A group of Minnesota parents are seeking for some of the state's child protection laws to be declared unconstitutional, alleging they deprive families of due process.
Recommendations on improving the state's child protection system seem to be making a difference in getting kids out of abusive homes. But, it comes with another problem...more out-of-home placements.
A Hennepin County committee has given preliminary approval to adding nearly 100 more child protection workers. The county's Health and Human Services Committee approved the proposal Tuesday. It goes before the full county board next month.
A state report says Pope County child protection workers broke the law and missed numerous chances to intervene before a 4-year-old boy was killed by his stepmother in 2013.
A group of Minnesota lawmakers wants to change a state child protection system they say has strayed from always putting kids' safety first.A group of Minnesota lawmakers wants to change a state child protection system they say has strayed from always putting kids' safety first.