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January 13th, 2025 Martin Luther King Jr. Day: An Opportunity for Personal Growth and Systemic Change in Child Welfare
As we work to improve the child welfare system in Minnesota, it is important to assess and understand the parts that need to change, and how we as individuals can be part of the solution. We know that there are glaring inequalit…
June 18th, 2024 Juneteenth: Celebrating Freedom and Recognizing the Passage of the Minnesota African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act
Juneteenth, which is now celebrated on June 19, is a special day in American history. It marks the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced tha…
June 21st, 2023 The Importance of Juneteenth and the Proximity to Child Welfare Practices
By Shaneen Moore, MBA, ABD, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Children and Family Services, Child Support Division, Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS)Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021 and recently became a Minnes…
March 4th, 2022 Guidance for Title IV-B and IV-E Agencies When Serving LGBTQI+ Children and Youth
The Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy (MNCWTA) is charged with providing training on best practices in child welfare to ensure effective services are provided to all children and families. In carrying out that charge, we w…
September 16th, 2021 Lolita Johnson named President of the U of M Black Faculty & Staff Association
The Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy (MNCWTA) is proud to share that our Curriculum Supervisor, Lolita Johnson, has been named President of the University of Minnesota Black Faculty & Staff Association. Lolita joined …