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Substantial Targeted Funding for Children in Walz Budget https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2-4-22-Ebrief-Facebook-Post.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2-4-22-Ebrief-Facebook-Post.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 February 2, 2022 February 2, 2022

February 2, 2022

Substantial Targeted Funding for Children in Walz Budget

Governor Tim Walz’ Supplemental Budget Proposal dedicates some of the state’s $7.7B surplus to substantial…

Volunteer Guardian ad Litem Program at Risk of Closing https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1-28-2022-Ebrief-Facebook-Post.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1-28-2022-Ebrief-Facebook-Post.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 January 27, 2022 January 27, 2022

January 27, 2022

Volunteer Guardian ad Litem Program at Risk of Closing

Guardians ad litem (GALs) represent the best interests of the child in Juvenile Court maltreatment…

The Voice of Early Childhood Development Advocates is Crucial to Child Safety https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1-14-2022-Ebrief-3125-x-1667-px-for-website-Facebook-Post.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1-14-2022-Ebrief-3125-x-1667-px-for-website-Facebook-Post.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 January 21, 2022 January 21, 2022

January 21, 2022

The Voice of Early Childhood Development Advocates is Crucial to Child Safety

Child welfare and early childhood development advocates are both concerned about the lifelong impact of…

Support Group for Adult Survivors of Child Abuse Offers Healing https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1-7-2022-Ebrief-Facebook-Post-No-Text.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1-7-2022-Ebrief-Facebook-Post-No-Text.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 January 14, 2022 January 14, 2022

January 14, 2022

Support Group for Adult Survivors of Child Abuse Offers Healing

Volunteers and friends of Safe Passage are starting a support group for adult survivors of…

Canada and its First Nations Reach $31.5B Child Welfare Settlement https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2021-06-24-indigenous-memorial-parliament-hill-1.jpg?fit=960%2C945&ssl=1 960 945 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2021-06-24-indigenous-memorial-parliament-hill-1.jpg?fit=960%2C945&ssl=1 January 7, 2022 January 7, 2022

January 7, 2022

Canada and its First Nations Reach $31.5B Child Welfare Settlement

This week Canadian First Nations (Indigenous tribes) and the federal government reached a $31.5B ($40B…

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What’s Worse than Going into Foster Care? https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/12-17-21-Ebrief-Facebook-Post.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/12-17-21-Ebrief-Facebook-Post.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 December 17, 2021 December 17, 2021

December 17, 2021

What’s Worse than Going into Foster Care?

This “just-when-you-thought-it-couldn’t-get-worse” New York Times article documents a “shadow foster care” system that tells parents…

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Do We Need Journalists to Reform Child Welfare? https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/12-10-21-Ebrief-Facebook-Post.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/12-10-21-Ebrief-Facebook-Post.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 December 10, 2021 December 10, 2021

December 10, 2021

Do We Need Journalists to Reform Child Welfare?

Good journalists deliver objective reports that we can rely on. They quickly grasp topics that others have…

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Should Politics or Research Drive Child Welfare Reforms? https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/12-3-21-Ebrief-Facebook-Post.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/12-3-21-Ebrief-Facebook-Post.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 December 3, 2021 December 3, 2021

December 3, 2021

Should Politics or Research Drive Child Welfare Reforms?

This Child Welfare Monitor article summarizes a paper by Richard Barth et. al. analyzing “10…

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State Supreme Court Decision on Eric Dean – A Win for Children https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/11-19-21-Ebrief-Facebook-Post.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/11-19-21-Ebrief-Facebook-Post.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 November 19, 2021 November 19, 2021

November 19, 2021

State Supreme Court Decision on Eric Dean – A Win for Children

Recently the Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously overturned lower court rulings in the wrongful death lawsuit…

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Two Simple Rules for Driving out of the Fog https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/11-12-21-Ebrief-Header-Email-Facebook-Post.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/11-12-21-Ebrief-Header-Email-Facebook-Post.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 November 12, 2021 November 12, 2021

November 12, 2021

Two Simple Rules for Driving out of the Fog

In this recent blog and accompanying podcast we described how child welfare philosophy has shifted…

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Which Trauma Should We Choose? https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/11-5-21-Ebrief-Header-Facebook-Post.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/11-5-21-Ebrief-Header-Facebook-Post.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 November 5, 2021 November 5, 2021

November 5, 2021

Which Trauma Should We Choose?

Minnesota still screens in significantly fewer maltreatment reports than most states. But some worry that…

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How We Got Five Decades of Anti-Child Policies https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/10-29-21-Ebrief-Header-Email-Facebook-Post.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/10-29-21-Ebrief-Header-Email-Facebook-Post.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 October 28, 2021 October 28, 2021

October 28, 2021

How We Got Five Decades of Anti-Child Policies

In 1972 the Annie E. Casey and Edna McConnell Clark foundations began promoting Intensive Family…

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Child Welfare Vigilantes https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/9-10-21-Ebrief-Header-FB.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/9-10-21-Ebrief-Header-FB.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 October 21, 2021 October 21, 2021

October 21, 2021

Child Welfare Vigilantes

Years ago when I was running the Yonkers New York Department of Social Services, I…

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Public Policy Goals Should be Decided Democratically https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/group-of-kids-taking-selfie.jpg?fit=1200%2C867&ssl=1 1200 867 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/group-of-kids-taking-selfie.jpg?fit=1200%2C867&ssl=1 October 14, 2021 October 15, 2021

October 14, 2021

Public Policy Goals Should be Decided Democratically

In 2011 Casey Family Programs unilaterally established a national goal to safely reduce the number…

When is it Children’s Turn to Get Justice? https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/10-8-21-Ebrief-Header-Facebook-Post-1.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/10-8-21-Ebrief-Header-Facebook-Post-1.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 October 8, 2021 October 8, 2021

October 8, 2021

When is it Children’s Turn to Get Justice?

Recently some measure of justice for women was achieved when the Congressional testimony of USA…

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