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Safe Passage Speaks Up For Children at Penn State Webinar
Last week, hundreds of child welfare advocates, researchers, and frontline workers attended the Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Webinar: Understanding and Preventing Child Maltreatment Fatalities put...
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A Closer Look at the Latest Minnesota Foster Care Data
The latest foster care data released by the Minnesota Department of Health shows a continued decline in the number of children being removed from their homes. At first glance, this might appear to be...
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The Relationship Between Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment
Research shows a clear connection between domestic violence and child abuse. In this past month, there have been two murders that were directly due to domestic violence. In both of these murders,...
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Deadly Exposure: KARE 11 investigation into child fentanyl deaths involves...
Joseph Compton told investigators he “tried to be as safe as possible” when he used fentanyl-laced heroin around his one-year-old son. It wasn’t enough. The toddler was exposed and overdosed. Tessa...
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Another Tragic Death Due to Neglect
Recently, a 20-month-old child from Moorhead passed away in Sanford Medical Center; per the autopsy, he died due to blunt force trauma. The autopsy reported a ruptured bowel, bleeding from the liver...
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Accountability Is Key to Protecting Children
School is out—and report cards are in. The State of Minnesota has received its own evaluation, and the results show troubling deficiencies in how we protect children from abuse and neglect. Between...
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We Must Demand Transparency
Last year, at least 20 Minnesota children died after being abused or neglected by their caregivers, yet little is known about the circumstances surrounding their deaths. On July 1, a new law will go...
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2025 Legislative Wins for Child Protection and Safety
We’re excited to share big victories from the 2025 legislative session—made possible through the support and advocacy of many people like you. Mandated Reporter Training Overhaul Our top priority was...
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The Deadly Toll of Fentanyl on Children
This week, Scripps News released a new installment in its investigative series on child fentanyl poisonings across the U.S. Reporter Lori Jane Gliha and her team have examined around 460 cases over...
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Too Many Children are Trapped in a Cycle of Harm
One of the ways the state tracks its progress in child protection is by measuring maltreatment rereporting – the proportion of children reported for suspected abuse or neglect more than once within a...
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