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Vanessa McNeal and Jenna Quinn will headline the fifth annual Stand Against Child Abuse Conference on July 22 and 23, 2019. This year’s theme – Building Teams for Hope and Healing – focuses on how professionals across sectors can and must work together. When a team responds to child abuse and maltreatment, centering the child or adolescent’s healing is critical. Register now for the 2019 conference.
The summer round of Parent Support Outreach Program (PSOP) Regional Meetings will start mid-July 2019. Registration is on TrainLink.
- July 16, 2019, 1pm-4pm, Redwood Falls, MN
- July 17, 2019, 1pm-4pm, Morris, MN
- July 18, 2019, 9am-12pm, Cambridge, MN
- July 25, 2019, 9am-12pm, Apple Valley, MN
- July 30, 2019, 9am-12pm, Virginia, MN
- July 31, 2019, 9am-12pm, Thief River Falls, MN
- August 1, 2019, 1pm-4pm, Detroit Lakes, MN
- August 6, 2019, 9am-12pm, Waseca, MN
Additionally, the preliminary PSOP 2020 allocations have been posted. The formula for 2020 was weighted with 25% child population data and 75% PSOP case management workgroups open in calendar year 2018. The preliminary allocations can be found here: MN DHS Fiscal Reporting and Accounting.
Overview of Minnesota’s child welfare safety framework – July 30, 10:00-11:30 a.m.
Research and experience tell us that child welfare decision-making practices directly affect the ability of agencies to achieve safety outcomes. This purpose of this webinar is to review Minnesota’s current safety decision-making practices and explore the relationship between decision-making factors and decision-making tools commonly used to support agencies in improving safety outcomes, including ways to use decision-making and assessment tools more effectively. Register here.
Protective factors and capacities in families experiencing trafficking, exploitation, or domestic violence – August 22, 10:00-11:30 a.m.
Recognizing and strengthening protective factors is key to helping families experiencing human trafficking and domestic violence. This webinar will discuss protective factors and capacities, strategies for strengthening them, and other early intervention efforts. Register here.
Female genital cutting (FGC): Critical training and education, Sept. 11, 10:00-11:30 a.m.
This webinar will increase understanding of what female genital cutting (FGC) is and on addressing the gaps in services for women who have experienced FGC. In some countries, FGC remains a deeply held cross-generational custom. Women and girls who immigrate to the United States from these countries are likely to encounter a system unprepared for their FGC-related health needs. Register here.
A new, free webinar, Human trafficking and sexual exploitation: Basics for foster and adoptive families, is now available online through MN Adopt. Children in the foster care system are vulnerable to experiencing human trafficking and sexual exploitation. This webinar gives foster, pre-adoptive, and adoptive families an overview of how to identify trafficking and exploitation, including grooming and recruitment behavior. Participants will also learn about mandated reporting and the safe harbor response in Minnesota. The training discusses assessing safety and risk, and engaging youth while working toward normalcy in the home. This webinar is for resource families in Minnesota, including foster families, pre-adoptive families, and licensing agencies. No prior knowledge of trafficking or exploitation is necessary. All foster and adoption licensing agencies are encouraged to share this resource with foster or adoptive families they work with. Register and watch here: MN Adopt
These documents were recently published and are now available on the Minnesota Department of Human Services’ website.
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