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Protect Children As Well As Adults

Protect Children As Well As Adults 750 543 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Thankfully, two recent Star Tribune investigations prompted authorities to move quickly to improve protections for…

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Get Access to Prevention Funding

Get Access to Prevention Funding 2560 1707 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

The federal Family First Preservation Services Act shifts child welfare funding from group homes and…

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Prevention First

Prevention First 750 499 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Prevention, early intervention and family support services reduce the actual incidence of child abuse so…

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Abuse Survivors Say Secrecy is Poisonous

Abuse Survivors Say Secrecy is Poisonous 848 450 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

PBS recently interviewed members of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP).  Their…

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Legislative Prospects for 2019

Legislative Prospects for 2019 2560 1942 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

With a projected state budget surplus of $1.5 billion one might hope this is the…

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Too Many Neglect Reports or Too Few?

Too Many Neglect Reports or Too Few? 2560 1707 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Research indicates that educational neglect reports often indicate more serious problems.  But in Minnesota they…

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Patterns in Child Fatalities

Patterns in Child Fatalities 2560 1708 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

In a recent post we shared that Minnesota media reported 17 child fatalities and three…

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Do Parents Have a Right to Hit Children?

Do Parents Have a Right to Hit Children? 750 422 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

The American Academy of Pediatrics recently strengthened its historic opposition to corporal punishment, noting that…

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The Death of Gabriel Fernandez

The Death of Gabriel Fernandez 268 188 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

This Child Welfare Monitor article demonstrates the enormous risks posed to children by certain Family…

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A Pattern in Foster Care Murders?

A Pattern in Foster Care Murders? 2560 1709 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Minnesota media reported 17 children killed in Minnesota by maltreatment over the past 18 months.…

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