Andy Steiner
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- Sep 21, 2026
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After tumultuous years, Healing Minnesota aims to jumpstart residents’ recovery (opens the original)
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Mahry Torres-Castillo still chokes up when she recalls her community’s experience during Operation Metro Surge, targeted by federal agents and forced into hiding. “Our collective strength and our resiliency was really put to the test,” said Torres-Castillo, co-founder of Por el Amor a los Nuestros, offering mental health support for Spanish-speaking immigrant families in the Twin Cities metro area. “It was heartbreaking to hear people on the phone begging for food, being worried about taking the
Changes to Medicaid are coming. Are users ready? (opens the original)
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On January 1, thousands of Minnesotans who rely on Medicaid for health insurance will be required to work or volunteer for at least 80 hours per month in order to keep their benefits. Some, however, will be exempt from the requirement, which applies to people in Medicaid’s “expansion” population. Within the expansion group, people with young children are exempt from the work requirement, as are people who are enrolled in treatment for substance use. But who exactly is exempt? And how will they k
Minn. needle exchange programs at risk of closure as state funding dries up (opens the original)
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DULUTH — It’s never been easy to secure funding for Harm Reduction Sisters, a Duluth-based nonprofit that supports people struggling with addiction. But in June, it became even harder. That’s when founder Sue Purchase learned that the Minnesota Department of Health would no longer fund the organization’s syringe service program offering needle exchange, safe injection supplies and support services for drug users. “The MDH has always been supportive of my work,” Purchase said, adding that she’d l
Needle exchange programs at risk of closure as state funding dries up (opens the original)
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It’s never been easy to secure funding for Harm Reduction Sisters, a Duluth-based nonprofit that supports people struggling with addiction. But in June, it became even harder. That’s when founder Sue Purchase learned that the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) would no longer fund the organization’s syringe service program offering needle exchange, safe injection supplies and support services for drug users. “The MDH has always been supportive of my work,” Purchase said, adding that she’d lose
‘Clubhouse’ programs for people with mental illness continue to operate, for now (opens the original)
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Earlier this year, Corey Sauer read an article in the Pioneer Press explaining that without about half a million dollars, state funding cuts would cause the closure by June 30 of two “clubhouse” programs for people with severe and persistent mental illness. Sauer, a retired cartoonist who serves on the board of his family’s foundation, decided that he had the means and the motivation to keep the centers open at least a little bit longer. The clubhouses, operated by Vail Communities, serve as dro
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