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Nancy Freeman, chief operating officer for Direct Care and Treatment at the Minnesota Department of Human Services, told the House Capital Investment Committee on Feb. 27 that DCT needs $11,430,000 in bonding to keep state-owned, secure treatment facilities functional and safe.
Nancy Freeman, chief operating officer for Direct Care and Treatment (DCT) at the Minnesota Department of Human Services, told the House Capital Investment Committee on Feb. 27 that DCT needs $11,430,000 in bonding to keep state-owned, secure treatment facilities functional and safe.
Freeman said DCT operates specialized psychiatric hospitals, inpatient substance-abuse treatment facilities, group homes and vocational sites across “over 200 sites statewide,” and that agency-owned facilities total about 3,000,000 square feet. The division’s replacement value exceeded $1 billion and recent facility-condition assessments put deferred maintenance at “over $180,000,000,” Freeman said.
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