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## Recent Developments in Minnesota Child Protection
The search results reveal several key issues related to child protection in Minnesota under Governor Tim Walz’s administration.
## Child Welfare Reform Legislation
In May, Walz signed the Minnesota African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act into law. This legislation was designed to address racial disparities in Minnesota’s child welfare system, where Black children make up 26.9 percent of child protection cases despite being only 11 percent of the state’s population. The law establishes new requirements for how social services agencies and courts serve African American and other children disproportionately represented in the child protection system.
Critics argue this law makes it harder to remove Black and minority children from potentially unsafe homes in the name of racial equity. The legislation passed the House unanimously 120-0, though the Senate version passed by a narrower margin of 41-26.
## Recent Violence Against Children
Minnesota recently experienced a tragic mass shooting at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis on August 27, 2025, which killed two children and injured 18 others. In response, Governor Walz ordered 20 state law enforcement officers (14 State Patrol troopers and 6 Department of Natural Resources conservation officers) to assist with patrols in Minneapolis, focusing on schools and places of worship.
The shooting occurred during the first week of school at what appears to be a Catholic school facility. Multiple hospitals treated the victims, with Children’s Minnesota hospital treating seven survivors, four of whom have been released.
