social services

The North Dakota legislature broke up North Dakota into 19 multi-county “human service zones” as an extension of the previous state legislative Senate…

A bill for a state take-over of county social service funding is now on its way to Governor Burgum.Under it, the state will assume all the costs of social…

A House committee is delaying by two years a plan for the state to take over the funding of county social service programs.Instead, the issue would be…

03036 Property tax social services new 3-15-17 ddtRepresentatives of county governments packed a House hearing on a bill that would have the state take…

A Senate committee is looking at a proposal to have the state take over the costs of delivering human service programs at the county level.Right now,…

The 2017 Legislature will likely tackle the issue of whether the state should fully fund social service programs.Right now, counties can levy up to 20…

After several tries, the Legislature has approved a plan to start taking over some social service programs that were funded by counties.Supporters say the…

North Dakota counties were disappointed that the 2013 Legislature defeated a proposal to have the state take over the funding of all social service…

Spirited dialogue on the Spirit Lake Reservation, Wednesday, as officials with the Bureau of Indian Affairs briefed state, federal and tribal officials on…