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Screening Children of Color Into Child Protection
Screening Children of Color Into Child Protection 2560 1707 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Since 2015 the percentage of maltreatment reports being screened into child protection has risen from…

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Another Poorly Designed Federal Mandate
Another Poorly Designed Federal Mandate 225 224 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

The federal Family First Prevention Services Act exemplifies legislation that, as discussed last week, ignores insights from the…

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Child Welfare and the Red Bead Experiment
Child Welfare and the Red Bead Experiment 637 476 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

In the early days of the quality improvement movement, W. Edwards Deming used the “Red…

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Don’t Fund the Existing Child Welfare System
Don’t Fund the Existing Child Welfare System 2560 1920 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

As described earlier, Minnesota needs more staff to manage growing caseloads including caseworkers, guardians ad litem,…

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The Total Cost of Child Welfare
The Total Cost of Child Welfare 750 451 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Our survey of gubernatorial candidates’ positions on child welfare funding was encouraging. All three DFL’ers…

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Myth of Child Safety as Priority
Myth of Child Safety as Priority 750 498 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

The mission of government child protection programs is to ensure child safety, permanency, and well-being.…

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Pro Child Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Anti-Family
Pro Child Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Anti-Family 2560 1700 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Approximately 22,000 more Minnesota children annually are getting a child protection visit because counties are…

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Why So Many Foster Care Deaths?
Why So Many Foster Care Deaths? 2560 1709 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

In recent weeks an unnamed 3-year old girl was starved to death by these foster parents,…

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Separating Children from Families
Separating Children from Families 710 533 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Most everyone is horrified at the inhumanity of separating children from their parents at the border, then putting…

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Major Effort to Improve Foster Care
Major Effort to Improve Foster Care 506 337 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Foster parents, foster youth, relative caregivers, county staff, and nonprofit leaders have enthusiastically embraced the Quality…

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