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June 2, 2017
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Class Action Lawsuit Jolt to System

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Yesterday advocates from A Better Childhood (ABC) filed a class action lawsuit alleging that Hennepin County…

May 26, 2017
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Donny and Martha

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Locked in adjacent rooms, siblings Donny and Martha didn’t see each other for seven years.…

May 19, 2017
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Not All Children Should Go Home

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Often at child welfare gatherings someone says “Children shouldn’t be removed from their parents because…

May 12, 2017
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Are Child Welfare Reforms Actually Happening?

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In 2015 the Governor’s Child Protection Task Force recommended reforms in three areas: Structural improvements…

April 28, 2017
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House Makes Prevention a Priority

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Representative Jenifer Loon, chair of the Minnesota legislature’s E-12 Conference Committee, called a press conference Monday… to…

April 21, 2017
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Improved Response to Maltreatment Reports

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Last week Minnesota announced that screened-in child abuse reports increased 25% in 2016 to 39,500.…

April 14, 2017
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Workers Hit Their Limit

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The AFSCME* union sued Ramsey County this week, claiming that caseloads are excessive and that management stifles…

April 7, 2017
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Revealing Federal Program Audit

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The federal government recently released the (poorly formatted, nearly impenetrable) Child and Family Services Review, an…

March 31, 2017
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We Can Do Better

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The Minnesota House and Senate released their education and human services bills this week. Our…

March 24, 2017
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Opening Budget Gambit?

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The Minnesota legislature recently announced its maximum budget targets for the 2018-2019 biennium. The House proposed a…

Class Action Lawsuit Jolt to System

Donny and Martha

Not All Children Should Go Home

Are Child Welfare Reforms Actually Happening?

House Makes Prevention a Priority

Improved Response to Maltreatment Reports

Workers Hit Their Limit

Revealing Federal Program Audit

We Can Do Better

Opening Budget Gambit?

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