Child abuse survey, 1984-1985.

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Child abuse survey, 1984-1985.

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File on a survey conducted by the Attorney General's office, in response to increasing public awareness of and alarm over incidences of child abuse, to determine how local law enforcement and social service agencies were handling child abuse and neglect cases. It contains summary and detailed reports on the survey, some related correspondence, a photocopy of Attorney General Hubert H. Humphrey III's "Report on Scott County Investigations" (Feb. 12, 1985), copies of public statements by Humphrey and Scott County Attorney Kathleen Morris (Feb. 1985), and a report and recommendations from a Human Services Department task force on child protective services [ca. Nov. 1984].

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Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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Minnesota. Dept. of Human Services.

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The Minnesota Children's Trust Fund was created by the Legislature in 1986 [Laws 1986 c423] to financially support community programs aimed at preventing child abuse and neglect. The law authorizes child abuse prevention councils in any county or group of counties that meets the criteria set forth in Minnesota Statute 119A.13. It also authorizes the Commissioner of Human Services, with the advice and consent of the advisory council, to disburse funds to private nonprofit and/or publ...

Morris, Kathleen M., 1959-

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Humphrey, Hubert H., 1942-

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Scott County (Minn.). County Attorney.

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Minnesota. Attorney General

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