Welcome to our podcast. This episode will take a closer look at this week’s child welfare blog post, focused on why public policy goals should be set through democratic processes, not by private foundations, such as in 2011 when Casey Family Programs unilaterally established a national goal to safely reduce the number of children in foster care by 50%. Since then they have spent $193.1 million to promote this and their related objectives, including $5.3 million in Minnesota. How do we know when foster care can be avoided safely, and is 50% the right number? Join us for this important discussion on foster care and public policy decision-making. Please call in or comment with your thoughts or questions.
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This week we held our annual fall fundraising event, this year a virtual gathering. View the presentation and find out more here: https://safepassageforchildren.org/events/fall-fundraiser-virtual-gathering-2021/
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