Programs

  • Child Fatalities Study Project

    Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota completed a 15-month long study of child fatalities from child maltreatment in Minnesota from 2014 to present with a $50,000 grant to hire an Archbishop Ireland Fellow, who is a recent graduate of the St. Thomas School of Law. The project commenced in November 2021 and was published in March of 2023. The report has received national recognition and prompted two investigative reporting projects by major Minnesota media outlets.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $87K

  • Foster Care Payment Legislation Advocacy

    Safe Passage worked with a sister nonprofit to promote legislation that would end the practice of diverting payments from benefit programs that are intended for foster children to reimburse counties the costs of foster care. The payment sources include Social Security Survivors' Benefits and SSI, as well as benefits from smaller programs such as Railroad Retirement and Black Lung Disease. The legislation was passed in the Minnesota House and Senate but failed to be implement because it had a fiscal cost and the budget bill was not passed. It was re-introduced in 2023 and full passage is expected.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $17.3K

  • Legislative Support for Children and Families

    Safe Passage supported the legislative agendas for closely related nonprofits to improve resources to children and families. Safe Passage volunteers sent personal email messages to their legislators related to early learning scholarships, targeted home visiting services, and guardians ad litem to their state Representatives and Senators throughout the legislative session as well as during in-person visits to legislators during an annual Day on the Hill.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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