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.

May 2015

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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April 2015

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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Final Task Force Recommendations: Screening

By admin|2016-12-01T19:32:55-06:00April 17th, 2015|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: child protection screening, child safety, CPS Task Force, Family Assessment, mandated reporting|

Throughout the year we have been following the Governor’s Task Force on the Protection of Children from its creation through the debates and now to the final report and recommendations that were released in March. All of the recommendations have an impact on either statute, practice, training, the social service information system, the Department of [...]

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Omnibus health and human services finance bill includes child protection task force recommendations, Northstar modifications

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:32:55-06:00April 16th, 2015|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: 89th legislative session, adoption, child protection screening, CPS Task Force, HHS finance omnibus bill, homeless youth, independent living, Indian child welfare, Northstar Care for Children, sex trafficking, siblings, youth connections|

Throughout the last few days and continuing into next week, the House Health and Human Services (HHS) Finance Committee has been discussing the delete-everything (DE) amendment to HF 1638, which would turn this bill into the omnibus HHS finance bill. The DE amendment is 354 pages long; what follows is the child welfare–related components. This [...]

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Senate HHS Committee Hears Proposed Child Protection Staffing & Services Funding Formulas

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:32:55-06:00April 9th, 2015|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: 89th legislative session, child protection funding, child welfare workforce, CPS Task Force, MN child welfare funding|

On Wednesday, April 8, the Senate Committee on Health, Human Services and Housing heard from Ralph McQuarter of the Department of Human Services (DHS) and Jim Koppel, Assistant Commissioner of Child and Family Services at DHS, on proposed child protection funding formulas that are based on recommendations from the Governor's Task Force on the Protection [...]

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Bills Seek to Strengthen Indian Child Welfare Policies in Minnesota

By admin|2016-12-01T19:32:55-06:00April 8th, 2015|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: 89th legislative session, HF 1535, ICWA, Indian child welfare, SF 1356|

The two human services policy bills, SF 1356 (authored by Senators Sheran and Lourey) and its companion bill HF 1535 (authored by Rep. Mack), modify the Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act (MIFPA), out-of-home placement provisions, and reporting requirements of maltreatment. Most of the child welfare changes found in this bill specifically impact Indian child welfare [...]

Final recommendations from the Governor’s Task Force on the Protection of Children now available
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Final recommendations from the Governor’s Task Force on the Protection of Children now available

Final recommendations from the Governor’s Task Force on the Protection of Children now available

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:32:55-06:00April 1st, 2015|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: CPS Task Force, HF 827, MN DHS, SF 1876|

The final report and recommendations from the Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children were issued yesterday. The recommendations are organized into short-, mid-, and long-term reforms, each preceded by a short description of the challenges faced in each area and the goals of the Task Force in general. Over the next few weeks [...]

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