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Political Activism and Children
Political Activism and Children 750 500 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Political Activism and Children

Most parents in child protection have themselves suffered from childhood trauma, compounded by societal injustices…

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Keep the Good Parts of Family Assessment
Keep the Good Parts of Family Assessment 1000 500 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Keep the Good Parts of Family Assessment

Minnesota’s Family Assessment (FA) program is based the unsubstantiated claim that traditional child protection practices…

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Closing Boys Totem Town
Closing Boys Totem Town 640 426 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Closing Boys Totem Town

Ramsey County is closing its juvenile corrections program, Boys Totem Town.  The County has successfully…

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Other States End Family Assessment Program
Other States End Family Assessment Program 750 422 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Other States End Family Assessment Program

The program known as Differential Response (DR) nationally and as Family Assessment (FA) in Minnesota…

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Is Kinship Care Always Better?
Is Kinship Care Always Better? 750 500 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Is Kinship Care Always Better?

This state Dashboard Report shows that kinship foster care increased from 35.8% of days in…

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Treat Children Like Domestic Violence Victims
Treat Children Like Domestic Violence Victims 750 535 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Treat Children Like Domestic Violence Victims

Compare this typical law enforcement officers’ checklist for (mostly) women victims of domestic violence with…

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Should Family Preservation or Child Safety Take Priority?
Should Family Preservation or Child Safety Take Priority? 750 422 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Should Family Preservation or Child Safety Take Priority?

Last year 98 children known to Illinois’ Department of Children and Family Services were killed.…

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Lessons from the 2019 Minnesota State Legislative Session
Lessons from the 2019 Minnesota State Legislative Session 750 451 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Lessons from the 2019 Minnesota State Legislative Session

As reported last week, the 2019 legislative session funded the Child Welfare Training Academy, which…

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Final Budget Decisions from the 2019 Minnesota Legislative Session
Final Budget Decisions from the 2019 Minnesota Legislative Session 1500 500 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Final Budget Decisions from the 2019 Minnesota Legislative Session

The final budget decisions for the 2019 and legislative session finally were released early this…

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Where Are New Child Protection Funds Going?
Where Are New Child Protection Funds Going? 2560 1707 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Where Are New Child Protection Funds Going?

In a recent ebrief we noted that Minnesota’s child welfare expenditures went up 74% since…

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Mixed Results in Legislative Session – Your Help is Needed!
Mixed Results in Legislative Session – Your Help is Needed! 1000 525 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Mixed Results in Legislative Session – Your Help is Needed!

With ten days to go, the 2019 Minnesota legislative session has produced mixed results for…

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More Funding for Children’s Services
More Funding for Children’s Services 2560 1707 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

More Funding for Children’s Services

The Department of Human Services produced this helpful analysis of expenditures for Minnesota children’s services.…

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Does Child Protection Do More Harm than Good?
Does Child Protection Do More Harm than Good? 2560 1707 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Does Child Protection Do More Harm than Good?

Recent reforms have dramatically increased the number of Minnesota families receiving Child Protection Services (CPS).…

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Deductive Reasoning Doesn’t Work for Children
Deductive Reasoning Doesn’t Work for Children 750 500 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Deductive Reasoning Doesn’t Work for Children

The federal Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) largely defunds group homes and residential treatment…

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When Planning Children’s Futures, Listen
When Planning Children’s Futures, Listen 750 500 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

When Planning Children’s Futures, Listen

Child welfare professionals often emphasize the trauma children experience when they are removed from their…

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