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HSC Study Started

HSC Study Started

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A strategic study of the role of the Human Services Center in Yankton is underway.
Laura Ringling, Director of the Division of Behavioral Health in the Department of Social Services, appeared before the Joint Committee on Appropriations….

Ringling says they need to align services with the dollars available..

Ringling told the committee that everyone who needs help will find it….

Lawmakers were told that HSC is short about one hundred forty workers and currently has four units that are closed.

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