To encourage participation in the first Childrens’ Summit planned for January 11 -14. 2022, we have rescheduled the first two listening sessions for the Northeast and Southeast Regions. Also, please note Region 6 has been added to the January 20 listening session.
The upcoming Children’s Summit will bring together experts from across Minnesota to create solutions to issues facing the state’s behavioral health system for young people and their families. Register by January 4, 2022. To learn more about the summit, visit
Minnesota Department of Human Services public participation webpage.
County and tribal agency supervisors are encouraged to attend upcoming regional Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) listening sessions in early 2022. If you supervise staff working in child welfare, child protection, children’s mental health, developmental disabilities, and/or waivered services such as community access for disability inclusion (CADI) please join us.
Department staff will share how FFPSA is an opportunity to transform practices that support preserving a child’s connection to family, culture and community.
The goal of these sessions is for department staff to listen and learn/understand agency experiences in the first few months of FFPSA. We want to hear from you how it’s going by offering the following discussion questions:
- In your role as supervisor how has FFPSA benefited your agency’s child welfare services and decision making?
- What has been the most challenging to implement?
- How are you addressing the challenges?
- Is there anything standing in your way to address a challenge?
- What do you need from us?
- Where do we go from here?
Meetings are online over zoom. It is requested that supervisors register by their region, allowing for regional differences and understanding. A Minnesota map of regions is here. To register, select the appropriate date below.
Date
|
Time
|
Region
|
Wednesday, January 19
|
11:00 -- 1:00 p.m.
|
Northwest (Regions 1, 2, 3 and part of 4)
|
Thursday, January 20
|
12:00 -- 2:00 p.m.
|
Southwest (Regions 6, 8, 9, and part of 4)
|
Thursday, January 27
|
12:00 -- 2:00 p.m.
|
Central (Region 7)
|
Wednesday, February 2
|
11:00 -- 1:00 p.m.
|
Twin Cities West Metro (Region 11)
|
Thursday, February 3
|
12:00 -- 2:00 p.m.
|
Twin Cities East Metro (Region 11)
|
Wednesday, February 9
|
11:00 – 1:00pm
|
Northeast (Region 5)
|
Thursday, February 10
|
12:00 – 2:00p.m.
|
Southeast (Regions 9 and 10)
|
Listening sessions for tribal agency staff
Listening sessions will be offered to staff working in tribal child welfare, children’s mental health, developmental disabilities and waivered services in early 2022.
Questions
For information regarding listening sessions, contact: info@mnchildwelfaretraining.com.
For information regarding residential services, contact: dhs.csp.fostercare@state.mn.us.
For information regarding prevention services, contact: dhs.csp.safety@state.mn.us.
For information on implementation of FFPSA: Family First County Link
If you are not currently subscribed to this newsletter, click here to subscribe to the DHS Family First Prevention Services Act News and Updates
|