The Minnesota Child Welfare Practice Framework is a set of competencies that have been created to assist child welfare professionals in defining and demonstrating their knowledge, skills, and understanding across a number of diff…
The Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy (MNCWTA) would like to welcome Cliff Dahlberg, our new Graduate Research Assistant. Cliff is an award-winning videographer living in Minnesota with his wife, their kiddo, and poodle. H…
Effective supervisors are an essential component in the successful outcomes of children and families involved in the child welfare system. In addition to front-line worker competencies, the Minnesota Child Welfare Practice Framew…
The Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy (MNCWTA) would like to welcome Padma Kannan, our new Research Assistant in the Evaluation and Credentialing Unit.Padma has over ten years of experience working with children in schools…
Meet Kia Moua, Training Supervisor for the Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy.Kia has over 20 years of training experience in law enforcement, youth development, human service programs, and K-12. She has worked in the human…
The Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy (MNCWTA) would like to welcome Lolita Johnson, our new Curriculum Supervisor.
Lolita has over 20 years of leadership, training, and design experience t…
Effective supervisors are an essential component in the successful outcomes of children and families involved in the child welfare system. In addition to front-line worker competencies, the Minnesota Child Welfare Practice Framew…
The Minnesota Child Welfare Practice Framework is a series of competencies that help child welfare professionals define and demonstrate their knowledge, skills, and understanding across a number of different practice areas. In Mi…
The staff at the Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy (MNCWTA) worked together to document and share the work we have been doing since the beginning of the year on decentering whiteness, as well as some ideas for furthering a…
The Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy is proud to acknowledge and celebrate LGBTQ Pride Month this June. Research consistently shows that LGBTQ youth (as well as tribal and youth of color) are overrepresented…