Hennepin County/Minneapolis turns around children and family services, reverses high rate of repeat problems

Great series in the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

-- "Reunification at all costs," part 1

-- "'Friendly’ approach to child protection fails Minnesota families, leads to more abuse" part 2

-- "An inadequate approach to drug abuse," part 3

-- "Hennepin County reduced repeat abuse of kids. Are there lessons for the rest of Minnesota?," part 4

Not rocket science.

• more money
• more staff
• more training
• more supervision
• more monitoring
• reduced case loads
• better organization of and provision of services to families in need