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Should We Love All Children or Just our Own?
Should We Love All Children or Just our Own? 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Our soon-to-be-released study of child fatalities documents numerous physical assaults on children that caseworkers, law…

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Why is Chronic Maltreatment Pervasive Yet Rarely Addressed?
Why is Chronic Maltreatment Pervasive Yet Rarely Addressed? 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

These blogs in Marie Cohen’s Child Welfare Monitor and Dee Wilson’s Sounding Board explore chronic…

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Mental Health – Child Protection – Courts: You Need to Talk!
Mental Health – Child Protection – Courts: You Need to Talk! 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Our study of Minnesota child fatalities documented seven children who were killed by a mother…

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Biological Parents Responsible for Just Half of Child Fatalities
Biological Parents Responsible for Just Half of Child Fatalities 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

One unexpected finding from our study of 88 Minnesota child fatalities is that nearly half…

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Star Tribune Helps Expose Counties Diverting Foster Children’s Money to their Coffers
Star Tribune Helps Expose Counties Diverting Foster Children’s Money to their Coffers 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

This Star Tribune article reveals that Minnesota counties are diverting income belonging to approximately 700…

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Whatever Happened to the Battered Child Syndrome?
Whatever Happened to the Battered Child Syndrome? 1000 482 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

In 1962 Dr. C. H. Kempe and his associates published “The Battered Child Syndrome” which…

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The Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy: Wow!
The Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy: Wow! 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Last week the Child Welfare Training Academy hosted the Grand Opening of its Roseville center.  …

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Should Counties Return Children to Parents Who Have Killed their Sibling?
Should Counties Return Children to Parents Who Have Killed their Sibling? 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

A country administrator once told us that after a parent has murdered a child they…

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Fatality Fatigue: Why Do We No Longer React to Child Murders?
Fatality Fatigue: Why Do We No Longer React to Child Murders? 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

The 2014 murder of Eric Dean by his stepmother spurred limited but important reforms of…

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Arianna Hunziker Case Settled with Hennepin County but not Allina
Arianna Hunziker Case Settled with Hennepin County but not Allina 940 788 Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota

Hennepin County recently settled a $1.3 million lawsuit with relatives of Arianna Hunziker, the three…

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