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Why Family Friendly Programs have Struggled to Work
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Why Family Friendly Programs have Struggled to Work

“Family friendly” programs such as Intensive Family Preservation Services and Differential Response (DR) – or…

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Minnesota Legislature Should Negotiate Tougher with Department of Human Services
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Minnesota Legislature Should Negotiate Tougher with Department of Human Services

The Minnesota Legislative Task Force on Child Protection was convened to make sure recommendations from…

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Lessons to be Learned from Autumn Hallow’s Murder
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Lessons to be Learned from Autumn Hallow’s Murder

KSTP/Channel 5 deserves thanks for this investigative report on eight-year old Autumn Hallow’s murder.  KSTP…

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Are Family Assessment Evaluations Credible?
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Are Family Assessment Evaluations Credible?

In their paper Issues in Differential Response (DR), Hughes, Rycus et. al. analyzed 57 studies…

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Challenges Implementing the Federal Family First Act
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Challenges Implementing the Federal Family First Act

In our latest webinar, Kirsten Anderson, Executive Director of AspireMN , made the complex Family…

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Harvard Conference on Homeschooling Illuminates Invisible Children
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Harvard Conference on Homeschooling Illuminates Invisible Children

This Child Welfare Monitor article recounted last month’s Harvard Law School conference on homeschooling.   It…

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Foster Parents Roadmap to Permanency
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Foster Parents Roadmap to Permanency

Panelists in our recent foster parent webinar reminded us of the federal requirement to either…

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Minnesota State Legislative Session Produces Gains for Human Services
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Minnesota State Legislative Session Produces Gains for Human Services

This year’s legislative output included a bill initiated by Foster Advocates that will ensure cost-free…

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Why Child Protection Workers Can’t be Sued for Child Murders
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Why Child Protection Workers Can’t be Sued for Child Murders

In DeShaney vs. Winnebago County, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that despite multiple confirmed maltreatment…

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Male-Dominated Churches Struggle to Address Sexual Abuse
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Male-Dominated Churches Struggle to Address Sexual Abuse

Last week’s news included three stories about covering up clergy sexual abuse of women and…

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Physical Punishment Widely Supported Despite Research on Ill Effects
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Physical Punishment Widely Supported Despite Research on Ill Effects

Prevent Child Abuse America just released this survey documenting widespread support for physical punishment of…

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Face Facts: We Identify with Parents Not Children
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Face Facts: We Identify with Parents Not Children

Advocating for children is simple in the abstract. But when individuals learn that friends have…

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Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ) Gets Community-Wide Results
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Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ) Gets Community-Wide Results

The Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ), is a federally-designated Promise Neighborhood focused on closing the achievement…

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Nicholas Kristof is the only national columnist reporting on child abuse
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Nicholas Kristof is the only national columnist reporting on child abuse

Nicholas Kristoff (@NickKristof) deserves our readership. He recently published an update to his December article…

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Support for Adult Survivors of Child Abuse
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Support for Adult Survivors of Child Abuse

Some of our volunteers have encouraged us to help them form support groups for adult…

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