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Providers urge stopgap funding as adult family foster‑care flat rates take effect in 2026
Summary
Adult family foster‑care providers and advocates asked the Senate Human Services Committee to delay flat rate implementation and create a short‑term emergency fund after new tiers passed in 2023 were projected to cut many provider incomes by large margins.
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Dozens of adult family foster care providers and advocates urged the Senate Human Services Committee on Wednesday to provide short‑term funding and more time before a scheduled rate structure change takes effect in January 2026.
Sarah Grafstrom of LeadingAge Minnesota and Alicia Olsen, an adult family foster care provider in Zimmerman, described a projected decline in payments created when flat rate tiers enacted in 2023 replace disability waiver rate system (DWRS) funding. Grafstrom said some providers report reductions "of up to 65%" under the new tiers and said the change will place over 1,100 family residential…
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