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Thanks for Making our District Dialogues a Success

By Jonathan Tvedt posted 28 days ago
Greetings, members across the state, I want to extend my sincere thanks to everyone who attended our District Dialogues this fall, and a special thank you to those who helped host the events. Because of your participation, we were able to bring elected officials into rooms with 30–50 constituents at ...
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Celebrating DSP Week 2025

By Megan Petersen posted 08-04-2025
Every September, we celebrate Direct Support Professional (DSP) Recognition Week. In a busy industry where many of us are getting through the day hour-to-hour, it’s important to take the time to recognize the essential work and tireless dedication of DSPs. Without their efforts, our industry would be ...
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Legislative Update: Special Session happening TODAY

By Sara Grafstrom posted 06-09-2025
The Minnesota Legislature will hold a one-day Special Session today, Monday, June 9 th , to finalize the state budget. The agreement, signed by all four caucus leaders, states that the legislature will convene at 10:00 on Monday, June 9 th , and must adjourn by 7:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 10 th . The ...
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Legislative Update: Legislature heads into the final week of session

By Sara Grafstrom posted 05-12-2025
This week marks the last full week of the regular legislative session. As of today, global budget targets have not been announced. While there is still uncertainty as to what the ultimate budget target will be for Human Services, last week, we did see conference committee members announced. Below is ...
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Legislative Update: Two Weeks Remain, Action Expected on Human Services Budget Bills

By Sara Grafstrom posted 05-05-2025
Just two weeks remain in the legislative session, and there is still a lot of work to be completed. Big picture, we are still waiting for leadership to establish global budget targets, which the final budget bills will be based on. In the Human Services world, we anticipate the House and Senate to act ...
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Legislative Update: Three Weeks Remain

By Sara Grafstrom posted 04-28-2025
Just three weeks remain in the legislative session. Below is an overview of where things stand: Senate: Last week, the Senate Human Services Omnibus Finance bill was passed out of the Senate Finance Committee. We anticipate the bill will be taken up for action on the Senate floor sometime this week. ...
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Legislative Update: Third Committee Deadline Passes, Legislature Heads to Break

By Sara Grafstrom posted 04-14-2025
Last week marked the third and final committee deadline at the legislature—all omnibus spending bills needed to be acted on in committee by Friday. In the Human Services Committee, the Senate passed their omnibus bill out of committee on Wednesday evening. ARRM was able to add an amendment to the ...
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Special Legislative Update: House and Senate Human Services Omnibus Bills Released

By Sara Grafstrom posted 04-08-2025
The House and Senate Human Services Committees released their Omnibus Finance bills on Monday. While there are quite a few proposals included in each bill that are important to members, below is a tracking document to help navigate the position of the House, Senate, and Governor for the proposals most ...
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Legislative Update: 1st and 2nd Committee Deadline Passes, 3rd Committee Deadline Looms

By Sara Grafstrom posted 04-07-2025
Last week marked the 1 st and 2 nd committee deadline at the legislature, with all policy-related bills needing to be acted on in committee by Friday. For ARRM, our focus was on the Human Services Policy Omnibus bill, the Senate moved this bill out of committee last Wednesday with the House following ...
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Legislative Update: Committee Spending Targets Released

By Sara Grafstrom posted 03-30-2025
The House and the Senate both released their committee budget targets last week. Below, please find the spending targets that the Human Services Committees will need to meet: Senate: FY 26/27: Cut $272 million FY 28/29: Cut $430 million House: FY 26/27: Cut $300 million FY 28/29: ...
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