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Progressives and Conservatives Converge on Anti-Child Welfare Agenda
Progressives and Conservatives Converge on Anti-Child Welfare Agenda 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

On the political left, the UpEND movement wants to abolish child welfare.  This includes letting…

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Many Chances for Parents Means No Chance for a Child
Many Chances for Parents Means No Chance for a Child 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Safe Passage is utilizing public case records to analyze child fatalities in Minnesota since 2015. …

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Why Can’t We Get Timely Child Welfare Information?
Why Can’t We Get Timely Child Welfare Information? 1200 846 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

The federal Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the Minnesota Department of Human…

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Volunteer Guardian ad Litem Program at Risk of Closing
Volunteer Guardian ad Litem Program at Risk of Closing 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

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

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What’s Worse than Going into Foster Care?
What’s Worse than Going into Foster Care? 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

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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How We Got Five Decades of Anti-Child Policies
How We Got Five Decades of Anti-Child Policies 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

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