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This bill modifies reporting requirements and appropriations related to child welfare in Minnesota, with a primary focus on improving outcomes for African American children. The bill requires the commissioner of children, youth, and families to conduct annual case reviews of child welfare cases for African American and disproportionately represented children, including detailed data collection on various aspects of child welfare such as maltreatment reports, removals, reunifications, and permanency outcomes. Social services agencies must provide information and work with the commissioner to develop remediation plans when disproportionalities are identified. The African American Child Well-Being Advisory Council is now mandated to provide multiple reports, including an assessment of county capacity to implement child protection sections and a compilation of previous reports by 2030. The bill also includes significant financial appropriations: funding for additional child protection workers, $40 million for improvements to social services information technology systems, and grants for the Family First Prevention Services Act to prevent out-of-home placements. These changes aim to address systemic disparities in child welfare and improve support for African American children and families in the state's child protection system.

Health and Social Services

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF3300&ssn=0&y=2025