Government and policy

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• City and County Lawmakers: Local Government as a Child Protection Engine

  August 6, 2026

• Modern Slavery in the UK: How the Law Still Fails Children

  April 14, 2026

• America's Crazy World of Child Protection (find your state here)

  February 15, 2024

• Recent Child Welfare Articles & Statistics

  September 1, 2022

• October Is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

  October 4, 2021

• Child Welfare Information (find your state here)

  July 9, 2021

• International Child Well-Being (stories, statistics and videos)

  February 14, 2019

• Only Evil Governments Torture Other People's (Immigrant) Children

  September 11, 2018

• CASA Guardian ad Litem News for Summer 2018

  July 12, 2018

• Child Abuse & Trauma (March 2018) VII

  April 14, 2018

• Sad Stories Feb 2018 Part V (child abuse and mental health)

  March 14, 2018

• Interrupting Child Abuse (1 Year Ago - thank you Commissioner Jan Callison & Star Tribune)

  January 9, 2018

• International Child Protection News August & September 2017

  October 8, 2017

• CASA guardian ad-Litem News Feb thru May 2017 Part II (be a voice for children)

  June 16, 2017

• International Child Protection News March 2017

  April 10, 2017

• February 2017 Sad Stories Part IV

  March 4, 2017

• February Sad Stories 2017 Part I

  February 19, 2017

• International Child Protection News January 2017

  February 6, 2017

• International Child Protection News October 2016

  November 6, 2016

• August Sad Stories (part 1)

  August 19, 2016

• Child Abuse & Child Protection Around the World (January 2015)

  April 30, 2016

• Minnesota's Child Endangerment Model (from the Casey Report briefing for Hennepin County commissioners today)

  June 25, 2015

• Child Death Reviews Thwarted in Edmonton (council chair quits in protest)

  December 4, 2014

• Children In The News (update)

  May 13, 2014

• Responding To Toni Carter's Star Tribune Article Yesterday (County Commissioner & Pres MN Assoc. of Counties)

  April 29, 2014

• Abused and Neglected Children's News (thank you Child Welfare In The News)

  February 14, 2014

• Tracking America's Most At Risk Children (through the media, the states & CASA)

  October 3, 2013

• Total Disaster In Tennessee (NV, TN, CA, & TX in Trouble Too) Disappearing Watchdogs Around the Nation

  February 4, 2013

• Children and Government

  January 16, 2011

• What Mayors and County Administrators Can Do: Building Safer, Healthier Communities for Children

  August 6, 2026

• What Principals and Administrators Can Do to Keep Children Safe and Help Them Heal

  April 8, 2026

• What State Lawmakers Can Do: Turning the Tide for Children’s Safety, Healing, and Well-Being

  August 6, 2026

• Math For Legislators (cost of youth crime) Part 1

  February 7, 2023

• Without Understanding Core Issues, Better Answers Are Hard To Come By (or why legislators need more information to do their jobs well)

  April 21, 2015

• Mandated Reporting and Why We Don't

  June 23, 2026

• Children Are Under Attack: How Federal Funding Cuts Are Dismantling Kids’ Lifelines

  May 6, 2026

• Federal Chafee Changes vs. Minnesota Reality: Are Foster Youth Getting What They Need?

  April 22, 2026

• Missing Information: How Deleted Federal Data Blinds the Public

  March 19, 2026

• Minnesota’s Children and Federal Policy: Local Pain For Children From National Decisions

  February 19, 2026

• Deregulation & the Child Abuse Abolition Movement

  January 15, 2026

• National CASA Federal Funding Terminated - Share this with your lawmakers

  April 30, 2025

• Child Abuse Articles December 2024

  December 20, 2024

• Recent Child Self-Harm & Suicide (state reporting summer 2021)

  September 4, 2021

• Aged Out Foster Youth Urged To Return (new federal benefits)

  April 1, 2021

• Contact Your Member of Congress Today (thank you Safe Passage For Children of MN)

  November 8, 2019

• SAFE PASSAGE FOR CHILDREN MN (Federal audit of MN child welfare shows inadequate metrics, resources, quality assurance & training)

  April 3, 2017

• A Glimmer Of Hope (push for preschool)

  February 3, 2014

• Protect Children In the Justice System

  March 18, 2013

• Protect Our Kids Act Passed By Congress (with tiny funding; 2M)

  January 7, 2013

• Bastards; How Yesterday’s Rejection Of The Disabilities Treaty Damages America’s Children

  December 5, 2012

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