Updated Jan. 5, 2015, to reflect the Initial Recommendations report, released December 31, 2014. Changes and additions are highlighted yellow , and deletions are marked as strikethroughs. The Screening & Transparency Workgroup preliminary recommendations are listed below, grouped under general themes (which are found in the light gray boxes). Each of these recommendations [...]
The full Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children, meeting on December 12, 2014, in the State Office Building. Image source: Author The last two meetings of the Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children (CPS Task Force)—held on December 4 and December 12—were mainly concerned with developing preliminary recommendations to the 2015 [...]
The Next CPS Task Force Meeting The next meeting of the Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children is Friday, December 12, from 9 AM to 12 PM, in Room 200 of the State Office Building in St. Paul. While the agenda for this meeting has not been made available online yet, it is [...]
Inside the State Capitol Building, St. Paul, MN. Image source: Patrick O'Leary/University of Minnesota Since the Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children (or CPS Task Force, for short) began in October, there has been an option on the CPS Task Force's website to send comments to the CPS Task Force directly. Additionally, in [...]
State Capitol Building, St. Paul, MN. Image source: Patrick O'Leary/University of Minnesota On November 5 and November 14th, the Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children met for the 3rd and 4th time at the State Office Building in St. Paul. Several of our current MSW IV-E Child Welfare students attended and a few [...]
Today is the fourth meeting of the Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children. Before the meeting begins, here is a quick review of what happened at the last meeting, held on Wednesday, November 5. The agenda for this meeting involved workgroup updates, the development of a Vision Statement (meant to be finalized at [...]
Yesterday at 11 AM, Minnesota Public Radio's The Daily Circuit hosted a discussion of Minnesota's child protection system. Guests were Dr. Mark Hudson, Medical Director at the Midwest Children's Resource Center, Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota; and Lori Whittier, Managing attorney in the Child Protection Division, Hennepin County Attorney's Office. Dr. Hudson is also [...]
The second meeting of the Child Protection Task Force. Image Source: WDIO/'Northlanders Work To Improve MN Child Protective Services' The Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children has been in effect for nearly one month. They have until December 31 of this year to report preliminary recommendations to the legislature and the governor—that's only [...]
