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Centers ask for provider‑inflation funding; lawmakers press on residential contracts and building repairs
Summary
Human service center leaders described inflationary pressure on contracts for recovery and residential vendors, a $972,000 building bathroom remodel estimate for Southeast's Fargo facility, and a $1.3 million step‑up in a 3.1 residential contract that committee staff partly offset with federal funds.
Regional human service center directors and department budget staff told the Appropriations Committee that inflation and higher operating costs for contracted residential and recovery vendors are driving significant budget requests.
Southeast interim director Elena Zeller said the Office of Management and Budget hired SiteLogic to assess the center's state‑owned Fargo building and quoted $972,000 to remodel 12 commercial bathrooms that are original to a 1992 build. She provided that figure in response to committee questions about a…
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