Minnesota adolescent mental health treatment facility closes abruptly

Cambia Hills of East Bethel, one of the few intensive mental health treatment facilities in Minnesota for high-risk adolescents, abruptly announced this week that it would shut its doors Friday.

The facility, which has struggled since opening during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and has been cited by state regulators for licensing violations, said it had not received a requested rate increase from the Minnesota Department of Human Services to continue operations.

"We can't continue without some sort of emergency funding," said Leslie Chaplin, chief executive of the facility's parent corporation. "We did not have any other options because I can't simply pay people to work."

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