Learn more about Shan Townsend, a new Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Specialist at Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy!
What is your job title, and what will you be doing? My title is Diversity, Equity, and Inclusio…
Learn more about Shay Marlowe, a new Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Specialist at Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy!
Shay Marlowe has been an employee with Minnesota state since November 2022. Before becoming a DEI tr…
This December, we are launching new training for all incoming child protection workers. Based on feedback we received in listening sessions held in 2020-21 about the existing new worker training, we have developed and are introdu…
Learn more about Brenda Hernandez, the new learner specialist at Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy
What is your job title, and what will you be doing?My job title is MNCWTA Learner Specialist, and I will be providing l…
Learn more about Nicole Freeman, New Metro Staff Trainer!
What is your job title, and what will you be doing?I am a trainer with the Metro team and will deliver training to other child welfare professionals. Tell us about you…
We are excited to feature Foster Adopt Minnesota (FAM), our partner in providing timely and relevant training opportunities to kinship, foster, and adoptive parents. MNCWTA supports training of foster parents by funding the FAM F…
Child Welfare is a helping profession that can lend itself to burnout. It is easy to get overwhelmed and stuck in a “just surviving” situation. This article aims to tackle common burnout situations and ways to get out of the “jus…
In this article we want to address compassion fatigue, secondary trauma, and self-care in the context of working in Child Welfare and the professionals who do this work. All child welfare professionals are susceptible and our hop…
Learn more about Melissa Mendez, the Child Welfare Education Partnership Coordinator for the Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy.
What is your job title, and what will you be doing?I am the new Child Welfare Education Pa…
Learn more about Muriah Deuth, a new Metro Staff Trainer for the Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy.
As a child welfare worker in Florida, Muriah worked with hundreds of children and families to achieve safety and the b…