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Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan announced Tony Lourey as Commissioner of the Department of Human Services. Read more about the appointment in a Governor’s Office news release, and more about Commissioner Lourey in his biography on the department’s website.
Many Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) recipients received February 2019 benefits earlier than usual due to the partial federal shutdown. More than 400,000 Minnesotans receive SNAP, 70 percent of whom are children, seniors and people with disabilities. More information about SNAP during the partial federal shutdown is available in a news release.
New grants totaling $900,000 from the Minnesota Department of Human Services, combined with nearly $600,000 in private and community donations, will help increase quality child care in Greater Minnesota, which has the state’s most acute child care shortages. A list of grantees is available in a news release about the new funding.
Fact sheets about DHS programs were updated during January:
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