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November 27th, 2024 Active Efforts/MAAFPACWDA Training
As part of the Minnesota African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act (MAAFPCWDA), a new training has been developed by the Training Academy for child welfare professionals to better understand th…
November 11th, 2024 Assessing Prospective Foster and Adoptive Parents: New Course Available
This past September, we launched the first offering of Assessing Prospective Foster and Adoptive Parents (CWTA X220). This course, formerly known as Home Studies, is designed to help licensors gain an understanding of the Home S…
February 9th, 2023 Intercultural Tool Pilot for Upcoming New Worker Training
Update as of 03/02/23: The Training Academy has decided to delay implementation of the IDI Pilot for Cohort 106 as planned. This decision is based upon recent changes in staff capacity as well as complications due to timing and s…
February 1st, 2023 Mandated Reporter Training for Youth Programs Now Available
As part of the recently updated training for Mandated Reporters in Minnesota, a module for Youth Program staff is now available. This no-cost, self-paced 15-minute training is designed for employees or supervisors of private or p…
November 30th, 2022 Mandated Reporter Training Update
New Mandated Reporter Training for professionals identified by law who must make a report of suspected or known child maltreatment has been available since August 2022. As of late October, over 2,700 professionals in Minnesota ha…
March 30th, 2022 Returning to In-Person Training
We would like to let our learners know that the Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy is beginning to schedule some in-person trainings starting this April. For the next few months, we will offer both in-person and online trai…