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Minnesota's 'archaic' technology wastes critical caseworker time, counties say

County workers and lawmakers have some choice words to describe the 25-year-old state information system used to manage child protection cases and social service programs: Slow. Archaic. A nightmare. "It's the most vulnerable people that we have in the state of Minnesota that are in this system," Pine County Commissioner Terry Lovgren said. "They need the most care, they need the most help, . ....

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Legislators want to hire experts to diagnose Minnesota's ailing child protection system

A statewide child abuse hotline, new rules to reduce racial disparities among foster children and a wide-ranging review of how Minnesota spends its child protection money are among the proposals state legislators will begin considering when they convene next week. Altogether, at least nine legislative proposals have emerged in recent weeks to address widespread failures in Minnesota's child . ....

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