This month marks the 20th year since the launch of Minnesota’s Children’s Justice Initiative.
That collaboration between Judicial Branch and the Minnesota Department of Human Services helps abused and neglected kids to get expeditious placement in safe, stable and permanent homes.
Spearheaded by former Chief Justice Kathleen Blatz in December 2000, the initiative has DHS and the Judicial Branch working together with stakeholders to help kids in all 87 counties.
“For the past 20 years, the Children’s Justice Initiative has brought together all sides of Minnesota’s child protection system to improve the lives of our state’s most vulnerable children,” current Chief Justice Lorie S. Gildea said in a Dec. 8 press release. “We are proud to celebrate everything we have achieved through the Children’s Justice Initiative, and to mark this important anniversary.”