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 [...]
Race & School Suspensions SeriesWritten by Wendy Haight, PhD, Gamble-Skogmo Chair The goal of this blog series is to provide information and encourage discussion of solutions for racial disproportionality in out-of-school suspensions focusing on Black children and families. In this first blog post, we will describe out-of-school suspensions, and why we should be especially concerned [...]
Maps showing the Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ) and the St. Paul Promise Neighborhood (SPPN).Sources: Compiled images from NAZ and Wilder Two provisions in the Senate omnibus E-12 finance bill (S.F. 767) would appropriate $600,000 each to both the Saint Paul Promise Neighborhood (SPPN) and the Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ) for FY 2015 in order to [...]
This post was written by Salma Barkad Children and Youth Services- addressing racial disproportionality in child welfare This article talked about the disproportionate number of families served in child welfare are of families of color. But relatively few strategies for helping families of color have been monitored for their impact. This article reports early findings [...]
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 [...]
On February 4th, 2014 the Minnesota Senate Committee on Health, Human Services and Housing met with Dr. Edward Ehlinger, the Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), and other members of the community to discuss the health disparities gap that persists in Minnesota and programs that can help alleviate these disparities. (Watch the hearing [...]
The Health & Human Services Omnibus bill (H.F. 1233) in the Minnesota legislature has been slowly moving forward. Because the Senate and House did not agree on the bill text of H.F. 1233, there is a conference committee for the bill. This morning the HHS Conference Committee met from 8 AM to 10 AM and [...]
This week was interesting, but next week is sure to be busier! Why? There is a March 25th deadline for budget decisions, which will bring a flurry of activity next week. Child Welfare matters will arise in the House Health and Human Services Finance Committee, where the GOP budget bill will be unveiled on Tuesday, [...]
