Family Reunification Act

August 2013

Reuniting with birth family – the Minnesota Family Reunification Act goes into effect

By |2016-12-01T19:33:06-06:00August 5th, 2013|Categories: Child Welfare Policy, Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , , , |

As of last Thursday, August 1 2013, the Family Reunification Act went into effect. This law allows foster youth 15 and older who were never adopted to have the option to reunite with their birth parents. The law stipulates that the birth parents must be able to demonstrate that they have resolved or addressed the [...]

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April 2013

The Family Reunification Act

By |2016-12-01T19:33:08-06:00April 11th, 2013|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , |

This guest blog post was written by Azeb Gebretsadik. [Photo of County Attorney John Choi by Sasha Aslanian for MPR] "The Family Reunification Act could restore parental rights in some lost custody cases" by, Sasha Aslanian Minnesota Public Radio. The article discussed about how the Act would allow the option of reversing TPR, which before [...]

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March 2013

New Legislation Proposed in the Minnesota Senate Hopes to Reunite Children with their Parents

By |2016-12-01T19:33:09-06:00March 19th, 2013|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , , , , , |

This guest blog post, also about the Family Reunification Act, was written by Colleen Doescher-Train. On February 13th, 2013 five Minnesota State Senators introduced S.F.422; appropriately nicknames the Family Reunification Act of 2013. The Family Reunification Act, as currently written would allow parents who had their parental rights terminated at least 36 months ago to [...]

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Family Reunification Act

By |2016-12-01T19:33:09-06:00March 18th, 2013|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , , , , |

Today's guest post was written by Kris LaFleur. What to do with children reaching the age of majority has been an ageless problem since the inception of the foster care system. Many youth are considered difficult to place; older children, sibling groups, African American and American Indian children. These lost children are forced to leave, [...]

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January 2012

Family Reunification Act of 2011

By |2016-12-01T19:33:19-06:00January 13th, 2012|Categories: Child Welfare Policy|Tags: , , , |

Because the Minnesota legislative session will begin in a couple of weeks, I'd like to focus this blog post on a Minnesota-specific bill related to child welfare. Last April, the Minnesota House (HF 0749) and Senate (SF 1339) introduced a bill called the Family Reunification Act of 2011. The bill would reestablish legal rights between [...]

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May 2011

Week in Review: May 20, 2011 – Money Matters

By |2016-12-01T19:33:23-06:00May 20th, 2011|Categories: Child Welfare Policy|Tags: , , , , , , |

Minnesota is racing toward the Monday, May 23rd, deadline. Governor Dayton has indicated that he will reject any legislative budget proposals that resolve the deficit using cuts only; Dayton is calling for an approach that includes cuts and increased revenue. See Politics in Minnesota and MPR. Yesterday, the legislators passed to Governor Dayton their final [...]

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March 2011

Week in Review: April 1, 2011

By |2016-12-01T19:33:25-06:00March 31st, 2011|Categories: Child Welfare Policy|Tags: , , , , , , |

Social Work Day at the Capitol! Monday April 4th! Social workers have a lot to say about the major Health & Human Service policy and budget decisions at the capitol this session. Are you already planning to be there? Why don't you join in? Details about this important event here. Feeling down about the news [...]

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Week in Review: March 11, 2011

By |2016-12-01T19:33:25-06:00March 10th, 2011|Categories: Child Welfare Policy|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

There is a lot happening at the Capitol related to our field of Child Welfare! CASCW is keeping tabs on 40 bills that are related to child welfare, and watching 16 of these with a close eye. The majority of these bills have seen no action since they were introduced, when things start moving we'll [...]

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