Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children

Minnesota Children and Families: Safe, Supported and Strong
The vision of the task force is to put children first; to ensure they remain safe and protected, and they develop to their full potential. We envision a system committed to the strengthening of families and communities.

• Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children Final Report and Recommendations (March 2015) (PDF)
• Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children Initial Recommendations (December 2014) (PDF)
• News release announcing appointments to Task Force on the Protection of Children
• Executive Order 14-15 (PDF)
• News release announcing Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children
• 2012 Evaluation Report on Child Protection Screening (PDF), Office of the Legislative Auditor

Meeting announcements and other important information will be posted here on this page as they become available.

Three workgroups (PDF) have been created to advise the task force:

• Screening and Transparency
• Family Assessment/Adequacy of Resources
• Training and Supervision of Practice

• Meeting agenda for March 23, 2015, task force meeting (PDF)
• Meeting agenda for March 13, 2015, task force meeting (PDF)
• Meeting agenda for Feb. 27, 2015, task force meeting (PDF)
• Meeting agenda for Feb. 13, 2015, task force meeting (PDF)
• Meeting agenda for Jan. 30, 2015, task force meeting (PDF)
• Meeting agenda for Jan. 14, 2015, task force meeting (PDF)
• Meeting agenda for Jan. 8, 2015, task force meeting (PDF)
• Meeting agenda for Dec. 12, 2014, task force meeting (PDF)
• Meeting agenda for Dec. 4, 2014, task force meeting (PDF)
• Meeting agenda for Nov. 14, 2014, task force meeting (PDF)
• Meeting agenda for Nov. 5, 2014, task force meeting (PDF)
• Meeting agenda for Oct. 22, 2014, task force meeting (PDF)
• Meeting agenda for Oct. 13, 2014, task force meeting (PDF)

Reports

• Minnesota's Child Welfare Report 2013 (PDF) (October 2014)
• Making and Screening Reports of Child Abuse and Neglect (PDF), Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Child Welfare Outcomes 2009-2012, Report to Congress, Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Presentations

• Human Services Performance Management System (PDF)
• University of Minnesota Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (PDF)
• All Minnesota Public and Tribal IVE hires and social work degree significance (PDF)
• Stearns County/St. Cloud presentation on child maltreatment screening (PDF)
• Child Welfare Funding Presentation to Child Protection Task Force (PDF)
• African American Working Group on Child Protection testimony (PDF)
• Tribal Response to the Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children (PDF)
• Traumatic Stress in Children and Families, Dr. Abigail Gewirtz (PDF)

Links

• Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Child Welfare Outcomes Report data, Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• The Minnesota Department of Human Services website has a page with links to more information about child protection.

• Minnesota Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (PDF)
• St. Louis County supervisors (PDF)
• Response to recommendations from Ramsey County Children's Services Review Panel (PDF)
• Indian Child Welfare Act Advisory Council (PDF)
• AFSCME (PDF)
• Ramsey County Children's Services Review Panel (PDF)
• Ampersand Families (PDF)
• Minnesota Board of Social Work (PDF)
• Minnesota Society for Clinical Social Work (PDF)
• Minnesota School Social Workers Association (PDF)
• CASA Minnesota (PDF)
• Minnesota Communities Caring for Children (PDF)
• Child Protection Program at William Mitchell School of Law (PDF)
• Nurse-Family Partnership (PDF)
• Catholic Charities (PDF)
• Hennepin County Citizen Review Panel (PDF)
• Minnesota Ombudsperson for American Indian Families (PDF)