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State Performance Measures Fall Short
State Performance Measures Fall Short 1280 853 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Summer vacation is just around the corner, but for many children, school is their safest…

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Celebrating Success at the State Capitol!
Celebrating Success at the State Capitol! 1500 1000 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

We’re breathing a sigh of relief this week! That’s because more laws will soon go…

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Every Child Death Should Count in Minnesota
Every Child Death Should Count in Minnesota 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Earlier this week, a Minnesota mother was charged with murdering two of her children, neglecting a…

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Help protect Minnesota children: Important findings in our latest Child Fatalities from Maltreatment report
Help protect Minnesota children: Important findings in our latest Child Fatalities from Maltreatment report 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Recently we asked the Department of Human Services to share the number of child fatalities…

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Safe Passage for Children Releases Report on Minnesota Child Fatalities
Safe Passage for Children Releases Report on Minnesota Child Fatalities 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Yesterday Safe Passage for Children released its year-long study of Minnesota child fatalities from maltreatment…

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Should We Love All Children or Just our Own?
Should We Love All Children or Just our Own? 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Our soon-to-be-released study of child fatalities documents numerous physical assaults on children that caseworkers, law…

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Why is Chronic Maltreatment Pervasive Yet Rarely Addressed?
Why is Chronic Maltreatment Pervasive Yet Rarely Addressed? 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

These blogs in Marie Cohen’s Child Welfare Monitor and Dee Wilson’s Sounding Board explore chronic…

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Biological Parents Responsible for Just Half of Child Fatalities
Biological Parents Responsible for Just Half of Child Fatalities 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

One unexpected finding from our study of 88 Minnesota child fatalities is that nearly half…

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Who Will Challenge the Current Political Order to Protect Children?
Who Will Challenge the Current Political Order to Protect Children? 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

This week’s webinar speaker, Dee Wilson, co-wrote an article for a 2013 edition of the…

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Whatever Happened to the Battered Child Syndrome?
Whatever Happened to the Battered Child Syndrome? 1000 482 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

In 1962 Dr. C. H. Kempe and his associates published “The Battered Child Syndrome” which…

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