Group Homes and State Spending on Them Boom in Brooklyn Park

Group homes and state spending on them boom in Brooklyn Park

Important reporting from MPR News on an increase in group homes, especially in Brooklyn Park, where law enforcement officials are getting more calls. “The state paid out more than half a billion dollars last fiscal year to group home companies licensed to operate in Brooklyn Park, according to Minnesota Open Checkbook, a state website that provides transparency in government spending. Payments to those companies increased from more than $300 mil…

Deaths, neglect, calls for help: Group home boom overwhelms Brooklyn Park

Taxpayer-funded group homes help thousands of Minnesotans with physical or mental disabilities live as independently as possible. But the industry’s rapid growth in the Twin Cities northwest suburbs has led to problems that leave vulnerable people in danger and local governments struggling with the consequences. Nowhere is that clearer than in Brooklyn Park, the state’s group home capital.