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Commissioners discuss family resource centers, disproportionate child-welfare law and regional behavioral-health updates
Summary
Commissioners heard updates on a state child-welfare law with local cost implications, a new family resource center grant, a report on regional mental-health provider Lakeland Mental Health and a local childcare slot shortage.
Board members discussed the implications of the Minnesota African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Proportionality Act, local efforts to establish family resource centers and updates from regional behavioral-health providers.
Nut graf: Commissioners flagged potential fiscal and service delivery impacts from a new state law that requires “active efforts” in child protection, noted a two-year foundation grant to launch a local family resource center, and received an update on Lakeland Mental Health’s operations across the region.
Key points:
- Child-welfare law: The…
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