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April 25, 2019

Does Child Protection Do More Harm than Good?

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

Deductive Reasoning Doesn’t Work for Children https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/April18.jpeg?fit=750%2C500&ssl=1 750 500 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/April18.jpeg?fit=750%2C500&ssl=1 April 18, 2019 November 19, 2020

April 18, 2019

Deductive Reasoning Doesn’t Work for Children

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

When Planning Children’s Futures, Listen https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/April11.jpg?fit=750%2C500&ssl=1 750 500 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/April11.jpg?fit=750%2C500&ssl=1 April 11, 2019 November 19, 2020

April 11, 2019

When Planning Children’s Futures, Listen

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

Ideology is No Friend to Children https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/shutterstock_260122544-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1 2560 1707 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/shutterstock_260122544-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1 April 4, 2019 October 21, 2020

April 4, 2019

Ideology is No Friend to Children

Ideologues on either end of the spectrum frequently view child protection as “government interference” in…

Neglect Isn’t Less Serious than Abuse https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/March28.jpg?fit=750%2C500&ssl=1 750 500 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/March28.jpg?fit=750%2C500&ssl=1 March 28, 2019 November 19, 2020

March 28, 2019

Neglect Isn’t Less Serious than Abuse

Today’s prevailing political view is that children should stay with families when the maltreatment is…

Implementing a Core Reform https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/March21.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/2020/10/March21.jpg?fit=750%2C501&ssl=1 March 21, 2019 November 19, 2020

March 21, 2019

Implementing a Core Reform

Jaws drop whenever we tell people that child protection workers commonly interview children in front…

Unfinished Business https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/March15.png?fit=750%2C422&ssl=1 750 422 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/March15.png?fit=750%2C422&ssl=1 March 15, 2019 October 21, 2020

March 15, 2019

Unfinished Business

This week state Senator Julie Rosen introduced Senate File 2283, which would make mandatory some…

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March 7, 2019

Child Advocates Day at the Capitol

A big Thank You to the 30 Safe Passage volunteers who visited 25 state Senators…

The Broken Harts Podcast https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Feb28.jpeg?fit=885%2C462&ssl=1 885 462 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Feb28.jpeg?fit=885%2C462&ssl=1 February 28, 2019 October 21, 2020

February 28, 2019

The Broken Harts Podcast

This Glamour Magazine “Broken Harts” podcast is about two White mothers from Minnesota who drove…

What Children Need is a Good IT System https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/woman-coding-1200x600-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C500&ssl=1 1000 500 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/woman-coding-1200x600-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C500&ssl=1 February 21, 2019 November 19, 2020

February 21, 2019

What Children Need is a Good IT System

This op-ed piece by former Minnesota Finance Director and quality guru Peter Hutchinson explains in…

Easy to Say… Hard to Do https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Feb21.jpg?fit=750%2C500&ssl=1 750 500 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Feb21.jpg?fit=750%2C500&ssl=1 February 14, 2019 November 19, 2020

February 14, 2019

Easy to Say… Hard to Do

Dakota County’s award-winning Birth to Age 8 Collaborative connects families unknown to local schools with…

Great Start for Children – Top Priority Bill for 2019 https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/shutterstock_1321011782-1-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1440&ssl=1 2560 1440 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/shutterstock_1321011782-1-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1440&ssl=1 February 7, 2019 October 21, 2020

February 7, 2019

Great Start for Children – Top Priority Bill for 2019

Safe Passage for Children will support several bills during the 2019 Minnesota legislative session, starting…

Protect Children As Well As Adults https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Jan31.jpg?fit=750%2C543&ssl=1 750 543 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Jan31.jpg?fit=750%2C543&ssl=1 January 31, 2019 October 21, 2020

January 31, 2019

Protect Children As Well As Adults

Thankfully, two recent Star Tribune investigations prompted authorities to move quickly to improve protections for…

Get Access to Prevention Funding https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/shutterstock_1065433235-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1 2560 1707 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/shutterstock_1065433235-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1 January 24, 2019 October 21, 2020

January 24, 2019

Get Access to Prevention Funding

The federal Family First Preservation Services Act shifts child welfare funding from group homes and…

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January 17, 2019

Prevention First

Prevention, early intervention and family support services reduce the actual incidence of child abuse so…

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