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Feedback and Compliance Portal
As required in Minnesota 260.694, the department is responsible for establishing and maintaining a Minnesota African-American Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act portal.
Currently, as part of the MAAFPACWDA implementation, this portal is currently being used to receive and respond to feedback and complaints related to eligible cases in Hennepin and Ramsey county only as part of the Phase In Program outlined in section 20 of MAAFPACWDA.
Beginning January 1, 2027, the portal will be open to receive feedback and complaint reports related to eligible cases in all Minnesota county social service agencies.
It will serve as a place where members of the public can ask general questions about the act as well as share concerns or complaints about potential noncompliance by county agencies with specific elements of the act.
Unit staff will monitor the portal daily and respond to all questions, concerns, and complaints that are submitted by the public to ensure compliance with the act.
Minnesota has a "state-supervised, county-administered" child welfare system, which means that the state provides varying levels of oversight, guidance, and support to counties, but counties do have some ability to make decisions specific to child welfare practice in their county within state policy. Due to this structure, neither the department nor the unit has legal authority to formally change the outcomes of county or court decisions.