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Did Child Abuse Actually Go Down During Covid?

Did Child Abuse Actually Go Down During Covid? 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Many observers expected child abuse to increase during covid because it would be hidden from…

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Common Ground for Victims’ Advocates in Domestic and Child Abuse

Common Ground for Victims’ Advocates in Domestic and Child Abuse 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Professionals in domestic abuse programs, also called Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) prefer that victims decide…

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New Safe Passage Research on Child Fatalities

New Safe Passage Research on Child Fatalities 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Safe Passage for Children is analyzing the 87 murders of children in Minnesota since 2014,…

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Support Group for Adult Survivors of Child Abuse Offers Healing

Support Group for Adult Survivors of Child Abuse Offers Healing 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

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

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Challenges Implementing the Federal Family First Act

Challenges Implementing the Federal Family First Act 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

In our latest webinar, Kirsten Anderson, Executive Director of AspireMN , made the complex Family…

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Why Child Protection Workers Can’t be Sued for Child Murders

Why Child Protection Workers Can’t be Sued for Child Murders 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

In DeShaney vs. Winnebago County, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that despite multiple confirmed maltreatment…

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Male-Dominated Churches Struggle to Address Sexual Abuse

Male-Dominated Churches Struggle to Address Sexual Abuse 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Last week’s news included three stories about covering up clergy sexual abuse of women and…

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Physical Punishment Widely Supported Despite Research on Ill Effects

Physical Punishment Widely Supported Despite Research on Ill Effects 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Prevent Child Abuse America just released this survey documenting widespread support for physical punishment of…

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Face Facts: We Identify with Parents Not Children

Face Facts: We Identify with Parents Not Children 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Advocating for children is simple in the abstract. But when individuals learn that friends have…

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Nicholas Kristof is the only national columnist reporting on child abuse

Nicholas Kristof is the only national columnist reporting on child abuse 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Nicholas Kristoff (@NickKristof) deserves our readership. He recently published an update to his December article…

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