Compiled by Mariel Carlson (she/her/hers), Graduate Assistant and Ariana King (she/her/hers), Graduate Assistant We just completed week 8 of this session! The upcoming deadline of March 25 is the final date for committees in the Minnesota Legislature to act favorably on policy bills in the house of origin. If they do not, bills will [...]
Compiled by Mariel Carlson (she/her/hers), Graduate Assistant and Ariana King (she/her/hers), Graduate Assistant We have just wrapped up week 7! Since February, the legislature has predicted a budget surplus of $9.3 billion, an improvement since the initial prediction in November 2021. Additionally, Minnesota agency Foster Advocates, supported by partner agencies such as Safe Passage [...]
Updates on the Legislative Task Force on Child Protection The Legislative Task Force on Child Protection met on September 28, 2016, to continue seeking input and monitoring progress of the recommendations set forth by the recommendations of the Governor’s Task Force on Child Protection. KSTP reporter Katherine Johnson was there to observe the discussion, and [...]
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 [...]
Tomorrow, several states and counties across the United States will finalize adoptions as part of National Adoption Day 2011, the day designated each year to bring awareness and recognition of foster care adoption in the United States (for more information about Adoption Day events in Minnesota click here). Over the past month, two bills have [...]
Last Friday, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) announced plans to introduce the Every Child Deserves A Family Act, an anti-discrimination bill that would prohibit child welfare agencies receiving federal assistance from discriminating against prospective foster or adoptive parents based solely on sexual orientation, gender identity and/or marital status. In addition, this bill would prohibit agencies from [...]