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Brilliant People Are Making Bad Policy – Let’s Change the Approach
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Brilliant People Are Making Bad Policy – Let’s Change the Approach 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Brilliant People Are Making Bad Policy – Let’s Change the Approach

The brilliant policy wonks behind the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) came from organizations…

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What the 2023 Legislative Session Did for Children
What the 2023 Legislative Session Did for Children 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

What the 2023 Legislative Session Did for Children

Comedian Will Rogers famously stated “I’m not a member of any organized political party, I’m…

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How the Eli Hart Case Looks from Either Side
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How the Eli Hart Case Looks from Either Side 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

How the Eli Hart Case Looks from Either Side

The Peabody Award winning team of Brandon Stahl and A.J. Lagoe produced this gripping KARE…

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Is There a Best Way to Reduce Prenatal Substance Abuse?
Is There a Best Way to Reduce Prenatal Substance Abuse? 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Is There a Best Way to Reduce Prenatal Substance Abuse?

We have been reviewing research on prenatal Substance Abuse Disorder (SUD) because of this legislation…

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The Voice of Children in Novels
The Voice of Children in Novels 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

The Voice of Children in Novels

Young adult author Patricia McCormick took issue in this recent article with groups who label…

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Why is it Important to tell Derric Fulks Jr.’s Story?
Why is it Important to tell Derric Fulks Jr.’s Story? 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Why is it Important to tell Derric Fulks Jr.’s Story?

This week the Star Tribune’s Chris Serres wrote this heartbreaking account of the brief life…

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$98.5 Million Wrongful Death Settlement in Washington State Raises Questions for Minnesota
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$98.5 Million Wrongful Death Settlement in Washington State Raises Questions for Minnesota 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

$98.5 Million Wrongful Death Settlement in Washington State Raises Questions for Minnesota

The Washington Court of Appeals just confirmed a $98.5 million wrongful death settlement against the…

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What is the True Source of Racial Disparities in Child Welfare?
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What is the True Source of Racial Disparities in Child Welfare? 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

What is the True Source of Racial Disparities in Child Welfare?

New research indicates that, once poverty is controlled for, Black families enter child protection and…

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Early Childhood Advocates Should Reach Out to Child Welfare Leaders
Early Childhood Advocates Should Reach Out to Child Welfare Leaders 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Early Childhood Advocates Should Reach Out to Child Welfare Leaders

There is widespread agreement that the first 1,000 days of life are critical for brain…

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Efforts Accelerate to Shut Down Guardian ad Litem Program
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Efforts Accelerate to Shut Down Guardian ad Litem Program 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Efforts Accelerate to Shut Down Guardian ad Litem Program

Last year we described the state Guardian ad Litem (GAL) agency’s policy to kill the…

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Our Day at the Legislature – Keep Up the Momentum!
Our Day at the Legislature – Keep Up the Momentum! 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Our Day at the Legislature – Keep Up the Momentum!

This Wednesday we held our annual Advocacy for Children Day at the Minnesota legislature.  Thanks…

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Early Learning Scholarship and Childcare Bills Could Significantly Reduce Child Maltreatment
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Early Learning Scholarship and Childcare Bills Could Significantly Reduce Child Maltreatment 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Early Learning Scholarship and Childcare Bills Could Significantly Reduce Child Maltreatment

Major childcare and early learning scholarship bills are merging and morphing rapidly as they move…

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National Attention for Safe Passage Report! In Minnesota? Not So Much.
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National Attention for Safe Passage Report! In Minnesota? Not So Much. 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

National Attention for Safe Passage Report! In Minnesota? Not So Much.

In response to the Safe Passage report on Minnesota child fatalities we were recently interviewed…

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Do Risk Assessment Tools Make Racial Disparities in Child Welfare Better or Worse?
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Do Risk Assessment Tools Make Racial Disparities in Child Welfare Better or Worse? 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Do Risk Assessment Tools Make Racial Disparities in Child Welfare Better or Worse?

Los Angeles County and a team of scholars are collaborating on a “Risk Stratification Model”…

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Federal Government Announces Decrease in Child Maltreatment. Is it too Soon to Celebrate?
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Federal Government Announces Decrease in Child Maltreatment. Is it too Soon to Celebrate? 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Federal Government Announces Decrease in Child Maltreatment. Is it too Soon to Celebrate?

The federal Children’s Bureau recently released its 2021 Maltreatment Report and announced without reservation that…

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