The Legislature passed a law in 2023 that provides $14.6 million in 2024 and $3 million each year after for DHS to create grants for organizations to establish Safe Recovery Sites.

Minnesota DHS Commissioner Jodi Harpstead steps down; Governor Walz praises her work, including contributing to the DHS split ...

Minnesota Department of Human Services Commissioner Jodi Harpstead will be leaving the massive agency after more than five years in the job. Her departure, which Gov. Tim Walz announced Monday ...

The Minnesota Department of Human Services' "internal control weakness ... and once again there has been no accountability from Gov. Walz or Commissioner Jodi Harpstead," Demuth said.

Harpstead was appointed to lead the agency in August 2019 by DFL Gov. Tim Walz. In a statement, Walz praised Harpstead’s work to reorganize DHS. Minnesota Department of Human Services ...

Harpstead was appointed to lead the agency in August 2019 by DFL Gov. Tim Walz ... Prior to joining DHS, Harpstead was CEO of Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota.

Photo by Andrew VonBank/House Information Services. Jodi Harpstead, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Human Services, announced her resignation Monday. She will leave the department Feb. 3.

Minnesota Department of Human Services Commissioner Jodi Harpstead will step down next month, Gov. Tim Walz announced on Monday. Harpstead, who was appointed in August 2019, will vacate her post ...

Jodi Harpstead speaks during the Circle of Excellence Award ceremony on Nov. 12, 2024. She will leave her role as Minnesota Department of Human Services commissioner on Feb. 3, 2025.

Minnesota Department of Human Services Commisioner Jodi Harpstead speaks to a legislative task force in 2023 at the Minnesota Senate Building in St. Paul. (Aaron Lavinsky/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...