Minnesota agency lays out plan to modernize child‑welfare IT, aims to begin vendor work in 2027 Department of Children, Youth and Families described planning and federal approvals for a CCWIS child‑welfare modernization project, extensive stakeholder engagement and a procurement timeline that anticipates contract work beginning in 2027.

Minnesota's Department of Children, Youth and Families is gearing up to revolutionize its child-welfare system, with plans to kick off vendor work in 2027 after extensive stakeholder engagement.

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Agency of Agriculture proposes $61.2M FY2027 budget, seeks to drop certain clean-water fees for medium and large farms The Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets proposed a $61,191,197 FY2027 budget (about a 1.8% increase), requested one new business-office position, reported a $3.5 million DBIC federal award was recently released, and proposed eliminating certain annual clean-water fees that would benefit roughly 131 medium and large farms while costing roughly $230,000 of general funds.

The Agency of Agriculture just unveiled a $61.2 million budget aimed at easing financial burdens on dairy farmers and eliminating costly clean-water fees for medium and large farms.

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