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Data suggests Minnesota is missing one opportunity after another to protect children
Data suggests Minnesota is missing one opportunity after another to protect children 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

The latest federal data underscores what we’ve been saying for years: Minnesota screens in fewer…

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Safe Passage weighs in: experts sign on to recommendations for reforms to the state’s child protection system
Safe Passage weighs in: experts sign on to recommendations for reforms to the state’s child protection system 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

We’ve circled an important date on the calendar: February 12. That’s when Minnesota’s legislative session…

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Star Tribune highlights how the “friendly” approach of family assessment may be doing more harm than good
Star Tribune highlights how the “friendly” approach of family assessment may be doing more harm than good 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

The second article in a 4-part series by the Star Tribune highlights how the “friendly”…

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Why is it Important to tell Derric Fulks Jr.’s Story?
Why is it Important to tell Derric Fulks Jr.’s Story? 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

This week the Star Tribune’s Chris Serres wrote this heartbreaking account of the brief life…

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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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Maya’s Law – Limited but Meaningful Progress on Child Safety
Maya’s Law – Limited but Meaningful Progress on Child Safety 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

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

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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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Forensic Interview Protocols are Making it Harder to Prove Abuse
Forensic Interview Protocols are Making it Harder to Prove Abuse 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

In this Mitchell Hamline Law Review article, Victor Vieth of the Zero Abuse Project describes…

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Why Family Friendly Programs have Struggled to Work
Why Family Friendly Programs have Struggled to Work 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

“Family friendly” programs such as Intensive Family Preservation Services and Differential Response (DR) – or…

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Are Family Assessment Evaluations Credible?
Are Family Assessment Evaluations Credible? 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

In their paper Issues in Differential Response (DR), Hughes, Rycus et. al. analyzed 57 studies…

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