The state's prodding in favor of community-based mental health services continues but no arbitrary date exists when state facilities that treat mental health problems must be closed, Department of Human Services Commissioner Kevin Goodno said Wednesday in Brainerd.

...the regional administrator for state-operated services, rejected the allegation. An increase in community-based mental health services and the growth of assisted living facilities have absorbed some of the people who might otherwise have...

I'm concerned with the direction of spending both locally and nationally. I would hope the Brainerd/Baxter tax increase referendum would be soundly defeated. Republicans should understand that increasing taxes and spending doesn't earn them Democratic friends, just more contempt.

...technicians. The majority of the jobs, he said, are union positions. CABHS provides hospital and community-based mental health services to children and adolescents ages 6 to 18 who have a serious emotional disturbance and whose needs may...