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October 6, 2017

Police “Hold Space” for Children

This Officer.com article supports training police to “hold space” for children through careful listening, and treating them…

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September 29, 2017

The Promise of African American Kinship Foster Care

Recent e-briefs described state grants to reduce racial disparities in child protection programs. This week…

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September 27, 2017

Meaningful Action on Racial Disparities

In 2015 the Minnesota Legislature appropriated $1.5 million annually to address racial disparities in child…

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September 22, 2017

Child Protection – African American Community Dialogue

The African American Work Group on Child Protection received state grants for several projects to…

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September 15, 2017

Don’t Abandon Reforms

Pressure is surfacing to ease up on child protection reforms. This is because counties are…

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September 1, 2017

Communities of Color as Customers

Communities of color are represented in Minnesota’s child protection and foster care caseloads at roughly…

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August 25, 2017

Risky Child Protection Practices Persist

State law changed in 2015 to make child safety the primary purpose of child protection,…

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August 18, 2017

Child Care Makes Foster Care Better

When children are removed from their biological families to foster care the resulting trauma often…

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August 11, 2017

More Child Care Means Less Foster Care

In cases of severe neglect or abuse, foster care may be unavoidable. But removing children…

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August 4, 2017

Transparency Needed on Child Killings

Minnesota law* requires counties to review killings of children known to child protection within 90 days,…

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July 27, 2017

Child Victims Were Young

Minnesota media have reported seven children killed by their caregivers in 2017, five just since…

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July 21, 2017

Resurgence of Child Fatalities

In the 18 months following the March 2015 Governor’s Child Protection Task Force, only three…

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July 14, 2017

Why McKenna’s Law Matters

Over the past two years McKenna Ahrenholz, now 13, courageously testified several times to the…

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July 7, 2017

Biggest Legislative Gain for Children

We believe one recent Minnesota law will do more to reduce the effects of child…

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June 30, 2017

Fourth of July

On the eve of this Fourth of July weekend, we invite you to contemplate some…

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