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February 2, 2018

Guidance from Harvard’s Kennedy School

Harvard Kennedy School professor Julie Boatright Wilson commented on our recent blog, “Why We Make…

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January 25, 2018

What Difference Do We Make?

Foundation officers have told us “We love your program, but it won’t help our metrics.”…

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January 19, 2018

Child Welfare Training Academy – Key Resource

Last week the U of M’s Center for the Advanced Study of Child Welfare presented…

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January 11, 2018

Improved Leadership from the State

Historically, the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) has provided minimal oversight for child welfare…

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January 4, 2018

What’s Coming in 2018

Here are some major child welfare developments we anticipate for Minnesota in 2018. We should…

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December 14, 2017

Who’s Minding the Store?

Recently the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) has exerted more leadership in child protection…

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December 8, 2017

By the Numbers

The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) just released its 2016 Child Maltreatment Report. This information…

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November 30, 2017

Together: African American Activists and Child Protection

Just before Thanksgiving a multi-year initiative to build bridges between Hennepin County child protection and…

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November 24, 2017

Thankful

Here are some developments in Minnesota’s child protection and foster care programs that we are…

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November 17, 2017

Share Your Views on Legislation to Protect Children

In this week’s webinar Andrew Campbell envisions cross-disciplinary cooperation among child protection, domestic violence and…

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November 10, 2017

Identity Politics Isn’t for Children

How did parents’ interests become the focus of child protection? As this author suggests, the answer is…

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November 3, 2017

Focus on Foster Children

This tragic Star Tribune story about a foster mother beating an infant feeds a perception that the…

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October 27, 2017

MN Department of Education Steps Up

The most important 2017 legislation for preventing child maltreatment prioritizes child care scholarships to children…

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October 20, 2017

More Children Being Protected – For Now

In past years many mandated child protection reporters had given up on getting counties to…

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October 13, 2017

Encourage Governor Dayton to Finish What He Started

Governor Mark Dayton’s Child Protection Task Force inspired a statute that requires Minnesota counties to…

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