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This database allows for searching of mandated reports that the Library is expecting or has received since 2003, with selected mandates prior to 2003 included. Searches by committee only cover 2019 to the present. Each year, the Legislature mandates reports and studies to be completed by state agencies or other governmental entities. Legislative Reference Library staff track these mandates and obtain copies of the reports for our collection in order to provide long-term access. All mandated reports that the library has acquired are searchable through our catalog. For more information, see Mandated Reports. Please notify Library staff with questions or concerns.


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Topics: Children/Youth/Families - Foster Care

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Last Date ReceivedMandate DescriptionItem TitleAgencie(s)Session LawStatuteNext Due DateSubjects Mandate Group(s)
Details 09/21/2025 Report that identifies the amount of funds appropriated and transferred to the special revenue account for the grant program for Kinship Navigator programs as outlined by the federal Family First Prevention Services Act, and how the funds were used Special Revenue Account Annual Report: Kinship Navigator Program: Report to the Legislature Minn. Dept. of Children, Youth, and Families - Child Safety and Permanency Administration 2023 Minn. Laws Chap. 70 Art. 14 Sec. 3 Subd. 3(b) 142A.451 Subd. 3(b) 09/30/2026 Children/Youth/Families - Foster Care
Public Welfare
Details 10/17/2025 Inventory of all Indian children in residential facilities (Foster Care by Race Report) Minnesota's Child Maltreatment Report Minn. Dept. of Human Services 1999 Minn. Laws Chap. 139 Art. 1 Sec. 7 260.775 09/15/2026 Children/Youth/Families - Foster Care
Details 10/17/2025 Inventory of all Indian children in residential facilities (Foster Care by Race Report) Minnesota's Out-of-Home Care and Permanency Report Minn. Dept. of Human Services 1999 Minn. Laws Chap. 139 Art. 1 Sec. 7 260.775 09/15/2026 Children/Youth/Families - Foster Care
Details 12/29/2015 Inventory of all Indian children in residential facilities (Foster Care by Race Report) Children and Family Services: Minnesota's Child Welfare Report Minn. Dept. of Human Services 1999 Minn. Laws Chap. 139 Art. 1 Sec. 7 260.775 09/15/2026 Children/Youth/Families - Foster Care
Details 09/21/2025 Report that compiles information provided to the Minn. Dept. of Human Services by each financially responsible agency that receives benefits through Supplemental Security Income (SSI); Retirement Survivors, and Disability Insurance; veteran's benefits,; railroad retirement benefits; black lung benefits on behalf of a child Legislative Report: County Financial Data on Federal Cash Benefits for Children in Foster Care, July 1-Dec. 31, 2024 Minn. Dept. of Children, Youth, and Families 2024 Minn. Laws Chap. 115 Art. 12 Sec. 2 142A.609 Subd. 11(f) 09/01/2026 Children/Youth/Families - Foster Care
Governing/Government-State - Agencies
Public Welfare 		Human Services
Details Report on the exercise of the Office of the Foster Youth Ombudsperson's functions during the preceding biennium. Office of the Foster Youth Ombudsperson 2022 Minn. Laws Chap. 63 Art. Sec. 5 Subd. 2 260C.83 Subd,. 2 06/30/2026 Children/Youth/Families - Foster Care
Governing/Government-State - Agencies 		Human Services
Mandated to Commissions/Individuals/Other
State and Local Government
Details 02/18/2025 Anonymized report that contains: (1) the number of students receiving foster grants and the institutions attended; and (2) annual retention and graduation data on students receiving foster grants Fostering Independence Higher Education Grants Annual Report 2021 Minn. Laws 1st Sp. Sess. Chap. 2 Art. 2 Sec. 7 Subd. 8 136A.1241 Subd. 8 01/15/2026 Children/Youth/Families - Foster Care
Education-Higher - Student Finances 		Higher Education
Details 01/17/2025 Report outlining the plan to preserve and make available the income and resources attributable to a child in foster care to meet the best interests of the child, including: a timeline; estimated costs; legislative actions required; data provided by counties related to the requirements for the parent or custodian of a child to reimburse a county for the cost of care, examination, or treatment; and a list of counties that failed to provide complete information and data Income and Resources for Children in Foster Care: Legislative Report Minn. Dept. of Human Services 2023 Minn. Laws Chap. 70 Art. 14 Sec. 37(e) 01/15/2025 Children/Youth/Families - Foster Care Human Services
Details Anonymized report on the number of students receiving foster grants and the institutions attended and annual retention and graduation data on students receiving foster grants. Office of Higher Education (Minn. Office of Higher Education) 2021 Minn. Laws 1st Sp. Sess. Chap. 2 Art. 2 Sec. 7 Subd. 8 01/15/2024 Children/Youth/Families - Foster Care
Education-Higher 		Higher Education
Details Family foster setting licensing guidelines for county agencies and private agencies that perform licensing functions. Minn. Dept. of Human Services 2021 Minn. Laws 1st Sp. Sess. Chap. 7 Art. 2 Sec. 76 07/01/2023 Children/Youth/Families - Foster Care
Details 12/12/2022 Policies regarding aftercare supports for the transition of a child from a qualified residential treatment program, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 260C.007, subdivision 26d, to reunification with the child's parent or legal guardian, including potential placement in a less restrictive setting prior to reunification that aligns with the child's permanency plan and person-centered support plan, when applicable Qualified Residential Treatment Program Discharge Planning and Aftercare Practice Guide for Children in Foster Care Minn. Dept. of Human Services 2021 Minn. Laws Chap. 30 Art. 10 Sec. 79 12/31/2022 Children/Youth/Families - Foster Care
Health Care - Mental/Behavioral Health
Details 10/27/2023 Report on the participation in early care and education programs by children under six years of age who have experienced foster care Early Care and Education Participation for Young Children in Foster Care: Family and Staff Perspectives Minn. Dept. of Human Services 2021 Minn. Laws 1st Sp. Sess. Chap. 7 Art. 14 Sec. 20 12/01/2022 Children/Youth/Families - Foster Care
Education-Early Care and Learning
Details 01/19/2022 Report on responses received in response to a published request for information to identify available technology to support foster family recruitment and training through an online portal for potential foster families to apply for licensure online, including the potential costs for implementing the technology Family Foster Care Licensing Application Software Minn. Dept. of Human Services 2021 Minn. Laws 1st Sp. Sess. Chap. 7 Art. 14 Sec. 17 01/15/2022 Children/Youth/Families - Foster Care
Details 07/17/2018 Report on the pilot project to provide incentives for school districts and county governments to develop partnership agreements and implement transportation plans to help keep foster care students enrolled in their school of origin when a student is placed in a foster care setting outside the school of origin's boundaries. Foster Care Transportation Pilot Minn. Dept. of Education 2017 Minn. Laws 1st Sp. Sess. Chap. 5 Art. 2 Sec. 54 Subd. 4 02/01/2018 Children/Youth/Families - Foster Care
Education-K-12
Details Certify the amount each county reports having paid out of its social service agency budget for out-of-home placement of Indian children in the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which the report was made; and the number of days foster care maintenance payments were made for each Indian child the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which the report was made; and whether that data accurately reflects total expenditures by counties for out-of-home placement costs of Indian children. Minn. Dept. of Human Services 2017 Minn. Laws 1st Sp. Sess. Chap. 1 Art. 4 Sec. 14 477A.0126 Subd. 2 07/15/2017 Children/Youth/Families - Foster Care
Details 05/12/2011 Study of the effects of the child foster care license moratorium Evaluation of Current and Potential Housing Options for Persons with Disabilities Minn. Dept. of Human Services 2009 Minn. Laws Chap. 79 Art. 8 Sec. 8 245A.03 Subd. 7 01/15/2011 Children/Youth/Families - Foster Care
Details 06/04/2008 Report on the extent to which the goals of court-ordered out-of-home placements are being met Report on Goals of Court-Ordered Out-of-Home Placements Minn. Dept. of Corrections
Minn. Dept. of Human Services 		1999 Minn. Laws Chap. 216 Art. 6 Sec. 13 260.197 01/15/2009 Children/Youth/Families - Foster Care
Details Report on the number of adult foster care licenses, family adult day services licenses, combined adult foster care and family adult day services, and adult day services center licenses and their capacities Minn. Dept. of Human Services 2004 Minn. Laws Chap. 288 Art. 1 Sec. 81 09/15/2006 Children/Youth/Families - Foster Care
Details Study of adult foster care licensure requirements as they relate to corporate adult foster care homes Minn. Dept. of Human Services 1996 Minn. Laws Chap. 451 Art. 4 Sec. 67 01/15/1997 Children/Youth/Families - Foster Care
Disability Issues
Details Recommendations for standards to determine home care service authorization for foster care residents Minn. Dept. of Human Services 1996 Minn. Laws Chap. 451 Art. 5 Sec. 37 11/15/1996 Children/Youth/Families - Foster Care
Details 12/02/2002 Certification of whether data reported under this subdivision accurately reflects total expenditures by counties for out-of-home placement costs County Expenditure Data for Out-of-Home Placement Minn. Dept. of Human Services 2001 Minn. Laws 1st Sp. Sess. Chap. 5 Art. 5 Sec. 11 Subd. 2(a) 477A.0123   Children/Youth/Families - Foster Care