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Targeted Case Review
As required by the Minnesota African-American Family Preservation and Child Welfare and Disproportionality Act, the unit conducts targeted case reviews to support compliance with the requirements of the act. This includes, but is not limited to, compliance:
- Efforts to Prevent Placement
- Safety Planning
- Engaging Non-Custodial Parents and Relatives Engagement
- Court documentation
- Ensuring frequent visitation
- Cultural competency training requirements
- Other child welfare policy requirements
Unit staff conduct consistent periodic reviews of county cases to ensure compliance with the requirements of the act, identify trends in patterns of practice, and identify opportunities for technical assistance to improve practice.
Cases are selected through a detailed, random sampling process and stratified to ensure fidelity and objectivity in the review results. The findings and results of his reviews are compiled into summary reports. These summary reports are shared internally with department staff, as well as with the African-American Child and Family Well-Being Advisory Council.