St. Paul Pioneer Press | 02/17/2007 | Foster parents facing stricter rules: "New Minnesota foster parents, and those renewing their licenses, will be fingerprinted, entered into a national database and subjected to a much broader criminal background check under a proposed $1.2 million-a-year overhaul of the system.
Wisconsin would see similar changes. It's all part of a national shift to comply with new federal standards intended to prevent sexual offenders from exploiting blind spots, getting foster-care licenses and preying on society's most vulnerable children. In Minnesota, background checks currently done at the county level would be centralized through the state, a more logical — albeit bureaucratically challenging — task, officials say.
While advocates and top officials welcome the stricter regimen as long overdue, no one should assume computer databanks could provide Kevlar protection for foster children. And there still will be blind spots, they caution."
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