ICYMI: Minnesota spending proposals for the next two years contain changes that could help tackle what is often referred to as the “boarding” problem. For those immersed in that crisis, one idea stands out: raising reimbursement rates. From the Star Tribune:
Hundreds of kids and adults across Minnesota can’t access timely mental health services and are stuck in hospitals, juvenile detention centers and jails. Others remain at home with loved ones who fear they will hurt themselves or others.
Families, social workers and advocates have said for years that the state’s lack of mental health services hurts Minnesotans who need the most help. Now, they say plans at the Capitol could be “transformational” in preventing provider closures and expanding programs.
Read more in the Star Tribune.
Learn more about the mental health crisis.
