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Supporting Children's Mental Health
May marks both Children’s Mental Health Week (May 5–11) and Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to reflect on the importance of mental health in the lives of children, youth, and families. At the Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy, we recognize that understanding children's mental health is essential to providing holistic, trauma-informed care. Learn more.

May is National Foster Care Month

This is a time to raise awareness of issues related to foster care and acknowledge the parents, family members, foster parents, child welfare and related professionals, mentors, policymakers, and other members of the community who help children and youth in foster care find permanent homes and connections. Learn more.

View the complete training report for May. Indian Child Welfare (ICWA) training is developed and delivered by the Tribal Training and Certification Partnership (TTCP). 

New Worker Training

All new child protection workers should plan to take the following courses. Supervisors should assign these courses ASAP to ensure workers complete prerequisites and can enroll in their preferred cohort. Use this New Worker Checklist to help assign and monitor employee progress for the following courses.

New Worker Orientation: Self-Paced Modules (CWTA X110)

Ask new workers to finish this course in the first few days on the job, and remind them that they cannot register for the instructor-led course until this is complete. 

New Worker Orientation: Instructor-Led Enhancement (CWTA X111)

This four-hour virtual training is designed to enhance what was learned in the Orientation modules. This course must be completed before you can register for New Worker Foundations (CWTA X113).

• May 27 | 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Virtual 

• June 5 | 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Virtual 

• June 10 | 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Virtual 

• June 24 | 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Virtual 

• July 10 | 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Virtual 

• July 24 | 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Virtual 

ICWA/MIFPA Foundations for New Workers (CWTA X219)

This training is brought to you by the University of Minnesota Duluth Tribal Training and Certification Partnership (TTCP). This introductory course covers the basics of the history of ICWA and provides information on the application of ICWA and MIFPA. This course is required to be completed before you can register for New Worker Foundations (CWTA X113). 

• May 22-23 | 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Each Day | Duluth

• June 2-3 | 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Each Day | Owatonna

Note: Additional ICWA/MIFPA courses listed in the Specialty Training section below will also satisfy this prerequisite.

New Worker Foundations (CWTA X113)

This revised training is made up of self-paced, instructor-led (both in-person and virtual), and simulation or virtual reality learning opportunities.

• Cohort 213 | May 20 - August 27 | Roseville

• Cohort 214 | June 4 - September 4 | Duluth

• Cohort 215 | June 17 - October 9 | Marshall

• Cohort 216 | July 1 - October 29 | Roseville

Specialty Training

ICWA/MIFPA Foundations (TTCP x101.C)

• May 19-20 | 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Each Day | Virtual
  

ICWA/MIFPA Ongoing Worker Training (CWTA X212)

• May 27-28 | 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Each Day | Hybrid (Virtual and Duluth)

• June 2-3 | 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Each Day | Hybrid (Virtual and Owatonna)

Human Trafficking and Sexually Exploited Youth: Basic Training for Child Welfare (CWTA X205)

• June 2 | 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Virtual 

Assessing Prospective Foster and Adoptive Parents (CWTA X220)

• June 3-4 | 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Each Day | Roseville

Family Group Decision Making: Overview and Facilitation (CWTA X202)

• June 10-11 | 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Each Day | Roseville

Responsive Child Welfare Practice with LGBTQIA2S+ Youth (CWTA X210)

• June 16 | 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Roseville

Domestic Violence Co-Occurrence: Partnering and Engaging Parents (CWTA X209)

• June 24 | 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Roseville

Signs of Safety + Signs of Safety: Three Month Review (CWTA X215)

Must attend all dates listed below:

• Part 1: June 25-26 | 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Each Day | Virtual
  Part 2: August 25 | 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. | Virtual

Motivational Interviewing (MI) Training

All MI Courses and Pathways are Now Available
All Motivational Interviewing (MI) courses and Pathways are now available for Minnesota county and tribal child protection workers and their supervisors. If you have questions about MI Training, contact our Training Implementation Specialist at mitraining@mnchildwelfaretraining.com. The following virtual courses are available:

Introduction to Motivational Interviewing (MI) Skills for Child Welfare Professionals: Instructor-Led Workshops (CWTA X406)

• Cohort 34 | June 10, 17, 24, July 1 | 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Each Day

Motivational Interviewing (MI) Skills for Child Welfare Professionals: Coaching Circles 1-4 (CWTA X407)

• Coaching Circle 1 | June 2 | 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Virtual 

• Coaching Circle 2 | June 9 | 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Virtual 

• Coaching Circle 3 | June 16 | 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Virtual 

• Coaching Circle 4 | June 23 | 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Virtual 

• Coaching Circle 1 | June 25 | 9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. | Virtual 

• Coaching Circle 2 | July 2 | 9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. | Virtual 

• Coaching Circle 3 | July 9 | 9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. | Virtual 

• Coaching Circle 4 | July 16 | 9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. | Virtual 

Explore the options in the Training Portal.

Accommodation Requests
If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in a training, contact us as soon as possible at info@mnchildwelfaretraining.com.

Questions about Attendance, Cancelation, or Registration?

Visit our Training Policies page. 

Need to Cancel Your Registration?
Our class sizes tend to be small, and we often have a waiting list. Follow the instructions here if you need to drop a course.

Staff Highlights

New Hires, Staff Updates, and Personnel Announcements

Other Training Opportunities

Join a 2025-2026 PLX Cohort

The Phoenix Learning Xchange (PLX) is an interactive, multidisciplinary, non-credit certificate program. Their aim is to broaden the knowledge of the development, challenges, positive engagement and well-being of youth and adolescents involved in child welfare and other systems. Limited scholarship funding is available to Tribal and county child welfare workers (in child protection, foster care, and adoption/permanency roles). Learn more!

De-Escalation Through Mindfulness + Mending Relational Ruptures Workshop

• June 12 | 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Detroit Lakes

This no-cost, in-person training is for human service professionals who want to have the ability to calm themselves and clients during tense or heated encounters. This training will also explore how to navigate through complex interactions with clients where you may have inconsistent feedback, interactions which can be ambiguous or unspoken, or you are constrained by complex systems. Training activities will include identifying causes of rupture, recognizing signs, and practicing repair skills. Learn more and register here.

SSIS Coffee Talks

All agency and state users are invited to attend. Registration is required and will remain open until the webinar begins. Questions regarding coffee talks can be directed to Heide Moris, SSIS Mentor Program Coordinator, at heide.moris@state.mn.us. 

• SSIS Statewide Release v25.2
  Tuesday, May 20, 9:00 a.m. | Register to attend

• Placement Entry in SSIS
  Tuesday, June 24, 9:00 a.m. | Register to attend

QI Training Available

Many seats are available in this upcoming Qualified Individual (QI) virtual training. The next offering will be June 17-18. To express your interest in participating, email ffpsa.qualifiedindividual.dcyf@state.mn.us.

Foster Parent Training Available

Licensors with resource parents that need training should learn more about Foster Parent College and the Pre-Service Training offered by the Training Academy. Cohorts include four instructor-led, virtual trainings from 6:00-8:00 p.m. The next cohort training begins on Thursday, June 5.

Employment Opportunities

Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy

• Community Trainers: Child Welfare and the Law

• Community Trainers: New Worker Foundations

• Community Trainers: Qualified Individual (QI)

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Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy (MNCWTA), 1711 County Road B West Suite 200N, Roseville, MN 55113, United States

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 (MICW) at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.