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DHS requests capital funding to address deferred maintenance at state treatment facilities and to expand early-childhood facilities
Summary
Direct Care and Treatment (DCT) officials told the committee they seek capital funds for asset preservation across state-operated treatment facilities and a $15 million request for Saint Peter water and sewer infrastructure; Department of Children, Youth, and Families asked for $2.7 million for early-childhood facility grants.
Nancy Freeman, chief operating officer for Direct Care and Treatment (DCT) at the Department of Human Services, and Dan Storkamp, operations director, presented the agency's capital priorities and said DCT needs recurring investment to address a substantial deferred-maintenance backlog across state-operated treatment campuses and group homes.
DCT officials said the agency manages roughly 3 million square feet of state-owned facilities and 70-plus group homes, with a replacement value they reported as about $1 billion. They presented a deferred-maintenance estimate from a recent condition assessment of about $185 million and…
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