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The Minnesota Department of Human Services recently awarded $946,878 as
part of a new disability services innovations grants program to support people
with disabilities in the community. The small innovations grants program awards
between $1,500 and $100,000 to individuals and organizations to work with
Minnesotans with disabilities. More information, including a list of
recipients, is available in a news release.
Crisis services are a critical piece of the mental health system. During
Mental Health Month this May, the Department of Human Services highlighted
services that get people in crisis the help they need, when they need it, such
as mobile crisis teams, phone support lines and suicide prevention programs.
Details and resources can be found in a news release.
Like all children, foster youth want families who will be active in their
lives, mentor and guide them, and provide healthy home environments. About
16,600 children and young adults in Minnesota experienced out-of-home care in
2017 and the need for safe, loving, nurturing foster families continues to grow
as parental drug abuse becomes more prevalent. During Foster Care Month this
May, the Minnesota Department of Human Services and partners hosted events to
thank foster parents and to raise awareness of the need for foster families.
Read more in a news
release.
The
Minnesota Department of Human Services has launched a new webpage, Working Together to End the Opioid Epidemic.
The page offers information about what DHS is doing to increase awareness,
decrease the number of persons who develop opioid use disorder and reduce the
harms resulting from opioid addiction.
People interested
in careers in behavioral health, including substance use disorder and mental
health, attended a May 11 forum at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul. The
free event offered information and resources on career paths, programs to help
pay for education and the benefits of this field of work. More details are in a
news release.
For accessible formats of this publication or assistance
with additional equal access to human services, write to dhs.communications@state.mn.us,
call 651-431-2911, or use your preferred relay service.
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