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Beltrami County highlights HHS client supports, workforce services and home-based care
Summary
Health & Human Services presented three support stories: a CareerForce employment success (client 'Candace' received resume help and a job offer), a managed-care elderly-waiver case where new steps prevented nursing-home placement, and a public-health lactation-training program that certified 40 people from multiple counties.
Health and Human Services staff used the Beltrami County work session to showcase recent client-support work, offering three examples of services that helped residents keep or regain stability.
Kurt Andersen described a CareerForce success story: a client named Candace drove two hours to the county Career Lab on Dec. 4, spent more than three hours in a one-on-one appointment to create a resume and complete job applications, received ongoing coaching, completed a virtual interview and later a panel interview, and received an in-person job offer with a potential start date of Jan. 13. "This support story is from your business account representative, Amy Mystic, who worked with a career force client named Candace," Andersen said.
Jeff Lynn introduced Mercedes White, who described a managed-care client served under the elderly waiver. Mercedes said the county provided life calls, meals and nurse visits, and funded new, safer exterior steps for an 80-year-old client with diabetes and chronic pain—an intervention that staff said likely prevented a costly nursing-home placement and improved the client's ability to participate in the community. "Through the waiver, we were able to build them new steps for this client," Mercedes said.
Public Health Director Amy Bowles reported the county used a Strong Foundations family home visiting grant for professional development in December: 40 people completed a five-day lactation-specialist certification (CLS) from seven counties and two tribal nations with a 91% pass rate; Bowles noted the training supported six local businesses that provided lodging and other services.
Commissioners asked about funding sources; staff clarified that the Dancing Sky Area Agency on Aging funding was not used for the steps project. The presentations were informational; no policy changes or formal board actions were taken.
