Can a new commissioner right the ship at the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS)? That is the question many are raising as the state agency deals with turmoil including…
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Appeal is denied: oversight to continue
Court oversight of work on Minnesota’s Olmstead Plan will continue, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled July 26. A three-judge panel rejected an appeal by the Minnesota Department of…
Mishandling of funds alleged in lawsuit
More than 5,000 Minnesotans with disabilities have been deprived of plus-$1 billion in services for more than two decades under a federal Medicaid program managed by the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS). That’s the claim outlined in…
Legislative preview - New faces, new efforts mark start of 2013 legislative session
When the 2013 session of the Minnesota legislature began Jan. 8, hundreds of disability advocacy groups and self-advocates went to work. Some will be monitoring bills and painstakingly checking budgets…