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How The Innocent Classroom Could Work in Child Welfare https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/5-7-21-Ebrief-Header-No-Prompt-FB.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/5-7-21-Ebrief-Header-No-Prompt-FB.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 May 6, 2021 May 6, 2021

May 6, 2021

How The Innocent Classroom Could Work in Child Welfare

Alexs Pate is a Minnesota-based best-selling novelist who created The Innocent Classroom, a series of…

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Confirmation Bias Explains Why Minnesota Persists with Practices that Harm Children https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/4-30-21-Ebrief-Header-No-Prompt-FB.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/4-30-21-Ebrief-Header-No-Prompt-FB.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 April 30, 2021 April 30, 2021

April 30, 2021

Confirmation Bias Explains Why Minnesota Persists with Practices that Harm Children

In last week’s webinar, Kathryn Piper discussed her analysis of 50 research papers and evaluations…

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Legislation Reforms on Police but not Child Welfare https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/4-23-21-Ebrief-Header-No-Prompt-FB.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/4-23-21-Ebrief-Header-No-Prompt-FB.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 April 23, 2021 April 23, 2021

April 23, 2021

Legislation Reforms on Police but not Child Welfare

Since the murder of George Floyd 30 states have passed over 140 laws aimed at…

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Daunte Wright https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/10513397_041321-kabc-daunte-wright-img.gif?fit=1600%2C900&ssl=1 1600 900 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/10513397_041321-kabc-daunte-wright-img.gif?fit=1600%2C900&ssl=1 April 16, 2021 April 22, 2021

April 16, 2021

Daunte Wright

Daunte Wright’s killing has filled us with anger, grief, and sadness that many of us…

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Bill Brings Higher Education Within Reach for Foster Youth https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/4-9-21-Ebrief-Header-FB.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/4-9-21-Ebrief-Header-FB.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 April 8, 2021 April 16, 2021

April 8, 2021

Bill Brings Higher Education Within Reach for Foster Youth

The Fostering Higher Education Act, SF 1306/HF 1802, sponsored by Foster Advocates, will offer “fosters”…

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Lawsuits Target Direct Service Workers in Child Deaths https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/4-2-21-Ebrief-Header-No-Prompt-FB.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/4-2-21-Ebrief-Header-No-Prompt-FB.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 April 2, 2021 April 2, 2021

April 2, 2021

Lawsuits Target Direct Service Workers in Child Deaths

Most legal actions around child fatalities are against a county or nonprofit. But recent lawsuits…

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Passage of Foster Care Bill Promotes Equity https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/March-24th-Webinar-FB-header-no-prompt.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/March-24th-Webinar-FB-header-no-prompt.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 March 25, 2021 April 2, 2021

March 25, 2021

Passage of Foster Care Bill Promotes Equity

A foster care licensing bill HF1287/SF1558 was approved by all the necessary House and Senate…

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Adult Survivors of Child Abuse Speak Out https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/3-19-21-Ebrief-Header-No-Prompt-FB.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/3-19-21-Ebrief-Header-No-Prompt-FB.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 March 18, 2021 April 2, 2021

March 18, 2021

Adult Survivors of Child Abuse Speak Out

Two adult survivors of child abuse shared their stories during our webinar last week. Here…

More Reasons to Reopen Schools https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/education.jpg?fit=1220%2C686&ssl=1 1220 686 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/education.jpg?fit=1220%2C686&ssl=1 December 10, 2020 March 11, 2021

December 10, 2020

More Reasons to Reopen Schools

It may seem odd for an organization dedicated to child safety to advocate for reopening…

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Family Violence: the Intersection of Child Maltreatment, Domestic Violence and Animal Abuse https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/doggy.jpg?fit=750%2C501&ssl=1 750 501 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/doggy.jpg?fit=750%2C501&ssl=1 November 19, 2020 November 19, 2020

November 19, 2020

Family Violence: the Intersection of Child Maltreatment, Domestic Violence and Animal Abuse

Our recent webinars with Andrew Campbell and Victor Vieth introduced us to the concept of…

upEND — A Proposal to Abolish Child Welfare https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/empty-swing.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1 800 533 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/empty-swing.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1 November 12, 2020 November 19, 2020

November 12, 2020

upEND — A Proposal to Abolish Child Welfare

This Journal of Public Child Welfare article describes upEND, a movement to abolish child welfare,…

University of Minnesota Adds Major New Resource for Children https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DamienFair.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1 1200 801 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DamienFair.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1 November 5, 2020 November 18, 2020

November 5, 2020

University of Minnesota Adds Major New Resource for Children

In a virtual coffee hour this week, recorded here, the University of Minnesota introduced Dr.…

Dr. Marti Erickson’s Pioneering Research on Child Maltreatment https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/marti-erickson-600x600-1.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1 600 600 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/marti-erickson-600x600-1.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1 October 30, 2020 November 19, 2020

October 30, 2020

Dr. Marti Erickson’s Pioneering Research on Child Maltreatment

This week’s webinar featured a videotaped interview with Dr. Marti Erickson followed by a live…

Arianna Hunziker’s Murder: It’s the System Not the Worker https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/pexels-vecislavas-popa-1643313-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1701&ssl=1 2560 1701 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/pexels-vecislavas-popa-1643313-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1701&ssl=1 October 22, 2020 November 18, 2020

October 22, 2020

Arianna Hunziker’s Murder: It’s the System Not the Worker

This week Arianna Hunziker’s grandparents sued staff from Hennepin County and Allina Health for the…

Children’s Civil Rights https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/10-16-20EbriefHeaderFBnoprompt.png?fit=873%2C580&ssl=1 873 580 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/10-16-20EbriefHeaderFBnoprompt.png?fit=873%2C580&ssl=1 October 15, 2020 November 18, 2020

October 15, 2020

Children’s Civil Rights

In this week’s webinar Andrew Campbell envisions cross-disciplinary cooperation among child protection, domestic violence and…

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