Separating Children from Families
Most everyone is horrified at the inhumanity of separating children from their parents at the border, then putting…
read moreMost everyone is horrified at the inhumanity of separating children from their parents at the border, then putting…
read moreFoster parents, foster youth, relative caregivers, county staff, and nonprofit leaders have enthusiastically embraced the Quality…
read moreThe law firm A Better Childhood (ABC) has initiated a class action lawsuit to force Minnesota to…
read moreThis is likely the only time in eight years we can get Minnesota gubernatorial candidates…
read moreLast week St. Paul Attorney Jeff Anderson announced a $210 million settlement with the Archdiocese of St.…
read moreMost years the state legislature gathers all legislation in major areas such as human services,…
read moreWhen parents are arrested, police sometimes release children to unsafe friends or relatives because they…
read moreThe recent deaths of the Hart siblings prompted the Child Welfare Monitor to propose changes aimed at preventing the…
read moreAll things considered, kinship care, adoption, and informal family arrangements are preferable to “stranger foster…
read moreLack of coordination between law enforcement and child protection is one of three factors that contributed to…
read moreKnowing how parents became the primary clients of child protection helps clarify why children are…
read moreAs previously noted, there are three main reasons cases like the “house of horrors” occur. One…
read moreAs described last week, there are three main reasons the recent “house of horrors” case happened.…
read moreWhenever stories happen like the “house of horrors” and the former Minnesota children who were driven to their…
read moreOur experience with the Minnesota Guardian ad Litem (GAL) program has been great, but legislators…
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