CASCW at the Capitol

Supporting Permanency of Children in Foster Care Through Relative Placement

By admin|2016-12-01T19:32:53-06:00January 7th, 2016|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: adoption, child welfare policy, criteria, kinship care, Northstar Care for Children, Northstar Kinship Assistance, permanency, relative care|

In 2014, there were over 12,000 children who spent some time in out-of-home care in Minnesota, with a majority in family foster care. While most children in foster care return home, for others, reunification is not an option. As the agency policy specialist for the Permanency Unit of the Child Safety and Permanency Division at [...]

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The Adoptee Citizenship Act: History and Overview of Proposed Legislation

By admin|2016-12-01T19:32:53-06:00December 9th, 2015|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: adoption, child welfare, child welfare legislation, citizenship, permanency, policy, stability|

In advance of this week's graduation of the 4th Permanency and Adoption Competency Certificate (PACC) cohort, former Stability, Permanency and Adoption Coordinator JaeRan Kim guest blogs on the impact of newly introduced adoption legislation. JaeRan is currently Assistant Professor at the University of Washington – Tacoma in the social work program. Until the passage of the Child [...]

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Legislative Task Force on Child Protection Update: Indian Child Welfare Advisory Council Recommendations Presented

By admin|2015-10-21T16:03:32-05:00October 21st, 2015|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: child protection, child welfare, CPS Task Force, foster care, ICWA, Indian child welfare, MN DHS, race and culture|

The latest Legislative Task Force on Child Protection meeting on October 13, 2015, featured a presentation by several tribal child welfare leaders, representing the recommendations of 11 Tribal Nations in Minnesota. Ted Waukey, Family Preservation Supervisor with Mille Lacs Family Services, began with a historical overview of federal policy that adversely affected American Indians, pushing [...]

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Revised Child Maltreatment Intake, Screening and Response Path Guidelines have been released

By admin|2015-10-19T14:22:04-05:00October 19th, 2015|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: child protection screening, child welfare, CPS Task Force, MN DHS, Rapid Consultation System|

The Legislative Task Force on the Protection of Children is tasked with ensuring that the timelines outlined in the child protection provisions passed by the legislature in 2015 are met. October 1, 2015, was the deadline for updating the Child Maltreatment Intake, Screening and Response Path Guidelines that are to be implemented by all child [...]

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Legislative Task Force on Child Protection & Foster Care Workgroup

By admin|2016-12-01T19:32:54-06:00September 21st, 2015|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: child protection, child welfare, CPS Task Force, foster care, Governor Dayton, minnesota, reform|

The Child Protection Task Force which was convened by Governor Mark Dayton made 93 recommendations which will reform aspects of the Minnesota child protection system. The Legislative Task Force on Child Protection was recently formed to review the efforts being made to implement the Governor’s Task Force recommendations. The task force convenes monthly at the [...]

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Health and Human Services finance bills

By admin|2016-12-01T19:32:54-06:00May 27th, 2015|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: 89th legislative session, child protection, child protection screening, Governor's budget, HHS finance omnibus bill, Northstar Care for Children, sex trafficking, tribal child welfare|

In February I wrote about the Health and Human Services omnibus bills. If you've been keeping up with the goings on in the Minnesota House and Senate, you know there has been a need for consensus before moving forward with what will make it in to the final Health and Human Services appropriations bill. The [...]

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Another Change at CASCW

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:32:55-06:00May 1st, 2015|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|

Today is my last day as Outreach Coordinator at the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW). For nearly 4 years I've been blogging about child welfare policy and tracking bills going through the Minnesota legislature related to child welfare (and for a brief period, federal bills related to child welfare). I've loved every [...]

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Final Task Force Recommendations: Two Track Child Protection Response System

By admin|2016-12-01T19:32:55-06:00April 24th, 2015|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: child safety, CPS Task Force, Family Assessment|

The update for this week on the final recommendations from the Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children is on the potential changes to what is currently known as Family Assessment. If you are reading this post, you may already be familiar with the two-track response system that currently makes up Minnesota's child protection [...]

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