Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy

Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy We train, develop, and support the skills and well-being of Minnesota’s child welfare workforce!

The Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy (MNCWTA) is a collaboration between the Child Safety and Permanency (CSP) Division at the Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) and the Multidisciplinary Institute for Child Welfare at the University of Minnesota. Our mission is to train, develop, and support the skills, expertise, and well-being of Minnesota’s child welfare workforce while nurturing a commitment to equitable child welfare practice.

Looking to learn more about how to use SSIS? Take our self paced asynchronous training through the training catalog and ...
06/04/2026

Looking to learn more about how to use SSIS? Take our self paced asynchronous training through the training catalog and find other SSIS support resources within our trainings!

06/03/2026

Check out this weeks external resource recommendation: The Importance of a Trauma Informed Child Welfare System.

The Minnesota Title IV-E Consortium was invited to participate in a podcast series hosted by James Bell Associates on be...
06/02/2026

The Minnesota Title IV-E Consortium was invited to participate in a podcast series hosted by James Bell Associates on behalf of the Children's Bureau this past fall. This podcast series highlights programs and initiatives supporting the next generation of child welfare professionals as well as the current workforce:

This podcast series explores such pathways to child welfare careers as community colleges, title IV-E education programs, clinical licensure.

This month we welcomed McKenzie, our new Metro Staff Trainer to the MNCWTA team!
05/29/2026

This month we welcomed McKenzie, our new Metro Staff Trainer to the MNCWTA team!

There are still seats available in our upcoming cohort of New Worker Foundations at the Metro/ Roseville Training Center...
05/28/2026

There are still seats available in our upcoming cohort of New Worker Foundations at the Metro/ Roseville Training Center! See all of the dates and up now in the training catalog!

05/27/2026

Check out this weeks external resource recommendation: Postsecondary Support for Students Who Have Been in Foster Care.

Check out our self paced training about structural decision making! Move through these E-learning modules at your own pa...
05/25/2026

Check out our self paced training about structural decision making! Move through these E-learning modules at your own pace while earning CEUs!

05/22/2026

Check out this weeks external resource recommendation: How Federal Legislation Impacts Child Welfare Service Delivery.

Mandated reporters often face complex situations. After completing the training, learners reported greater confidence us...
05/21/2026

Mandated reporters often face complex situations. After completing the training, learners reported greater confidence using critical thinking when making reporting decisions. Learn more about the impact of mandated reporter training from our recent blog:

Providing a quality Mandated Reporter Training is essential to helping Minnesota’s Mandated Reporters recognize and report situations where vulnerable children are at risk. As the Training Academy continues to learn more about the training needs of reporters, as well as incorporating the latest po...

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