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Minn. court oks funding for background checks, services to vulnerable as shutdown drags on

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Article by: Associated Press

Updated: July 7, 2011 - 3:18 PM

The National Federation of the Blind of Minnesota was represented at the hearing for temporary funding during the State government shutdown.

 

Photo: Jim Gehrz, Star Tribune

 

 

ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Minnesota judge has ordered the state Department of Human Services to restart background checks for those who work with vulnerable populations

as the state's government shutdown reaches its seventh day.

 

Ramsey County Chief Judge Kathleen Gearin also ruled Thursday that several services should continue, including emergency aid programs and blind training.

 

But she denied a request from a program that helps developmentally disabled people find housing.

 

Gearin's rulings agree with recommendations from former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Kathleen Blatz, who is serving as a court-appointed referee on

shutdown programs and services. Blatz's recommendation says the disabled-housing service is important but the state doesn't have an obligation to the federal

government to keep its funding going.

 

Gearin also ordered funding to schools for special education costs to continue.

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