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New Safe Passage Research on Child Fatalities
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New Safe Passage Research on Child Fatalities

Safe Passage for Children is analyzing the 87 murders of children in Minnesota since 2014,…

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Progressives and Conservatives Converge on Anti-Child Welfare Agenda
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Progressives and Conservatives Converge on Anti-Child Welfare Agenda 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Progressives and Conservatives Converge on Anti-Child Welfare Agenda

On the political left, the UpEND movement wants to abolish child welfare.  This includes letting…

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Progress for Children in the Minnesota House
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Progress for Children in the Minnesota House 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Progress for Children in the Minnesota House

This Tuesday House File (HF) 3211 – featured in last week’s blog – passed through…

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Government and Advocates Negotiate to Preserve Foster Children’s Income
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Government and Advocates Negotiate to Preserve Foster Children’s Income 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Government and Advocates Negotiate to Preserve Foster Children’s Income

Approximately 10%-12% of foster children are entitled to Social Security benefits either because of a…

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Repeating Myths Until they Become Facts
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Repeating Myths Until they Become Facts

This week we interviewed Child Welfare Monitor blogger Marie Cohen for a combined webinar/podcast. The…

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Minnesota Scorecard for Children: A Few Golds, Many DNFs
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Minnesota Scorecard for Children: A Few Golds, Many DNFs 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Minnesota Scorecard for Children: A Few Golds, Many DNFs

A Winter Olympics-style graphic would show that 2015 reform legislation produced some gold medals for…

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Many Chances for Parents Means No Chance for a Child
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Many Chances for Parents Means No Chance for a Child 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Many Chances for Parents Means No Chance for a Child

Safe Passage is utilizing public case records to analyze child fatalities in Minnesota since 2015. …

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Why Can’t We Get Timely Child Welfare Information?
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Why Can’t We Get Timely Child Welfare Information?

The federal Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the Minnesota Department of Human…

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Substantial Targeted Funding for Children in Walz Budget
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Substantial Targeted Funding for Children in Walz Budget 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Substantial Targeted Funding for Children in Walz Budget

Governor Tim Walz’ Supplemental Budget Proposal dedicates some of the state’s $7.7B surplus to substantial…

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Volunteer Guardian ad Litem Program at Risk of Closing
Volunteer Guardian ad Litem Program at Risk of Closing 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Volunteer Guardian ad Litem Program at Risk of Closing

Guardians ad litem (GALs) represent the best interests of the child in Juvenile Court maltreatment…

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The Voice of Early Childhood Development Advocates is Crucial to Child Safety
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The Voice of Early Childhood Development Advocates is Crucial to Child Safety

Child welfare and early childhood development advocates are both concerned about the lifelong impact of…

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Support Group for Adult Survivors of Child Abuse Offers Healing
Support Group for Adult Survivors of Child Abuse Offers Healing 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Support Group for Adult Survivors of Child Abuse Offers Healing

Volunteers and friends of Safe Passage are starting a support group for adult survivors of…

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Canada and its First Nations Reach $31.5B Child Welfare Settlement
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Canada and its First Nations Reach $31.5B Child Welfare Settlement

This week Canadian First Nations (Indigenous tribes) and the federal government reached a $31.5B ($40B…

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What’s Worse than Going into Foster Care?
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What’s Worse than Going into Foster Care? 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

What’s Worse than Going into Foster Care?

This “just-when-you-thought-it-couldn’t-get-worse” New York Times article documents a “shadow foster care” system that tells parents…

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Do We Need Journalists to Reform Child Welfare?
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Do We Need Journalists to Reform Child Welfare? 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Do We Need Journalists to Reform Child Welfare?

Good journalists deliver objective reports that we can rely on.  They quickly grasp topics that others have…

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