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New Minnesota 'active efforts' standard will add staff time and costs, Pine County social‑services leaders say
Summary
Pine County Health & Human Services staff told commissioners that implementation of Minnesota's new active‑efforts law will significantly increase casework time and program costs, and that the county needs more staff and funding to meet the requirement that goes into effect Jan. 1, 2027.
Pine County Health & Human Services officials told the county board that a new state law requiring "active efforts" in child‑welfare cases will sharply increase workload and costs for local child‑protection staff. Becky Fossum, Pine County health and human services director, said the statute'referred to in presentations as "MAPPA CWDA" (Minnesota African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act)'takes effect Jan. 1, 2027, and parallels the higher‑standard approach used under the federal Indian Child Welfare Act. The county's child‑protection supervisors and social workers described case examples…
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