BP: Facing the 'fiscal cliff': Beltrami County needs solutions to funding shortfalls brought on by growing foster care placements

BEMIDJI—When it comes to finances, Beltrami County is in dire straits.

Because of the ever growing cost related to the county's Health and Human Services Department's foster care work, the county is seeing its fund balance dwindle. In recent weeks, county officials have started referring to the situation as a "fiscal cliff."

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