Minn-LInK

August 2015

Minn-LInK Doctoral Fellowship Program: Welcome our first cohort!

By |2015-08-27T16:03:07-05:00August 27th, 2015|Categories: Featured@CASCW|Tags: , , |

In September 2013, CASCW received a grant from the National Science Foundation to increase the capacity of the Minn-LInK project to conduct data-intensive, interdisciplinary research to understand child well-being. The grant helped expand the infrastructure of the project, organize a community of researchers, and created a pilot Doctoral Fellowship program. This month, Minn-LInK welcomed the [...]

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Two new resources from faculty

By |2016-12-01T19:32:54-06:00August 20th, 2015|Categories: Featured@CASCW|Tags: , , , , , , |

Faculty have been busy over the summer, here are two new resources: A module titled Health and Mental Health Literacy and their Link to Health Disparities in Immigrant and Refugee Families by Hee Yun Lee, Ph.D., Jenni McHugh, MSW Hee Lee, Ph.D. and Jennifer McHugh, MSW Candidate, present a concise overview of the compilation of [...]

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November 2014

New Minn-LInK brief focuses on child protection and the achievement gap

By |2016-12-01T19:32:59-06:00November 6th, 2014|Categories: Featured@CASCW|Tags: , , , , , |

CASCW's new Minn-LInK brief, Child Protection and the Achievement Gap, details a recent study whose purpose was to evaluate the educational outcomes of youth involved in Child Protective Services (CPS) at varying levels, including involvement in an accepted case of child protection (CP) and involvement in out-of-home placement (OHP). Specifically, the study analyzed the achievement [...]

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October 2014

Are Open Enrollment Policies the Answer to the Achievement Gap Among CPS-Involved Students?

By |2014-10-09T15:21:33-05:00October 13th, 2014|Categories: Featured@CASCW|Tags: , , , , |

Our new Minn-LInK brief goes over findings in a study that assessed how students involved in child protection use Minnesota's Open Enrollment policy ("School Choice") and what impact, if any, this policy has on students' math and reading achievements. Open Enrollment policies are developed to give students access to educational settings and opportunities that may [...]

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New Minn-LInK Brief Focuses on Academic Achievement of Youth in the 4-H Program

By |2014-10-06T13:36:19-05:00October 8th, 2014|Categories: Featured@CASCW|Tags: , , , |

A Minn-LInK study conducted in partnership with the University of Minnesota Extension Youth Development on the Minnesota 4-H program is the subject of Minn-LInK's newest brief. This study sought to understand the influence of 4-H participation on youths' academic outcomes. The following questions were addressed: Do youth who participate in Minnesota’s 4-H program outperform matched [...]

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April 2014

Today’s Disparities & Our Role in Creating Change

By |2016-12-01T19:33:02-06:00April 15th, 2014|Categories: Child Welfare Policy|Tags: , , |

Marion Wright Edelman, founder of the Children’s Defense Fund, once stated that “the future we hold in trust for our children will be shaped by our fairness to other people’s children.” Today Edelman continues to speak about the values of fairness and justice that while should apply to every child, throughout the United States these [...]

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July 2012

Data, data, and more data

By |2016-12-01T19:33:16-06:00July 3rd, 2012|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , |

As someone who is interested in understanding the impact of adoption on children, youth, families, and social welfare systems, one of my biggest frustrations is that there seems to be concurrently an over-abundance of data, and yet the adoption data is very unorganized, un-centralized and differs greatly depending on who is managing the data. This [...]

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January 2012

New Minn-LInK report raises policy questions for homeless children

By |2016-12-01T19:33:19-06:00January 18th, 2012|Categories: Child Welfare Policy|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Our new Minn-LInK report (full version and brief) highlights a study conducted through our Center, in partnership with Hearth Connection, that shows the positive impact supportive housing has on educational outcomes and overall child well being for children in homeless families. The children involved in this study were enrolled in Hearth Connection's supportive housing program [...]

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