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The Minnesota Department of Human Services has awarded 57 mental health providers a total of $33 million – $11 million per year for three years – to bring mental health services to over half of Minnesota schools. Minnesota’s School-Linked Mental Health program is a critical piece of the state’s mental health services for children. Programs help identify mental health needs early, make services available to more children in need, and improve outcomes for children and youth with a mental health diagnosis. More information and a full list of grantees is available in a news release.
Minnesota will invest more than $17.7 million it received in federal grant funding to help combat the opioid epidemic throughout the state. The State Opioid Response grant will provide $8,870,906 a year for the next two years and will be used to reach Minnesotans struggling with opioids with life-saving treatment quickly, reduce deaths from opioid overdose and to prevent opioid use disorder in Minnesota’s most vulnerable communities. Details are available in a news release.
With the start of Medicare open enrollment this month, the Minnesota Board on Aging’s Senior LinkAge Line is prepared to help Minnesotans navigate significant changes to Medicare plans. Senior LinkAge Line, at 1-800-333-2433 and via chat at SeniorLinkAgeLine.com, is available to help Minnesotans on Medicare weigh their plan options by providing them with comprehensive, unbiased Medicare counseling. Read more in a news release.
As part of Resident Rights Month in October, the Minnesota Office of the Ombudsman for Long-Term Care is recognizing Minnesotans who volunteer to advocate for the rights of people living in long-term care facilities. At no cost to residents and their families, the ombudsmen advocate for residents in assisted living, residential care, nursing facilities and adult foster care facilities. See the list of volunteers and learn more in a news release.
Minnesota’s newest adoptive families and those interested in adoption will celebrate Adoption Awareness Month together Sunday, Nov. 4, during the 21st annual Celebration Adoption: Circus of the Heart. The event will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. at its new location, Northern Star Scouting Base Camp in Fort Snelling, Minnesota. More information is on the department’s website.
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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