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Deputy Minority Leader
* 329 State Office Building
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55155
651-296-5158
E-mail:
<email obscured>
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Legislative Assistant:
Connor McNutt 651-296-5507
Committee Assignments:
Education Finance
( http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cmte/Home/?comm=90006)
Health and Human Services Reform
( http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cmte/Home/?comm=90013)
Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance
( http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cmte/Home/?comm=90017)
Biographical Information:
Home: St. Paul 55104;
Occupation: Director of Parent Leadership
Business: St. Paul, 55104
Education: B.S., early childhood education, Southern Illinois
University
Born: 4/13
Elected: 2010
Term: 4th
Family: 7 children
* Prefers interim mail at this address.
Rep. Rena Moran (65A) - Legislative Update
Dear Neighbors,
Work continues at the Capitol. I am sharing this Pioneer Press article
(
http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/pressrelease.asp?pressid=19873&party=1&memid=15356)
on the press conference I held this week to introduce my bill, the
Minnesota African American Family Preservation Act (HF 3973
(
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF3973&ssn=0&y=2017)
). This is important legislation that will reduce the racial disparities
in Minnesota’s child protection system. I am grateful for the families
that came to educate the press and raise awareness of this issue. You
can read the article below.
Together, we are stronger!
Sincerely,
Rena Moran
Deputy Minority Leader
State Representative – District 65A
Black children disproportionately removed from their families; state
lawmakers seek fix
By CHRISTOPHER MAGAN | <email obscured> | Pioneer Press
PUBLISHED: April 10, 2018 at 4:16 pm | UPDATED: April 11, 2018 at 7:54
pm
DeClara Tripp, a Ramsey County mother, discusses what she called the
unfair removal of one of her children from her custody during a news
conference Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at the state Capitol in St. Paul in
support of legislation that would create new oversight of child
protective services and new protections for black families who are
disproportionately in the system. (Christopher Magan / Pioneer Press)
Black children in Minnesota are three times more likely to become
involved with child protection and be removed from their homes than
white children.
A group of state lawmakers say those disparities are caused by
widespread inequity across Minnesota’s child-protection system that
includes how initial allegations are reviewed, how parents are screened
and assessed and how incidents are resolved.
Native American families and children face an even larger disparity.
To combat these inequities, Rep. Rena Moran, DFL-St. Paul, and Sen.
Jeff Hayden, DFL-Minneapolis, are proposing the Minnesota African
American Family Preservation Act
(
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3973&version=latest&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)
to improve oversight of child-protection systems and to provide better
outcomes for black children and families who go through the system.
“Racial disparities in the child welfare system must be viewed as a
call to action from all of us, regardless of race,” Moran said at a
Tuesday news conference.
WHY IS IT NEEDED?
Moran and Hayden say state data show that black families are
significantly more likely to become involved with child protection.
For instance:
Black parents are three times more likely to have their children
reported for child protection.
Facing similar allegations, black parents are more likely to have
their children removed from their homes than their white neighbors.
More than half of child-protection cases involving black families are
assigned to family investigations for “discretionary reasons,” compared
with 39 percent for white families.
Black parents have their parental rights terminated more often than
white parents.
Black children are the least likely to be adopted.
“It’s very traumatizing,” said DeClara Tripp, a Ramsey County mother
who says one of her four children was unjustly removed from her custody.
“It’s emotional for me. It’s a battle I know I can’t win by myself.”
A Ramsey County spokesman said they do not typically comment on
individual child-protection cases.
WHAT WOULD THE BILL DO?
The Minnesota African American Family Preservation Act
(
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF3779&version=latest&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)
would create a new council inside the state Department of Human
Services to better oversee how black children and families are treated
by child protective services.
The bill would require local officials to do their best to prevent the
unnecessary removal of black children from their homes and promote
family reunification.
Rep. Rena Moran, DFL-St. Paul, details legislation she and Sen. Jeff
Hayden, DFL-Minneapolis, have sponsored that would increase the
oversight of child protective services agencies and improve outcomes for
black children and families during a news conference at the State
Capitol in St. Paul on Tuesday, April 10, 2018. Black children are more
than three times more likely than whites to be reported to child
protection and be removed from their homes. (Christopher Magan / Pioneer
Press)
In instances when children are removed, local agencies must work to
place black children with other family members or provide evidence why
they cannot be cared for by an extended family member.
The proposal also would make it harder to terminate parental rights and
allow for parents to petition to have their families reunified when
children are 10 or older.
WHAT ARE THE BILL’S CHANCES?
The Minnesota African American Family Preservation Act was introduced
in both the House and Senate in March, but it hasn’t received the
committee hearings it needs to come to the floor in either chamber for a
vote.
“My friends in the GOP have not gravitated to this issue,” Hayden
said.
But Hayden added that part of the proposal that establishes an advisory
council has been included in another child-protection bill.
Lawmakers could always try to attach the proposal to other legislation
as an amendment, although it is unlikely such a tactic would win support
from Republicans who have majorities in the House and Senate.
Read this article at the Pioneer Press website here
(
https://www.twincities.com/2018/04/10/black-children-are-disproportionately-removed-from-their-families-state-lawmakers-seek-legislative-fix/)
.
News ItemsBlack Children Disproportionately Removed From Their
Families; State Lawmakers Seek Fix
(
http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/pressrelease.asp?pressid=19873&party=1&memid=15356)
- (Posted: 2018-04-13)
RELEASE: DFL Legislators Thank Minnesota Attorney General Swanson for
Joining 2020 Census Lawsuit
(
http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/pressrelease.asp?pressid=19824&party=1&memid=15356)
- (Posted: 2018-03-29)
RELEASE: St. Paul Legislators Thank Governor Dayton for Pre-K Funding
Request
(
http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/pressrelease.asp?pressid=19804&party=1&memid=15356)
- (Posted: 2018-03-27)
Archived News Items
(
http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/press.asp?party=1&memid=15356)
Subscribe to RSS News Feeds
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Read more about RSS.
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Audio & Video
Audio Commentary
(
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Deputy Minority Leader
* 329 State Office Building
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55155
651-296-5158
E-mail:
<email obscured>
( http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/sendmail/mailtomember.aspx?id=15356)
Legislative Assistant:
Connor McNutt 651-296-5507
Committee Assignments:
Education Finance
( http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cmte/Home/?comm=90006)
Health and Human Services Reform
( http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cmte/Home/?comm=90013)
Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance
( http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cmte/Home/?comm=90017)
Biographical Information:
Home: St. Paul 55104;
Occupation: Director of Parent Leadership
Business: St. Paul, 55104
Education: B.S., early childhood education, Southern Illinois
University
Born: 4/13
Elected: 2010
Term: 4th
Family: 7 children
* Prefers interim mail at this address.
Rep. Rena Moran (65A) - Legislative Update
Dear Neighbors,
Work continues at the Capitol. I am sharing this Pioneer Press article
(
http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/pressrelease.asp?pressid=19873&party=1&memid=15356)
on the press conference I held this week to introduce my bill, the
Minnesota African American Family Preservation Act (HF 3973
(
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF3973&ssn=0&y=2017)
). This is important legislation that will reduce the racial disparities
in Minnesota’s child protection system. I am grateful for the families
that came to educate the press and raise awareness of this issue. You
can read the article below.
Together, we are stronger!
Sincerely,
Rena Moran
Deputy Minority Leader
State Representative – District 65A
Black children disproportionately removed from their families; state
lawmakers seek fix
By CHRISTOPHER MAGAN | <email obscured> | Pioneer Press
PUBLISHED: April 10, 2018 at 4:16 pm | UPDATED: April 11, 2018 at 7:54
pm
DeClara Tripp, a Ramsey County mother, discusses what she called the
unfair removal of one of her children from her custody during a news
conference Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at the state Capitol in St. Paul in
support of legislation that would create new oversight of child
protective services and new protections for black families who are
disproportionately in the system. (Christopher Magan / Pioneer Press)
Black children in Minnesota are three times more likely to become
involved with child protection and be removed from their homes than
white children.
A group of state lawmakers say those disparities are caused by
widespread inequity across Minnesota’s child-protection system that
includes how initial allegations are reviewed, how parents are screened
and assessed and how incidents are resolved.
Native American families and children face an even larger disparity.
To combat these inequities, Rep. Rena Moran, DFL-St. Paul, and Sen.
Jeff Hayden, DFL-Minneapolis, are proposing the Minnesota African
American Family Preservation Act
(
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3973&version=latest&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)
to improve oversight of child-protection systems and to provide better
outcomes for black children and families who go through the system.
“Racial disparities in the child welfare system must be viewed as a
call to action from all of us, regardless of race,” Moran said at a
Tuesday news conference.
WHY IS IT NEEDED?
Moran and Hayden say state data show that black families are
significantly more likely to become involved with child protection.
For instance:
Black parents are three times more likely to have their children
reported for child protection.
Facing similar allegations, black parents are more likely to have
their children removed from their homes than their white neighbors.
More than half of child-protection cases involving black families are
assigned to family investigations for “discretionary reasons,” compared
with 39 percent for white families.
Black parents have their parental rights terminated more often than
white parents.
Black children are the least likely to be adopted.
“It’s very traumatizing,” said DeClara Tripp, a Ramsey County mother
who says one of her four children was unjustly removed from her custody.
“It’s emotional for me. It’s a battle I know I can’t win by myself.”
A Ramsey County spokesman said they do not typically comment on
individual child-protection cases.
WHAT WOULD THE BILL DO?
The Minnesota African American Family Preservation Act
(
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF3779&version=latest&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)
would create a new council inside the state Department of Human
Services to better oversee how black children and families are treated
by child protective services.
The bill would require local officials to do their best to prevent the
unnecessary removal of black children from their homes and promote
family reunification.
Rep. Rena Moran, DFL-St. Paul, details legislation she and Sen. Jeff
Hayden, DFL-Minneapolis, have sponsored that would increase the
oversight of child protective services agencies and improve outcomes for
black children and families during a news conference at the State
Capitol in St. Paul on Tuesday, April 10, 2018. Black children are more
than three times more likely than whites to be reported to child
protection and be removed from their homes. (Christopher Magan / Pioneer
Press)
In instances when children are removed, local agencies must work to
place black children with other family members or provide evidence why
they cannot be cared for by an extended family member.
The proposal also would make it harder to terminate parental rights and
allow for parents to petition to have their families reunified when
children are 10 or older.
WHAT ARE THE BILL’S CHANCES?
The Minnesota African American Family Preservation Act was introduced
in both the House and Senate in March, but it hasn’t received the
committee hearings it needs to come to the floor in either chamber for a
vote.
“My friends in the GOP have not gravitated to this issue,” Hayden
said.
But Hayden added that part of the proposal that establishes an advisory
council has been included in another child-protection bill.
Lawmakers could always try to attach the proposal to other legislation
as an amendment, although it is unlikely such a tactic would win support
from Republicans who have majorities in the House and Senate.
Read this article at the Pioneer Press website here
(
https://www.twincities.com/2018/04/10/black-children-are-disproportionately-removed-from-their-families-state-lawmakers-seek-legislative-fix/)
.
News ItemsBlack Children Disproportionately Removed From Their
Families; State Lawmakers Seek Fix
(
http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/pressrelease.asp?pressid=19873&party=1&memid=15356)
- (Posted: 2018-04-13)
RELEASE: DFL Legislators Thank Minnesota Attorney General Swanson for
Joining 2020 Census Lawsuit
(
http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/pressrelease.asp?pressid=19824&party=1&memid=15356)
- (Posted: 2018-03-29)
RELEASE: St. Paul Legislators Thank Governor Dayton for Pre-K Funding
Request
(
http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/pressrelease.asp?pressid=19804&party=1&memid=15356)
- (Posted: 2018-03-27)
Archived News Items
(
http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/press.asp?party=1&memid=15356)
Subscribe to RSS News Feeds
( http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/rss/press.asp?memid=15356)
Read more about RSS.
( http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/rss/rss.asp)
Audio & Video
Audio Commentary
(
http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/audio.asp?memid=15356&party=1)
RSS Audio Commentary (podcast)
( http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/rss/audio.asp?memid=15356&party=1)