Bill > SF2778

This bill modifies provisions related to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) across multiple areas of child welfare and child protection. The bill makes comprehensive changes to policies involving foster care, child placement, reporting requirements, and support for children transitioning out of foster care. Key provisions include: establishing more detailed requirements for out-of-home placement plans, requiring agencies to inquire about children's heritage and cultural background, enhancing protections for African American children in the child welfare system, creating new reporting requirements for school attendance concerns, and adding new court review processes for children approaching and in extended foster care. The bill also adds provisions for court reviews prior to a child's 18th birthday, mandates the development of personalized transition plans for youth leaving foster care, and establishes more rigorous documentation and engagement requirements for social services agencies when working with children and families. These changes aim to improve child welfare outcomes, ensure more comprehensive support for children in the system, and promote more culturally responsive child welfare practices.

Health and Social Services, Justice

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF2778&ssn=0&y=2025