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• protection and child welfare.
• </c> to child protection and child welfare. to child protection and child welfare.
• welfare system and the child protection process.
• child welfare than most spends more on child welfare than most other<01:06:11.080><c> states.
• </c><01:13:06.720><c> welfare</c> The current state of our child welfare The current state of our child

Bills: HF3877, HF3714, HF3750, HF3024

Keywords: public authorities, dissolution cases, court system, child protection, legal notice, foster care, child welfare, enrollment priority, education programs, child care assistance, foster youth, extended foster care, bill of rights, out-of-home placement, Minnesota Statutes chapter 260C, social services agency, caseworker, permanency team, sibling visitation, relative contact

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• It is to repeal the ending date on the Indian Child Welfare Act. Posie.
• </c><00:01:16.560><c> Child</c><00:01:16.799><c> Welfare</c><00:01:17.280><c> Act.
• And uh, the Indian Child Welfare Act was set into law in 1978, and it addressed the placement of Indian
• Representative Posey. and it addressed the placement of Indian and it addressed the placement of Indian
• So just to make sure that I understand this correctly, in 1978 when the federal Indian Child Welfare

Bills: SF0058, SF0061, SF0095, SF0107

Keywords: Indian child welfare, tribal relations, sunset repeal, Wyoming law, child custody, sales tax, motor vehicle, family transfer, tax exemption, Wyoming legislation, driver's license, motor vehicle services, third-party providers, Wyoming, regulatory compliance, registration, license plate, electronic system, State Department of Transportation, county treasurers

Bills: SF0058, SF0061, SF0095, SF0107

Keywords: Indian child welfare, tribal relations, sunset repeal, Wyoming law, child custody, sales tax, motor vehicle, family transfer, tax exemption, Wyoming legislation, driver's license, motor vehicle services, third-party providers, Wyoming, regulatory compliance, registration, license plate, electronic system, State Department of Transportation, county treasurers

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• This is a very important bill for the welfare of our tribal nations. Thank you.
• Family Protection Act and the federal Indian Child Welfare Act.
• Child Welfare Act or the Indian Family Protection Act.
• CYFD's Office of Tribal Affairs is the department subject matter expert on Indian child welfare.
• The Office of Tribal Affairs is the department subject matter expert on Indian child welfare cases.

Bills: SB201, SB226, SB242, SB249

Keywords: rural libraries, education, cultural funding, library services, community resources, contaminated sites, environmental cleanup, uranium mining, state funding, abandoned sites, tribal affairs, Indian Child Welfare Act, appropriation, children, youth, compliance, field liaison, Indigenous rights, missing persons, law enforcement

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• Making an appropriation to the CYFD to improve computer hardware and software used in the child welfare
• cases, compatible with the national child welfare management system.
• So we're going with Senate Bill 301, Senator Pinto, foster parent caring for Indian child support. ..
• child... ...through CYFD and dealing with the Indian child.
• My name is Cueva Hubbard, and I'm a parent advocate with lived experience in the child welfare system

Bills: SB246, SB146, SB300, SB301, SB309, SM17

Keywords: massage therapy, licensure, health and safety standards, continuing education, establishment licensing, civil rights, sovereign immunity, damages, public body, lawsuit limitations, legal notice, child welfare, computing infrastructure, data management, Department of Health, appropriation, foster care, Indian children, cultural competency, training services

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• </c> the children and families and child the children and families and child wellness<00:02:41.280><c
• </c><00:31:15.760><c> That's</c> child. So then you get the truth. That's child.
• </c> young child. Um does that help? Yeah. young child. Um does that help? Yeah.
• </c> initiating a child protection response. initiating a child protection response.
• </c> This office is tasked with the responsibility of holding accountability within the child welfare

Bills: HF2362, HF2136, HF1316, HF2009, HF1918, HF1614

Keywords: youth intervention, funding, mental health, education, community programs, HF1316, child support, new hire reporting, centralized work reporting system, independent contractors, payors, employers, payor of funds, withholding orders, income withholding, child support enforcement, Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families, gig economy, rideshare drivers, delivery drivers

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• So, the first bill we have for our consideration in committee is Senate File 58, the Wyoming Indian Child
• Welfare Act Sunset Repeal.
• Zoning alone cannot control social and welfare issues that we deal with in this industry.
• says the welfare of the people<00:30:54.720><c> residing</c><00:30:55.200><c> in</c><00:30:55.360><c
• </c> governor would use his uh public welfare governor would use his uh public welfare emergencies<01

Bills: SF0045, SF0058, SF0067

Keywords: pari-mutuel wagering, simulcasting, historic horse racing, HHR terminals, horse racing, gaming commission, Wyoming Gaming Commission, local control, city approval, county approval, municipal approval, permit renewal, gaming permit, wagering regulation, racetrack, live pari-mutuel event, district court appeal, public notice, land use, public safety

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• The governor has already started an initiative, “A Home for Every Child.”
• Committee members, House Bill 3502 is the parental rights and child welfare bill.
• It ensures that no parent or prospective adoptive... ...Rights and Child Welfare Bill.
• be labeled abusive, neglectful, or disqualified from adoption simply for raising or referring to a child
• Highest rated child care providers.

Bills: HB3131, HB3380, HB3502, HB3552, HB3849, HB3886, HB3907, HB4201, HB4302, HB3448, HB3409, HB4095, HB3637

Keywords: homelessness, shelter standards, safety, accountability, state funding, local governance, regulation, Oklahoma Homeless Shelter Safety and Accountability Act, foster care, child welfare, Department of Human Services, educational opportunities, employment support, technology in child welfare, faith-based organizations, self-sufficiency, financial literacy, HB3502, Oklahoma, children's code

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• House Bill 3552 will give child care providers the flexibility to bridge the gap between subsidy reimbursement
• The governor has already started an initiative, a home for every child.
• Committee members, House Bill 3502 is the parental rights and child welfare bill.
• It ensures that no parent or prospective adoptive Rights and Child Welfare Bill.
• be labeled abusive, neglectful, or disqualified from adoption simply for raising or referring to a child

Bills: HB3131, HB3380, HB3502, HB3552, HB3849, HB3886, HB3907, HB4201, HB4302, HB3448, HB3409, HB4095, HB3637

Keywords: homelessness, shelter standards, safety, accountability, state funding, local governance, regulation, Oklahoma Homeless Shelter Safety and Accountability Act, foster care, child welfare, Department of Human Services, educational opportunities, employment support, technology in child welfare, faith-based organizations, self-sufficiency, financial literacy, HB3502, Oklahoma, children's code

Summary: The committee first considered House Bill 3552, which would let child care providers bridge the gap between subsidy reimbursement rates and tuition rates. An amendment was adopted unanimously to make the bill subject to approval by the Administration for Children and Families, with the author explaining it was intended to protect federal DHS funding. The bill then passed on a 4-1 vote. Members then heard several child welfare and human services measures. House Bill 3380, on foster care reform and DHS transparency, passed 5-0 after questions about how public input and scoring would be documented. House Bill 3502, the parental rights and child welfare bill, passed 4-1 after debate over whether the bill addressed a real problem and whether resources would be better spent recruiting foster parents. House Bill 3849, updating and broadening a mentoring program for children and youth, passed 5-0, and House Bill 3886, requiring Health Department personnel to remain on site after an immediate jeopardy finding at a nursing home until a removal plan is accepted, also passed 5-0. The committee also approved House Bill 3907, which would prohibit certain facilities serving vulnerable juveniles and adults from being staffed through temporary staffing agencies, on a 5-0 vote. House Bill 4201, changing master teacher requirements in licensed child care from license capacity to actual enrollment, passed unanimously after discussion of how staffing ratios would work in practice. House Bill 4302, as amended, passed unanimously after removing subpoena language and instead allowing the Office of Juvenile System Oversight to disclose a complainant’s identity to law enforcement when needed to protect safety. House Bill 3448, requiring umbrella insurance coverage for certain child care caregivers, and House Bill 3409, streamlining recertification for five-star child care providers, both passed unanimously. House Bill 4095, reauthorizing and clarifying the 211 collaborative as the state lead entity for hotline services, also passed 6-0. The most extensive debate came on House Bill 3131, which would establish statewide baseline standards for transparency, public safety, and health safety in homeless shelters and create an advisory board. Members raised concerns about local control, rural county burdens, agency workload, and whether the bill duplicated existing requirements, while the author said he was open to further changes, including strike title and possible population-based exceptions. Despite objections, the bill advanced to the Oversight Committee on a 4-3 vote. Before adjournment, the chair said the committee would begin a deeper review of OCCY multidisciplinary teams and CAC child advocacy groups in upcoming meetings.

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• Article three is a child welfare section.
• Article three is a child<00:02:57.200><c> welfare</c><00:02:57.920><c> uh</c><00:02:58.080><c> section
• So there are child welfare uh section.
• is required for all children and all families in any kind of child welfare setting and matter.
• in any kind of child and all families in any kind of child welfare<00:03:22.560><c> setting</c><00:03

Bills: HF1918, HF2305, HF897, HF2191, HF2617, HF2551, HF2137

Keywords: HF1918, Department of Children Youth and Families, DCYF, child welfare, foster care, out-of-home placement, permanency planning, relative search, noncustodial parent, kinship care, family preservation, African American Child and Family Well-Being, racial disproportionality, maltreatment reporting, educational neglect, truancy, school attendance, Great Start compensation, child care provider payments, TEACH early childhood program

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• In the event of a near-fatality of a child who was in the care of or receiving child welfare services
• In the event of a near-fatality of a child who was in the care of or receiving child welfare services
• If the child was in the care of or receiving child welfare services within three months preceding the
• If the child was in the care of or receiving child welfare services within three months preceding the
• It's about learning from those serious incidents and strengthening, of course, our child welfare system

Bills: SB5977, SB6184, SB5681, SB5917, SB5942, SB6024, SB6036, SB6080, SB6085

Keywords: child safety, near fatalities, public reporting, child welfare, transparency, homeless youth, youth services, mental health, support programs, state law, employment services, community inclusion, age limitations, disability services, home and community living, abortion medications, reproductive health, mifepristone, misoprostol, abortion access

Summary: The Senate Human Services Committee held public hearings on two bills before moving into executive session on several measures. SB 5977, sponsored by Sen. Nikki Torres, would require DCYF to publish near-fatality review reports within 180 days and post them publicly, with confidential information redacted; the sponsor said the goal was transparency, accountability, and child protection. No one testified on the bill. SB 6184, the Office of Homeless Youth request bill sponsored by the chair, would modernize and clarify OHY statutes, including allowing crisis residential centers to withhold immediate parental notification for compelling reasons such as protected health care, renaming and making permanent the H-Sync program, expanding youth housing eligibility and uses of funds, and updating terminology; OHY, advocates, school-based support providers, and a youth testifier all spoke in support, emphasizing flexibility, respectful language, and better support for unhoused youth. In executive session, the committee adopted the proposed substitute for SB 5681 and sent it to Ways and Means after rejecting an amendment that would have lowered the age for developmental disability services. For SB 5917, dealing with Department of Corrections distribution of abortion medication, the committee adopted one amendment to prioritize Indian health care providers and urban Indian health organizations, rejected numerous other amendments, and advanced the bill as amended to Rules. The committee also rejected all proposed amendments to SB 5942 except one technical amendment renaming the DCYF Oversight Board as the DCYF Accountability Board and keeping it in the governor’s office; the bill then passed to Rules. SB 6024, which would avoid duplicative audits for community residential providers, passed without amendment. The committee adopted a technical amendment to SB 6036, allowing certain former foster care licensees to be exempt from adult family home licensing when caring for an aging-out foster youth, and sent it to Rules. For SB 6085, the committee adopted an amendment restoring law library funding from the institutional welfare account, rejected several transparency and spending restrictions, and advanced the bill to Ways and Means. Across the executive session, most other amendments offered by Sen. Christian were rejected, and the committee repeatedly voted to move the bills forward despite his objections; the final actions were to advance the measures as amended or in proposed substitute form, with the bills passing subject to signatures.

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• Quality child care is even harder to find. Simply put, the child care sector...
• child care centers, and tribally licensed child care.
• the child care shortage.
• :04:13.760><c> in</c> doesn't choose to have our child in doesn't choose to have our child in child<01
• afford child care ourselves.

Bills: HF2582, HF2266, HF2518, HF2039, HF1941

Keywords: child care, grants, appropriation, workforce development, families, YWCA Minneapolis, job training, child development, economic assistance, WomenVenture, economic development, entrepreneurship, women entrepreneurs, business training, financial support, youth programs, funding, employment, Minnesota, American Indian

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• protection or child welfare system.
• House File 4174 moves towards a prevention-focused child welfare system that Minnesota families deserve
• It helps move the child welfare system to a more proactive rather than simply reactive system.
• </c> moves towards a prevention-focused child moves towards a prevention-focused child welfare<01:35:
• the child welfare system to a helps move the child welfare system to a more<01:35:31.200><c> proactive

Bills: HF2136, HF4195, HF4548, HF4432, HF4174, HF3024, HF4389, HF3773

Keywords: youth intervention, grants, community support, early intervention services, nonprofit, Minnesota human services, forecast adjustment, budget forecast, appropriations, Medical Assistance, MinnesotaCare, Health Care Access Fund, general fund, behavioral health, housing support, General Assistance, Minnesota Supplemental Aid, MFIP, DWP, child care assistance

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• We all heard about the tragedy of Emily Pike, who was a tribal child in tribal CPS, which is separate
• So when a tribal child goes into a DCS home, DCS does not have any idea what has happened to the child
• The people in the group home and in DCS are aware of what has happened to that child and what services
• I am the chief legislative liaison with DCS, also known as the Department of Child Safety.
• I am the chief legislative liaison with DCS, also known as the Department of Child Safety.

Bills: SB1113, SB1115, SB1122, SB1123, SB1125, SB1165, SB1188, SB1193, SB1243, SB1318, SB1477

Keywords: mental health, involuntary evaluation, service of process, court-ordered treatment, evaluation agencies, AHCCCS, remote work, state agency, employment, public health, healthcare, behavioral health, prior authorization, American Indian health program, medicaid, medical examiner, death investigation, body disposal, autopsy, veteran burial

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• We work closely with a number of frontline professionals in the child welfare system.
• We work closely with a number of frontline professionals in the child welfare system.
• Fortunately, the Child Welfare Training Academy has been open to feedback, to build on their openness
• We work closely with a number of frontline professionals in the child welfare system.
• </c><00:11:03.519><c> Welfare</c> believe fortunately the Child Welfare believe fortunately the Child

Bills: HF1346, HF1169, HF1276

Keywords: mandatory reporting, training requirements, child maltreatment, abuse detection, local welfare agency, child protection, child welfare, paperwork reduction, social services information system, SSIS, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, foster care, children in placement, county social services, Tribal governments, private child placing agencies, case management, administrative burden, information technology, human services

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• "SSIS is the information system used at counties and at three American Indian Child Welfare Initiative
• "SSIS is the information system used at counties and at three American Indian Child Welfare Initiative
• "SSIS is the information system used at counties and at three American Indian Child Welfare Initiative
• Indian Child Welfare Act and Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act.
• The Indian Child Welfare Act and the Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act outlined that children

Bills: HF1346, HF1169, HF1276

Keywords: mandatory reporting, training requirements, child maltreatment, abuse detection, local welfare agency, child protection, child welfare, paperwork reduction, social services information system, SSIS, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, foster care, children in placement, county social services, Tribal governments, private child placing agencies, case management, administrative burden, information technology, human services

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• Individuals who are being investigated for potential child abuse or accessing or creating child pornography
• with free or subsidized child care.
• who regularly care for children or are essential to a licensed child care or family child care center
• The issue that really brought me here was child care, and just knowing that our child care industry needs
• I wasn't expecting child abuse to be such a huge issue, especially child abuse.

Bills: HF2436

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras

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• On line 848 is the Child Welfare IT Modernization Project. This is the SSIS project.
• To cancel funding for the American Indian Child Welfare Initiative as the Mille Lacs tribe no longer
• This is Child Protection and Welfare Finance, starting on page 51 of the DE.
• heritage through child welfare or child protection cases.
• Inclusion of flexibility in how we manage our Indian child welfare grants to better support our tribal

Bills: HF2436

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras

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• So I would appreciate support. the way that child support uh colas are the way that child support uh
• abuse or accessing or creating child pornography specifically should not be working in child care centers
• care workers with free or our child care workers with free or subsidized<00:36:30.240><c> child</c><
• I wasn't expecting child abuse to be such a huge issue, and especially child abuse in child care centers
• That is a real abuse to the child.

Bills: HF2436

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras, 1183, house

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• On line 864 is the governor's recommendation to cancel funding for the American Indian Child Welfare
• On line 864 is the governor's recommendation to cancel funding for the American Indian Child Welfare
• Indian Child Welfare Initiative American Indian Child Welfare Initiative as<00:07:07.840><c> the</c>
• Inclusion of flexibility in how we manage our Indian child welfare grants to better support our tribal
• Inclusion of flexibility in how we manage our Indian child welfare grants to better support our tribal

Bills: HF2436

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras, 1183, house