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State Law Mandates Unit Duties
Intro
With the 2024 passing of the Minnesota African-American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act (MAAFPCWDA), the unit focuses the following duties:
- Assist with the development of African American cultural competency training and review child welfare curriculum in the Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy
- Provide technical assistance, including on-site technical assistance, and case consultation to responsible social services agencies to assist agencies with implementing and complying with the Minnesota African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act
- Monitor individual county and statewide disaggregated and nondisaggregated data to identify trends and patterns in child welfare outcomes
- Develop and implement a system for conducting case reviews when the commissioner receives reports of noncompliance with the Minnesota African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality
- Establish and administer a request for proposals process for African American and disproportionately represented family preservation grants
- Coordinate services and create internal and external partnerships, in collaboration with the African American Child Well-Being Advisory Council
- Develop public messaging and communication to inform the public about racial disparities in child welfare outcomes, current efforts and strategies to reduce racial disparities, and resources available to African American children and their families involved in the child welfare system.