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Children are the Last Human Property
Children are the Last Human Property 750 491 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Children are the Last Human Property

In Sapiens, Yuval Harari traces human evolution since homo sapiens vanquished other human species 13,000…

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If You See Something, Say Nothing
If You See Something, Say Nothing 630 461 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

If You See Something, Say Nothing

This Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children survey found that if a parent…

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Finding Abused Children during the Pandemic
Finding Abused Children during the Pandemic 750 629 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Finding Abused Children during the Pandemic

Experts believe that child abuse and neglect is spiking due to pandemic-related economic stress, yet…

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Clap for Child Protection Workers
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Clap for Child Protection Workers

It is heart-warming to see city dwellers across the globe cheering healthcare workers from their…

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Which Children Should Get Scarce Resources After the Pandemic?
Which Children Should Get Scarce Resources After the Pandemic? 2560 1707 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Which Children Should Get Scarce Resources After the Pandemic?

In this article, Chapin Hall’s Fred Wulczyn predicts demand for child protection and foster care…

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Advocates for Adults Use Pandemic to Weaken Child Protection Safeguards
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Advocates for Adults Use Pandemic to Weaken Child Protection Safeguards

In this Chronicle of Social Change article, a legal clinic director urges family courts to…

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Support Workers to Perform Essential In-Person Child Protection Visits
Support Workers to Perform Essential In-Person Child Protection Visits 2560 1920 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Support Workers to Perform Essential In-Person Child Protection Visits

This KARE-11 report points out that child abuse is undoubtedly rising due to Covid-19 related…

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Child and Family Centered Responses to the Coronavirus
Child and Family Centered Responses to the Coronavirus 2560 1707 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Child and Family Centered Responses to the Coronavirus

Government responses to the coronavirus that will benefit families and children most include generous sick…

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How Can Counties Protect Children During the Coronavirus?
How Can Counties Protect Children During the Coronavirus? 750 629 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

How Can Counties Protect Children During the Coronavirus?

The coronavirus is challenging counties to balance family and worker safety during child protection visits.…

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CANCELLED: Minnesota Senate Judiciary and Public Health Finance and Policy Committee Hearing previously scheduled for Tuesday March 17th
CANCELLED: Minnesota Senate Judiciary and Public Health Finance and Policy Committee Hearing previously scheduled for Tuesday March 17th 750 629 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

CANCELLED: Minnesota Senate Judiciary and Public Health Finance and Policy Committee Hearing previously scheduled for Tuesday March 17th

The Minnesota legislature is closed until April 14th.  Meetings of all the committees that might…

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Hearing Next Tuesday on Critical Child Safety Legislation
Hearing Next Tuesday on Critical Child Safety Legislation 2560 1440 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Hearing Next Tuesday on Critical Child Safety Legislation

Next Tuesday the Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee will consider Senate File 3692/House File…

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Kinship Foster Care Needs Attention
Kinship Foster Care Needs Attention 750 575 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Kinship Foster Care Needs Attention

Given the progress Hennepin County has made with child welfare in recent years, it was…

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Practical Solutions to Disproportionality
Practical Solutions to Disproportionality 2560 1440 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Practical Solutions to Disproportionality

As is well known, African American and Native American children are disproportionately represented in Minnesota’s…

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Fifth Anniversary of Governor’s Child Protection Task Force
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Fifth Anniversary of Governor’s Child Protection Task Force

Next month is the fifth anniversary of the Governor’s Child Protection Task Force. Its positive…

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The State Legislative Session Has Begun!
The State Legislative Session Has Begun! 2560 1707 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

The State Legislative Session Has Begun!

The 2020 Minnesota state legislative session began on Tuesday. This is the second and shorter…

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