Dept of Corrections and DHS Direct Care and Treatment deficiency funding information

Publish Date

July 9, 2020

The legislature adjourned its September Special Session without passing the Dept. of Corrections deficiency funding request of $11.7 million and Dept. of Human Services' Direct Care and Treatment request of $25 million. Leaving this important legislation on the table is disheartening, to say the least, but the fight isn’t over!

The most important thing we can do at this moment is continue to tell the story of the work our members do in DOC and DCT. Can you tell us about your work?

We are asking MAPE members to contact your legislators, urging them to pass the DOC/DHS deficiency funding request to prevent layoffs.

Sample DOC message for your call and/or email:

Hello, my name is ____________ and I am a MAPE member and work at the Department of Corrections as a ______________. DOC has a deficiency funding request bill that will be heard during special session.

I am asking for your support for this bill. As the COVID-19 crisis has hit the state of Minnesota, I have been stepping up to serve Minnesotans, and without this bill important positions such as mine may face layoffs.

I provide essential services … (Tell them about what you do in your work and why it is important to Minnesotans.)
Please support me and the work I do to serve Minnesotans.
Layoffs at the department have already started. Without this funding, more employees will be cut, further risking the health and safety of our staff in the facilities, and field services will face unmanageable caseloads, jeopardizing the communities we serve.
Will you support the Department of Corrections deficiency funding bill?

Sample DCT message for your call and/or email:

Hello, my name is ____________ and I am a MAPE member and work at the Department of Health and Human Services in the Direct Care and Treatment Program as a ______________.

DHS has a deficiency funding request bill that will be heard during special session.

I am asking for your support for this bill. As the COVID-19 crisis has hit the state of Minnesota, I have been stepping up to serve Minnesotans and without this bill important positions such as mine may face layoffs.

I provide essential services … (Tell them about what you do in your work and why it is important to Minnesotans.)
Please support me and the work I do to serve Minnesotans.
Will you please support the DHS DCT Deficiency Funding request bill?

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