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October 25, 2018

Thanks to Our Supporters

Thanks to our supporters we raised nearly 30% more than last year at our annual…

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October 18, 2018

Supreme Court on Interviewing Children with their Abusers

In Maryland v. Craig, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor wrote “A state`s interest in the physical…

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October 11, 2018

The State’s Fair Share

In 2014 the Minnesota legislature started requiring counties to use uniform state guidelines when responding…

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October 4, 2018

When Victims First Disclose Abuse

At last week’s Zero Abuse Project conference we learned that most people don’t disclose sexual…

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September 27, 2018

The 8% Rule and the Deep State

Purveyors of the “Deep State” fiction would have us believe government is controlled by bureaucrats…

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September 20, 2018

Are the Right Children Getting Protective Services?

As reported recently, some African and Native American leaders believe child protection is inappropriately screening…

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September 13, 2018

Hennepin County Reports Progress

Hennepin County recently issued its Annual Child Protection Report. Since 2015 it increased: Budget from…

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September 7, 2018

Screening Children of Color Into Child Protection

Since 2015 the percentage of maltreatment reports being screened into child protection has risen from…

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August 30, 2018

Another Poorly Designed Federal Mandate

The federal Family First Prevention Services Act exemplifies legislation that, as discussed last week, ignores insights from the…

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August 23, 2018

Child Welfare and the Red Bead Experiment

In the early days of the quality improvement movement, W. Edwards Deming used the “Red…

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August 14, 2018

Don’t Fund the Existing Child Welfare System

As described earlier, Minnesota needs more staff to manage growing caseloads including caseworkers, guardians ad litem,…

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August 9, 2018

The Total Cost of Child Welfare

Our survey of gubernatorial candidates’ positions on child welfare funding was encouraging. All three DFL’ers…

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August 8, 2018

Myth of Child Safety as Priority

The mission of government child protection programs is to ensure child safety, permanency, and well-being.…

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July 29, 2018

Pro Child Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Anti-Family

Approximately 22,000 more Minnesota children annually are getting a child protection visit because counties are…

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July 26, 2018

Why So Many Foster Care Deaths?

In recent weeks an unnamed 3-year old girl was starved to death by these foster parents,…

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