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February 27, 2020
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Practical Solutions to Disproportionality

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As is well known, African American and Native American children are disproportionately represented in Minnesota’s…

October 17, 2019
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Could You Have Saved Zayden Lawson?

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Pioneer Press columnist Ruben Rosario describes how three-year old Zayden Lawson was used as a…

September 19, 2019
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What the Hennepin County Settlement Changes

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This extensive class action lawsuit settlement between Hennepin County and A Better Childhood is worth…

April 11, 2019
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When Planning Children’s Futures, Listen

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Child welfare professionals often emphasize the trauma children experience when they are removed from their…

June 28, 2018
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Major Effort to Improve Foster Care

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Foster parents, foster youth, relative caregivers, county staff, and nonprofit leaders have enthusiastically embraced the Quality…

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…

November 3, 2017
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Focus on Foster Children

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This tragic Star Tribune story about a foster mother beating an infant feeds a perception that the…

September 29, 2017
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The Promise of African American Kinship Foster Care

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Recent e-briefs described state grants to reduce racial disparities in child protection programs. This week…

August 18, 2017
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Child Care Makes Foster Care Better

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When children are removed from their biological families to foster care the resulting trauma often…

August 11, 2017
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More Child Care Means Less Foster Care

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In cases of severe neglect or abuse, foster care may be unavoidable. But removing children…

Practical Solutions to Disproportionality

Could You Have Saved Zayden Lawson?

What the Hennepin County Settlement Changes

When Planning Children’s Futures, Listen

Major Effort to Improve Foster Care

Gubernatorial Candidates Respond to Safe Passage Survey

Focus on Foster Children

Child Care Makes Foster Care Better

More Child Care Means Less Foster Care

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