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September 17, 2020
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Early Learning Scholarships Priority to Maltreatment Victims

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Three years ago the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) established priority groups for early learning…

August 20, 2020
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Another Child Tortured to Death

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On Monday Autumn Hallow, 8, was suffocated by her father and stepmother after being starved,…

September 7, 2018
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Screening Children of Color Into Child Protection

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Since 2015 the percentage of maltreatment reports being screened into child protection has risen from…

July 29, 2018
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Pro Child Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Anti-Family

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Approximately 22,000 more Minnesota children annually are getting a child protection visit because counties are…

June 12, 2018
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Gubernatorial Candidates Respond to Safe Passage Survey

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This is likely the only time in eight years we can get Minnesota gubernatorial candidates…

May 3, 2018
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Coordinate Child Protection and Law Enforcement

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Lack of coordination between law enforcement and child protection is one of three factors that contributed to…

March 1, 2018
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Is Horrific Case a Holdover from the Past?

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Last week the Star Tribune documented this horrific story about a Hennepin County father who shackled, raped,…

February 23, 2018
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Right-Size Minnesota’s Child Welfare Programs

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The core components of Minnesota’s child welfare system include the social services needed to implement…

September 22, 2017
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Child Protection – African American Community Dialogue

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The African American Work Group on Child Protection received state grants for several projects to…

September 15, 2017
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Don’t Abandon Reforms

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Pressure is surfacing to ease up on child protection reforms. This is because counties are…

Early Learning Scholarships Priority to Maltreatment Victims

Another Child Tortured to Death

Screening Children of Color Into Child Protection

Pro Child Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Anti-Family

Gubernatorial Candidates Respond to Safe Passage Survey

Coordinate Child Protection and Law Enforcement

Is Horrific Case a Holdover from the Past?

Child Protection – African American Community Dialogue

Don’t Abandon Reforms

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