African Americans Family Preservation Act

Minnesota Senate Media Services

In this video, State Representative Rena Moran and State Senator Jeff Hayden of the U.S. state of Minnesota introduce legislation that would establish guidelines to prevent the removal of African American children from their families. The video features one grandmother who tells the story of her grandson's placement in a non-kinship foster family, her struggle to gain custody of him, and the difference in standards applied in her grandson's case.