Definition of active efforts in the Minnesota African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act modification

This bill changes the term "active efforts" to "reasonable efforts" in Minnesota laws concerning the preservation of African American and disproportionately represented families in child welfare cases. It redefines what these efforts entail, emphasizing collaboration, cultural sensitivity, and the use of available, adequate, and accessible services. The changes aim to ensure that social services agencies make realistic and tailored efforts to keep children safely with their families and to reunify them when possible.

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