Minnesota to stop use of hotel rooms to house people in mental health crises
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Starting this week, Minnesota will no longer allow the use of hotel rooms to provide what’s called “crisis respite.” It’s a Medicaid-funded program aimed at providing care and supervision to people experiencing mental health crises.
Case workers have turned to hotels for help in some cases since 2020, but after concerns about oversight and safety, the state stopped allowing new hotel placements in June. Starting Tuesday, all existing hotel placements must end.
Hennepin County had already stopped using hotels for crisis respite before this change. Debbie Ackerman, the area manager for Hennepin County Human Services, joined MPR News host Nina Moini to talk about why they made the change and what they have learned.
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