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July 21, 2022
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Are Child Welfare Professionals Finally Pushing Back Against Criticisms?

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Last month a Senior Fellow from the Child Welfare League of America, Paul DiLorenzo, wrote…

July 7, 2022
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Removing Children from Home – The Legislative Auditor Weighs In

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The Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor (OLA) just issued a report on removing children…

June 16, 2022
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What Do Standards Have to Do with Equity?

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Child protection standards in Minnesota only exist for the initial maltreatment report. All other decision…

June 3, 2022
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Maya’s Law – Limited but Meaningful Progress on Child Safety

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Maya’s Law passed last week on the final day of the 2022 Minnesota legislative session. …

May 27, 2022
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Eli Hart: What Will it Take to Keep a Child Safe?

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On May 11 the court awarded custody of six-year-old Eli Hart to his mother shortly…

April 28, 2022
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How Society Became Wholly Indifferent to the Suffering of Children

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Early findings from our current research on Minnesota child murders show high risk cases being…

April 8, 2022
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Do Social Workers Confuse Poverty with Neglect?

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Research cited in this Child Welfare Monitor article indicates that most poor parents do not…

March 31, 2022
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New Safe Passage Research on Child Fatalities

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

March 4, 2022
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Repeating Myths Until they Become Facts

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This week we interviewed Child Welfare Monitor blogger Marie Cohen for a combined webinar/podcast. The…

February 24, 2022
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Minnesota Scorecard for Children: A Few Golds, Many DNFs

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A Winter Olympics-style graphic would show that 2015 reform legislation produced some gold medals for…

Are Child Welfare Professionals Finally Pushing Back Against Criticisms?

What Do Standards Have to Do with Equity?

Eli Hart: What Will it Take to Keep a Child Safe?

How Society Became Wholly Indifferent to the Suffering of Children

Do Social Workers Confuse Poverty with Neglect?

New Safe Passage Research on Child Fatalities

Repeating Myths Until they Become Facts

Minnesota Scorecard for Children: A Few Golds, Many DNFs

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