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Policy Analysis
Policy Analysis
Why Minneapolis Built a Youth Mental Health Ecosystem
A new policy analysis explains the seven-layer ecosystem model: the law and funding behind it, what the 2025 data shows, the twelve coordination gaps it names, and what closing them would take.
Policy Analysis
Young Black Men, Homicide Disparity, and Ethical Youth Engagement
A discussion brief from the Forum for Children and Youth Wellbeing on protecting young people, resourcing youth workers, and expanding safe hours across Minneapolis.
Policy Analysis
What Minnesota's 2026 Legislative Session Means for Children and Families
Minnesota's 2026 session produced practical gains for child care, foster-care access, and afterschool programming while setting up larger early childhood and family-support debates for 2027.
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