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Minnesota’s Children’s Cabinet is an interagency partnership the
Governor has charged with helping make Minnesota the best place
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Children's Cabinet Quarterly Update |
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 Children's Cabinet
In 2019, Governor Walz signed Executive Order 19-34 launching new actions and accountability for Minnesota’s children, which is led in part by a revamped Children’s Cabinet. The Children’s Cabinet is charged with taking a data-driven and results-oriented approach to ensuring Minnesota’s systems are aligned around services and opportunities for Minnesota’s children as well as the adults in their lives. The Cabinet oversees interagency efforts aimed at aligning people, data, policy and money around children and families.
The Cabinet last convened on January 29th, 2020 at John Marshall High School, a full-service community school in Rochester, Minnesota. The Cabinet met with youth, heard priority issues, and discussed state strategies and actions to improve the lives of children and increase educational opportunity in the state.
Learn more about the Cabinet here
 Advisory Councils
In November, Governor Walz appointed members to the Children’s Cabinet Advisory Council and the State Advisory Council on Early Childhood Education and Care. Collectively, these councils will serve in an advisory capacity to the Children’s Cabinet, providing another opportunity for the state to learn directly from community experts about successes and challenges and what is needed for children and families to thrive. Appointees listed in the press release (linked below) join two agency and four legislative appointees as defined in statute. Per the Executive Order, these external bodies are made up of individuals with the perspective of youth and families, diverse and underrepresented communities, and tribal and county leadership.
Press Release
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 In the Community
The Children’s Cabinet has prioritized connecting with youth, families, and community partners. Events with the Governor and Lt. Governor have included an education tour in Greater Minnesota, visits to St. Cloud State University School of Education to meet with students going into education, hearing from parents and community with Northside Achievement Zone at Nellie Stone Elementary, providers working on anti-hunger efforts at Hallie Q. Brown Community Center, students participating in prevention and intervention programs, visiting child care centers in multiple communities throughout the state, and attending the KIDS COUNT Data Book release.
Additionally, Minnesota received a 3-year $26.7 million federal grant to support early childhood services. Based on feedback from over 130 community listening sessions, the funding will be used to improve how state systems serve families with young children.
 Action Teams
Since re-launching the Walz-Flanagan Children's Cabinet, five cross-agency action teams have been created. In partnership with MN Management and Budget’s Results Management, these teams are setting goals and using Results-Based Accountability to map strategies aimed at aligning agencies around priority areas: Healthy Beginnings; Child Care and Early Education; Mental Health and Well-Being; Housing Stability; and Educational Opportunity.
Each cross-agency team is comprised of agency staff and co-chaired by leaders from multiple agencies. Understanding that positively impacting children and families in these areas cannot be owned by one agency, the leaders are working to develop strategies, including engaging community and amplifying existing successes.
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Action areas
The Children’s Cabinet takes a data-driven and results-oriented
approach in priority areas informed by community.
Healthy Beginnings. Child Care and Early Education. Mental Health and Well-being. Housing Stability.
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Contact Us.
Website: www.mn.gov/childrenscabinet
Email: childrenscabinet.MMB@state.mn.us
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