Video & Transcript Research : 'DCYF'
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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Executive Departments and Administration (02/19/2025)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- of the committee is really about physical causes of death, and when I saw the Division for Youth, DCYF
- DCYF and DOC on there, I was thinking more behavioral or environmental kinds of things, but with redacted
- The addition of a representative from DCYF and Corrections would help us get a fuller picture of challenges
- The addition of a representative from DCYF and Corrections would help us get a fuller picture of challenges
- The addition of a representative from DCYF and Corrections would help us get a fuller picture of challenges
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 5/11/26 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- followed by the February forecast, because these programs under Medicaid and some few programs under the DCYF
- If you look even at the DCYF MIP, another program, there are savings in there because most of these are
- Likewise also for the DCYF, which is also reflected there, which is, you can see, there's a saving there
Summary:
The House began with a point of personal privilege honoring Master Sergeant Nicole M. Amimer of White Bear Lake, including a House resolution recognizing her military service and sacrifice and a moment of silence. Members then took up House File 4987, which would rename a highway in White Bear Lake as the Master Sergeant Nicole M. Amimer Memorial Highway. The motion to suspend rules and advance the bill prevailed, and the bill later passed 126-0 after supportive remarks from Representatives Olsen and Curran about honoring Amimer and her family.
The chamber then considered Senate File 476, the human services policy bill. Representative Noor described it as a broad package covering direct care and treatment, Department of Health policy, aging and disability services, behavioral health, vulnerable adult maltreatment, continuity of care, and miscellaneous policy changes. Representative Schumacher said the bill reflected stakeholder work and added guardrails, especially around fraud and provider processes. Several amendments were offered and adopted, including a technical A13 amendment; an A8 amendment was withdrawn; and an A1 amendment on individualized home supports was also withdrawn. The bill passed 93-39.
Finally, the House took up House File 4546, the forecast adjustment bill for the Department of Human Services and the Department of Children, Youth, and Families. Representative Noor said it was a routine biennial adjustment to align spending with the February forecast. Representative Johnson W offered an amendment on foster family information-sharing but withdrew it after concluding it was not germane. Debate focused heavily on the size of the forecast increases, especially in medical assistance and housing supports, with Representative Schultz arguing the bill reflected large cost growth and urging a no vote. Noor responded that the increases were driven by forecasted utilization, eligibility, rate changes, and program integrity changes. The bill passed as amended 93-39.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Legislative Administration (01/23/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- We are administratively attached to DCYF because we are an independent oversight agency. you so much
- <04:38:56.480>
which agency so originally that was dcyf which agency so originally that was - dcyf which is<04:38:56.799>
child <04:38:57.119>protection <04:38:57.639>Juvenile <04:41:09.320>- I was a DCYF attorney prosecuting child abuse.
attorney that area I was a dcyf attorney that area I was a dcyf attorney Prosecuting
Summary:
The meeting was an introductory organizational session for the House Legislative Administration Committee. Chair Greg Hill and Vice Chair Vanessa Sheen welcomed members, introduced the new clerk and committee staff, and described the committee as generally nonpartisan and focused on bills on their merits. They also noted that many bills are handled on a consent calendar after discussion, and that the committee often works closely with staff, House counsel, and the House clerk on procedural matters.
A substantial portion of the meeting focused on committee operations and expectations: how committee reports should be prepared and submitted, the use of electronic submissions, scheduling hearings, and the need for clear bill placards at the witness table for livestream viewers. Members discussed the committee’s calendar, including a proposed conflict with the governor’s budget address, and ultimately settled on moving the remaining hearings to February 19. The chair also emphasized advance notice for absences or amendments, and said executive sessions can be scheduled as time allows under current rules.
House Clerk Paul Smith testified about his role as a nonpartisan officer and said he would be providing informational testimony on a bill affecting a law he sponsored years ago, as well as on a forthcoming PSLF-related bill for legislators. He also spoke about legislative customs, precedents, and the value of parliamentary procedure. The chair concluded with guidance on decorum: arrive on time, avoid interruptions during testimony, keep food out of the room, use electronic devices discreetly, and route questions through the chair for clarification rather than debate.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 02/11/25
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- maybe it looks like three current official inspector generals: Department of Human Services, I think DCYF
- maybe it looks like three current official inspector generals: Department of Human Services, I think DCYF
- maybe it looks like three current official inspector generals: Department of Human Services, I think DCYF
- maybe it looks like three current official inspector generals: Department of Human Services, I think DCYF
- Official inspector generals: Department of Human Services, I think DCYF is creating a new one, the DOC
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/26/26
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- The youth intervention program grant administrator and DCYF have worked together to address issues
- grant youth intervention program um grant administrator<00:30:18.280>
and <00:30:18.560>DCYF - <00:30:19.240>
have <00:30:19.400>worked administrator and DCYF have worked administrator - and DCYF have worked together<00:30:20.760>
um <00:30:21.080>to <00:30:21.880>um
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/05/26
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- discussions about what could we do short-term to set up some key things that they could, that MN and DHS and DCYF
- MN<01:25:38.480>
and <01:25:39.440>DHS <01:25:40.040>and <01:25:40.280>DCYF - that they could that MN and DHS and DCYF that they could that MN and DHS and DCYF could<01:25:41.120
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Interagency Council on Student Attendance created 3/4/26
Transcript Highlights:
- Next, I'd encourage you to look at a recent study done by MDE and DCYF on kindergarten absenteeism included
- I appreciate the author's amendment to shift the housing of this council from DCYF to MDE.
Summary:
The committee heard House File 3585, as amended, which would create an interagency council on student attendance and re-refer the bill to education finance. Representative Keeler moved the bill and an A1 amendment that corrected the council’s placement from the Department of Children, Youth, and Families to the Department of Education; the amendment was adopted. Keeler and Representative Bakeberg described the bill as the product of several years of bipartisan work on chronic absenteeism and truancy, emphasizing that attendance problems involve multiple systems and require ongoing coordination rather than a single-agency response.
Testimony was strongly supportive. Matt Shaver of Allies cited statewide chronic absenteeism data and argued that schools cannot solve the problem alone because root causes such as housing, transportation, health, and economic instability lie outside school control. Assistant Commissioner Angela Mansfield of MDE said the task force and pilot districts showed coordination gaps and supported the council, while also noting MDE’s Compass staff would need permanent funding to carry out the work. Ashley High Totower of Hennepin County’s BEET program said attendance is a public health, child welfare, transportation, housing, and economic issue, and Kenneth Avon of the Minneapolis Foundation said absenteeism is an ecological problem requiring cross-sector coordination.
Student witnesses also supported the bill but urged stronger youth representation. Henry Brick of Catalyst for Systems Change said students understand the causes of absenteeism best and proposed expanding student seats on the council from one to five. Ava Northrup of the Minnesota Youth Council said youth voices should be more than symbolic and suggested two youth representatives, one from the metro and one from greater Minnesota, plus additional youth task forces or panels. In member discussion, Representative Lawrence questioned whether the council duplicated existing MDE work, asked who would coordinate the group, and raised the lack of a sunset; Keeler and Bakeberg said the Department of Education would coordinate and that a sunset could be considered later. Other members asked about fiscal impact, and the chair said a fiscal note had been requested and the bill would move on to education finance.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Conference Committee on H.F. 4252 - Omnibus Higher Education Finance and Policy - 05/14/26
Transcript Highlights:
- So bringing in new agencies to partner, DCYF, bringing in the leadership of the Minnesota P20 Partnership
- So bringing in new agencies to partner, DCYF, bringing in the leadership of the Minnesota P20 Partnership
- So bringing in new agencies to partner, DCYF, bringing in the leadership of the Minnesota P20 Partnership
- <00:29:07.919>
to <00:29:08.399>partner <00:29:09.120>uh <00:29:09.200>DCYF - In new agencies to partner, DCYF, bringing in the leadership of the Minnesota P20 Partnership, looking
Summary:
The conference committee received a nonpartisan walkthrough of the House and Senate side-by-side for higher education-related legislation, with staff identifying Senate-only, House-only, identical, and technical-difference provisions. Topics included paid blood donation leave for Minnesota State employees, a revised higher education attainment goal, athletic fee restrictions, developmental course disclosures, American Indian Scholars Program eligibility, protections and definitions for pregnant and parenting students, online program management contracts, student aid reporting, work-study and dual training grants, private and out-of-state postsecondary education regulation, private career school licensing and data privacy, college savings plan changes, and several University of Minnesota-related provisions. House-only items also included an unemployment insurance aid adjustment, a $1.5 million ongoing appropriation for an identity verification system to combat enrollment fraud, and $5,000 for Bemidji State University reforestation; Senate-only items included Board of Regents appointment language, limits on for-profit control of medical school curriculum, and reporting on for-profit funding in medical education.
After the walkthrough, the committee moved to adopt the same and similar provisions and direct staff to make technical corrections. A senator asked about proposed adjustments to the pregnant and parenting student language, and the chair said amendments would be considered after adopting the same and similar provisions. The motion to adopt prevailed.
During public testimony, Sydney Spre of the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees supported the Senate’s paid blood donation leave language, saying it would create parity for Minnesota State employees and encourage blood and plasma donation. Commissioner Dennis Olsen of the Office of Higher Education thanked the committee for adopting most of the agency’s proposed language and said he was available to help clarify remaining differences. In response to questions, he explained the Senate’s higher education attainment goal proposal, saying it would extend and broaden the existing goal, raise the target from 70% to 75%, expand the age range, and use additional metrics and partner agencies; he also said the overall attainment rate had been 63.5 under the prior goal. The transcript ends as the commissioner was being asked whether the proposal would require additional appropriations.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/10/26
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, DHS and the other agencies such as DCYF are still able to use their own authorities. Thank you.
- Um, DHS and the other agencies such as DCYF are still able to use their own authorities.
- Um, DHS and the other agencies such as DCYF are still able to use their own authorities.
- Um, DHS and the other agencies such as DCYF are still able to use their own authorities.
- Um, DHS and the other agencies such as DCYF are still able to use their own authorities.
Keywords:
medical assistance, fraud prevention, subpoena authority, criminal penalties, consumer protection, fraud, payment withholding, withheld payments, program integrity, public funds, state agency, program participant, credible allegation of fraud, administrative reconsideration, contested case, chapter 14, data practices, confidential data, protected nonpublic data, anti-fraud
Summary:
The committee approved the minutes from March 5 by voice vote and welcomed new member Representative Van Binsbergen. It then took up House File 2354, which Chair Liebling moved to re-refer to the Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee. Representative Norris presented the bill as an updated version of the Medical Assistance Protection Act, aimed at strengthening the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, closing loopholes, equalizing fraud penalties, and increasing penalties for large-scale Medicaid fraud. Attorney General Ellison said the bill would add 18 specialized staff to the unit, moving it from 32 to 50 positions, and argued the federal-state matching structure makes the Attorney General’s office the proper home for the funding because the unit is dedicated to Medicaid fraud work.
Nick Wonka, director of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, explained the bill’s provisions affecting committee jurisdiction: expanded subpoena authority to obtain financial account contents in provider-fraud investigations, conforming legal representation language to preserve the unit’s authority, venue changes to allow charging in counties where parts of the offense occurred, and a restitution change to let courts order restitution for related conduct in the same scheme. He said the subpoena change would speed investigations and align the Attorney General’s authority with other agencies, and that the restitution change would help recover more fraudulently obtained Medicaid funds.
No public testimony was offered. Members questioned why the funding should go to the Attorney General’s office rather than the BCA, whether the new records authority was federally required, how the venue language would work across state lines, and whether the added FTEs indicated the fraud problem was larger than expected. Ellison and Wonka responded that the federal grant requires the work to stay within the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, that the unit’s investigators are specialized and work with, but separate from, law enforcement, and that the venue provision applies only within Minnesota while out-of-state matters would be referred to the appropriate authorities. The amendment that had been posted was withdrawn and not offered.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- language that was originally proposed, moving a program overseen or allocated to Reading Corps over to DCYF
- So we're doing a no-cost transfer of that oversight authority back to MDE from DCYF. allow for the grantees
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uh allocated to reading core over to uh allocated to reading core over to uh DCYF - 49.200>
agreed <00:57:49.520>that <00:57:49.680>the <00:57:49.839>program DCYF - Um it was agreed that the program DCYF.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (02/07/2025)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- But if you're my 5-year-old son and DCYF comes out and somehow it gets kicked under the carpet, kids
- comes out and my 5-year-old Son DC dcyf comes out and somehow<04:33:43.561>
it <04:33:43.639>< - like our current statute requires dcyf like our current statute requires dcyf to<04:39:20.439>
- It's 1172 point 2, second-to-last page in the handout you just gave us. our local dcyf as well and our
- on call our local dcyf as well and our on call provider<04:55:46.400>
is <04:55:46.558>a
NH
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Children and Family Law (05/13/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- person that's come in here and complained, whether it be the special committee, special committee on DCYF
- person that's come in here and complained, whether it be the special committee, special committee on DCYF
- person that's come in here and complained, whether it be the special committee, special committee on DCYF
Summary:
The Family Court Subcommittee of the Children and Family Law Committee convened under Chairman Mark Pearson to continue work begun by the prior special committee on the family division of circuit court. Pearson emphasized a collaborative, consensus-based approach with the judiciary and said the subcommittee would build on earlier “low-hanging fruit” reforms while tracking how prior changes are actually working. He also explained that the subcommittee would likely form smaller working groups, with informal meetings allowed so long as they stayed within open-meeting limits.
The main policy focus was House Bill 652, which was retained by the committee, along with broader questions about what additional changes family court should make. Members divided the work into two broad areas: pre-trial and trial issues. Pre-trial topics included alternative dispute resolution, mediation training and supervision, counseling/therapy for litigants with issues such as PTSD, and improving materials for pro se litigants, including New Hampshire Bar forms and instructions. The committee also discussed whether to use input from prior testimony, former litigants, other states, and legislative researchers, and whether some of the work should be assigned to two-person subgroups to allow flexible research and outreach.
For trial-related issues, members identified additional training for family court judges, whether judges should be dedicated solely to family court, and how to handle the overlap between civil and criminal matters, especially domestic violence and divorce cases. Representative Raymond raised concerns about courtroom recordings and whether judges’ behavior and record preservation were adequate; Aaron Kan of the court system responded that circuit court recording practices and staffing had not changed, that circuit court lacks the court monitors used in superior court, and that resource limits prevent similar staffing. Raymond also raised the cost of obtaining trial transcripts for pro se litigants; Kan explained that transcripts are produced by private vendors because the court system no longer employs court reporters, and that the fees reflect that outsourced service rather than a court-imposed markup. No votes were taken, and the meeting ended with plans to continue gathering information and assigning subtopics for further study.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- He asked whether this is something HHS or DCYF is supposed to be in charge of, and referenced sending
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HHS dealing with is it something that HHS dealing with is it something that HHS DCYF - 00:12:33.040>
in <00:12:33.200>charge <00:12:33.440>of <00:12:33.760>is DCYF - is supposed to be in charge of is DCYF is supposed to be in charge of is this<00:12:34.320>
sending
NH
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- <01:43:19.920>
that <01:43:20.560>and <01:43:20.840>then <01:43:21.840>DCYF - <01:43:22.800>
has <01:43:22.960>to that drives that and then DCYF has to that drives - that and then DCYF has to get<01:43:23.280>
involved <01:43:24.000>and <01:43:24.320>- I brought this forward as a concern for... that is the role of a DCYF worker is to that is the role of
- a DCYF worker is to assess<01:46:52.320>
the <01:46:52.560>family <01:46:52.880>is<
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- at home but failing to educate them, it cannot be used as the sole reason for reporting neglect to DCYF
- at home but failing to educate them, it cannot be used as the sole reason for reporting neglect to DCYF
- at home but failing to educate them, it cannot be used as the sole reason for reporting neglect to DCYF
- at home but failing to educate them, it cannot be used as the sole reason for reporting neglect to DCYF
- at home but failing to educate them, it cannot be used as the sole reason for reporting neglect to DCYF
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division III (02/19/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- > licensed you do correct foster care is licensed you do correct foster care is licensed under dcyf
- <03:19:02.560>
representative dcyf representative dcyf representative priest<03:19:04.920> - That includes our child support attorneys and all of our DCYF attorneys as well.
- /c><03:58:45.880>
and <03:58:46.000>child <03:58:46.239>support certainly our dcyf - um we have um in public health we dcyf um we have um in public health we have<04:30:08.199>
the
Summary:
House Finance Division III convened a work session on the DHHS budget, with the chair noting there would be no votes and that the committee would spend the day hearing from the commissioner’s office. Nathan White, DHHS Chief Financial Officer, opened with the Division of Finance/Office of Business Operations, explaining that the unit supports the department through daily financial management, AP/AR, audit work, expense projections, transfers, and procurement functions such as contracts, amendments, RFPs/RFAs, and grants management. He also described the division’s revenue and reporting work, including federal draws, CMS-64 reporting, and the public assistance cost allocation plan, and said the department had centralized rate-setting work and a small team handling Medicaid rate analysis and nursing facility rebase work.
Members asked about vacancies, turnover, and budget changes. White said the division had 18 positions unfunded in the governor’s budget, reducing personal services from about $10.8 million to $9.9 million, and estimated the division’s vacancy rate at about 11 percent, below the department average. He said turnover was relatively low, with one retirement at the manager level and higher turnover mainly at lower AP-level positions. He also explained that some budget lines reflected reallocations rather than new spending, including fringe benefits centralized elsewhere and an EBT card contract moved into this unit because the staff member overseeing it works in Finance. When asked about a rent/lease increase, he said it was due to higher copier leasing costs under a statewide DAS contract.
White highlighted several management and technology improvements. He said a business intelligence tool procured in 2022, using Salesforce and Excel-based data, helped DHHS better track federal revenue and maintenance-of-effort spending, reducing FY24 General Fund lapse by about 70 percent and federal/other revenue lapse by 88 percent compared with FY23; he warned that the tool is not funded in the current budget. He also described Lean Six Sigma efforts in the contracts team, training for vendors and nonprofits on procurement and indirect cost rules, and a Finance Academy to standardize policies and procedures. On the contracts side, he said the department uses Smartsheet for project management and DocuSign for electronic signatures, which cut contract execution time dramatically, but noted DocuSign is also not funded in the governor’s budget. The session ended as the committee prepared to move on to the Employee Assistance Program presentation.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (04/17/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- of DCYF.
- CASA stands for a court-appointed special advocate for children who are in the legal custody of DCYF.
- ><00:50:05.359>
legal <00:50:05.680>custody <00:50:06.000>of <00:50:06.599>DCYF - <00:50:07.680>
Um <00:50:08.079>so uh in the legal custody of DCYF. - Um so uh in the legal custody of DCYF.
Summary:
The committee heard Senate Bill 254, which Senator David Roford described as a technical correction to controlled substance inventory law for pharmacies. He said the bill would remove outdated language requiring inventories to be done in an odd-numbered year, while keeping the existing requirement that pharmacies conduct a full controlled substance inventory every two years in line with federal law. Members asked several clarifying questions about whether the requirement is pharmacy-by-pharmacy, whether new pharmacies would be affected, and whether the change would alter scope or compliance; the sponsor and a representative of the New Hampshire Pharmacist Association said it would not, and that it mainly provides clarity for pharmacies and inspectors. The public hearing on SB 254 was then closed, and the committee also heard support from a representative of the pharmacist community, who said the association supports the bill.
The committee then discussed a non-germane amendment to SB 254 dealing with FBI background checks for educational surrogate parents under the Department of Education. Representative Leyon explained that the amendment was requested by the Department of Education after the FBI rejected prior statutory language, and that the goal was to allow people serving as educational surrogate parents to complete FBI fingerprint-based background checks so they can perform their duties. Department of Education and Department of Safety staff testified that the amendment mirrors language that has worked in other education-related background check statutes, including provisions with specific disqualifying offenses tied to child safety, and that the FBI requires precise statutory language and direct transmission of records through the Department of Safety. Members questioned why the FBI’s approval was needed, whether individuals could simply provide their own records, and whether changing federal leadership could require future changes; witnesses said the state needs both state and national records, that records must come directly from the FBI through the Department of Safety, and that the language is intended to satisfy current federal requirements.
During the discussion, some members expressed skepticism about the need for the amendment and about placing it on a bill about controlled substance inventories, but no vote was taken during the portion of the transcript provided. The committee also briefly discussed a separate bill on physician assistants/physician associates, with members noting that the proposed name change would not alter scope of practice and that some outside groups had raised concerns about transparency, but that discussion was interrupted and not concluded in the excerpt.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 5/5/26
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- As you know, and as has been portrayed, DCYF claimed that they investigated the daycares that you reported
- It’s a market-leading tool called Boommy, and DCYF, which is the owner of Maxis, is now testing the connection
- leading tool called uh called Boommy<01:39:49.920>
and <01:39:50.400>uh <01:39:50.639>DCYF - > is<01:39:51.920>
the <01:39:52.080>owner <01:39:52.400>of Boommy and uh DCYF - which is the owner of Boommy and uh DCYF which is the owner of Maxis<01:39:53.840>
uh <01:39:53.920
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - Part 1 - 03/17/26
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- for all individuals who receive SNAP and includes language based on technical assistance we got from DCYF
- and it adds accountability requiring that when a young person is terminated from foster care that DCYF
- from foster a young person is terminated from foster care<01:59:08.080>
that <01:59:08.280>DCYF - <01:59:08.960>
commissioner <01:59:09.480>also care that DCYF commissioner also care - that DCYF commissioner also receives<01:59:10.240>
a <01:59:10.280>notification.