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Browse past issues of our popular biweekly newsletter. 2023 How I Connect featuring Katie Erickson, PLX registration, ICWA/MIFPA podcast and Esther Wattenberg Policy Award Breakfast. How I Connect featuring Ann Bailey, National Adoption Month, Child Development for Child Welfare Website, Institute [...]
“The racial disproportionality in our system tells its own story. We tend to value some people more than others; we see some people's love for their children as more valid and valuable than others. Racism and messaging about race and families reinforce the negative, biased beliefs that drive our current system. We're [...]
Compiled by Mariel Carlson, Graduate Assistant The Minnesota legislature is on break this week and will be returning on Tuesday, April 19th to resume hearings on omnibus bills and more. National News A bill entitled “Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2021” (S.2689 / H.R. 5414) has been proposed in [...]
The Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare held our 2022 Annual Spring Child Welfare Conference April 20 & 21st. Supporting Collaborative Birth and Foster Parent Relationships in Child Welfare This year’s virtual CASCW conference featuring speakers and panelists as they explore how child welfare workers can best facilitate and support birth and foster [...]
CASCW collaborations with academic and community partners have resulted in thousands of video, print, and audio resources across a myriad of practice areas impacting child welfare. We hope these resources, divided by topic, will be helpful to students, practitioners, policymakers, administrators - and anyone working with children and families! CHILD DEVELOPMENT [...]
Mariel Carlson, University of Minnesota MSW Student and Outreach Graduate Assistant at CASCW Laura LeBrun, MSW, University of Minnesota Graduate and Outreach Graduate Assistant at CASCW Welcome to the Expanding Knowledge blog series! The following is an eight-week series that will feature means to enhance your child welfare work through education by non-conventional means, exploring [...]
Mariel Carlson, University of Minnesota MSW Student and Outreach Graduate Assistant at CASCW and Laura LeBrun, MSW, University of Minnesota Graduate and Outreach Graduate Assistant at CASCW July 2021 Welcome to the Expanding Knowledge blog series! The following is an eight-week series that will feature means to enhance your child welfare work through education [...]
The Esther Wattenberg Policy Award recognizes exemplary policy work and contributions impacting children and families in Minnesota. 2022 Esther Wattenberg Policy Award Recipient Kirsten Anderson began serving as Executive Director of AspireMN in December of 2017, after two years of working as Assistant Director for the association. [...]
We are currently creating a new podcast page to provide better search and viewing options. Please visit CASCW podcasts for our newest podcasts until the migration has been completed. Thank-you! CASCW is committed to connecting child welfare professionals to relevant and accessible training resources. We are excited to bring you the latest in [...]
Part of a permanency series featuring intersections of child welfare and mental health practice, voiced by PACC alumni Compiled by Keely Vandre, MSW, LGSW, PACC Coordinator The theme of this November’s National Adoption Month sponsored by the Children’s Bureau is Youth Voices, a segment of the permanency and adoption world that can often be marginalized. [...]