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September 29, 2017
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The Promise of African American Kinship Foster Care

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Recent e-briefs described state grants to reduce racial disparities in child protection programs. This week…

September 27, 2017
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Meaningful Action on Racial Disparities

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In 2015 the Minnesota Legislature appropriated $1.5 million annually to address racial disparities in child…

September 22, 2017
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Child Protection – African American Community Dialogue

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The African American Work Group on Child Protection received state grants for several projects to…

September 15, 2017
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Don’t Abandon Reforms

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Pressure is surfacing to ease up on child protection reforms. This is because counties are…

September 1, 2017
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Communities of Color as Customers

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Communities of color are represented in Minnesota’s child protection and foster care caseloads at roughly…

August 25, 2017
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Risky Child Protection Practices Persist

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State law changed in 2015 to make child safety the primary purpose of child protection,…

August 18, 2017
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Child Care Makes Foster Care Better

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When children are removed from their biological families to foster care the resulting trauma often…

August 11, 2017
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More Child Care Means Less Foster Care

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In cases of severe neglect or abuse, foster care may be unavoidable. But removing children…

August 4, 2017
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Transparency Needed on Child Killings

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Minnesota law* requires counties to review killings of children known to child protection within 90 days,…

July 27, 2017
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Child Victims Were Young

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Minnesota media have reported seven children killed by their caregivers in 2017, five just since…

Meaningful Action on Racial Disparities

Child Protection – African American Community Dialogue

Don’t Abandon Reforms

Communities of Color as Customers

Risky Child Protection Practices Persist

Child Care Makes Foster Care Better

More Child Care Means Less Foster Care

Transparency Needed on Child Killings

Child Victims Were Young

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