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UC Berkeley’s School of Social Welfare

Kinship care has become more common in Minnesota, while child maltreatment rates seem to have stayed the same.

5/27/2021

Minnesota Foster Children Are No Less Safe in Kinship Homes, and Benefits Abound

Colleen Connolly

Despite the high-profile death of a Minnesota toddler placed with family friend, research shows kinship care placements are generally safe for children, and can minimize their trauma.

3/26/2015

Widening Door on Extended Foster Care for Probation Youth

Guest Writer

In October 2014, The Imprint published a story that showed how probation-involved foster youth were being denied extended-care benefits because of an arbitrary rule that basically said if they were locked up on their 18th birthday, they were locked out of foster care.

3/16/2015

Study Suggests Emotional Abuse is as Damaging as Physical and Sexual Abuse

Yanthy Yahya

By Sara Oon “I wish you were never born.” Such a simple phrase, yet capable of causing deeper, long-lasting scars in children than bruises and broken bones, according to a study published in January.

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