By: News Director Larissa Donovan
ST. PAUL– Local representative John Persell (DFL-Bemidji) says there are some measures in the final omnibus bills in the state house that will partially address Beltrami County’s out-of-home placement funding crisis.
Beltrami County is facing fiscal insolvency within the next couple of years due to the high costs of out-of-home placements.
The county’s department of human services fund has been depleted due to the costs, and the county has had to use money out of its general fund to pay for the shortfall.
Minnesota is one of two states where the largest portion of funding for out of home placements comes from local level.
