Minnesota

December 21, 2023
No Comments

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 https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/12-22-2023-Ebrief-Facebook-Post.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/12-22-2023-Ebrief-Facebook-Post.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 December 21, 2023 December 21, 2023

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

December 15, 2023
No Comments

Star Tribune addresses need to better protect Minnesota’s children from abuse and neglect

Star Tribune addresses need to better protect Minnesota’s children from abuse and neglect https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/12-15-2023-Ebrief-Facebook-Post.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/12-15-2023-Ebrief-Facebook-Post.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 December 15, 2023 December 15, 2023

The Star Tribune recently published a 3-part series about the need to better protect Minnesota’s…

August 31, 2023
No Comments

Prevention First

Prevention First https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/9-1-23-Ebrief-Facebook-Post-Landscape-1.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/9-1-23-Ebrief-Facebook-Post-Landscape-1.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 August 31, 2023 August 31, 2023

As noted in Safe Passage’s report, “Minnesota Child Fatalities from Maltreatment 2014-2022,” 78% of all…

July 26, 2023
No Comments

Is It Substance Abuse or Substance Use Disorder

Is It Substance Abuse or Substance Use Disorder https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/7-28-2023-Ebrief-Facebook-Post-Landscape.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/7-28-2023-Ebrief-Facebook-Post-Landscape.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 July 26, 2023 July 26, 2023

Two child welfare scholars recently expressed concern that the term “substance abuse” is no longer…

July 13, 2023
1 Comment

How Does Prenatal Opioid Use Impact Infants?

How Does Prenatal Opioid Use Impact Infants? https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/7-14-2023-Ebrief-Facebook-Post-Landscape.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/7-14-2023-Ebrief-Facebook-Post-Landscape.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 July 13, 2023 July 14, 2023

This new study on prenatal opioid use found a 54%-64% increase in mortality for infants…

July 6, 2023
1 Comment

No Hit Zones Mean More Brain Power for Children

No Hit Zones Mean More Brain Power for Children https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/7-7-2023-Ebrief-no-text-Facebook-Post-Landscape.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/7-7-2023-Ebrief-no-text-Facebook-Post-Landscape.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 July 6, 2023 July 6, 2023

The Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children’s held its inaugural conference last week. …

June 1, 2023
No Comments

What the 2023 Legislative Session Did for Children

What the 2023 Legislative Session Did for Children https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/6-2-2023-Ebrief-Facebook-Post-Landscape.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/6-2-2023-Ebrief-Facebook-Post-Landscape.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 June 1, 2023 June 1, 2023

Comedian Will Rogers famously stated “I’m not a member of any organized political party, I’m…

May 25, 2023
2 Comments

How the Eli Hart Case Looks from Either Side

How the Eli Hart Case Looks from Either Side https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/5-26-2023-Ebrief-Facebook-Post-Landscape.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/5-26-2023-Ebrief-Facebook-Post-Landscape.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 May 25, 2023 May 25, 2023

The Peabody Award winning team of Brandon Stahl and A.J. Lagoe produced this gripping KARE…

May 5, 2023
2 Comments

Why is it Important to tell Derric Fulks Jr.’s Story?

Why is it Important to tell Derric Fulks Jr.’s Story? https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/5-5-2023-Ebrief-Facebook-Post-Landscape.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/5-5-2023-Ebrief-Facebook-Post-Landscape.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 May 5, 2023 May 5, 2023

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

March 30, 2023
2 Comments

Efforts Accelerate to Shut Down Guardian ad Litem Program

Efforts Accelerate to Shut Down Guardian ad Litem Program https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/3-31-2023-Ebrief-Facebook-Post-Landscape.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota https://i0.wp.com/safepassageforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/3-31-2023-Ebrief-Facebook-Post-Landscape.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1 March 30, 2023 March 30, 2023

Last year we described the state Guardian ad Litem (GAL) agency’s policy to kill the…

Star Tribune highlights how the “friendly” approach of family assessment may be doing more harm than good

Star Tribune addresses need to better protect Minnesota’s children from abuse and neglect

Prevention First

How Does Prenatal Opioid Use Impact Infants?

No Hit Zones Mean More Brain Power for Children

What the 2023 Legislative Session Did for Children

How the Eli Hart Case Looks from Either Side

Why is it Important to tell Derric Fulks Jr.’s Story?

Efforts Accelerate to Shut Down Guardian ad Litem Program

Together we can make a difference.

Find Us