child welfare, foster care, race and culture|

Guest blog post written by Hee Yun Lee, PhD & Raiza Beltran, MPH, School of Social Work, University of Minnesota, in partnership with the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare. According to the U.S. Census, from 1990 to 2013, the U.S. immigrant population doubled to 4.3 million, comprising thirteen percent of the total U.S. population. [...]

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