Taking the helm at Minnesota's sprawling Department of Human Services, Jodi Harpstead brings long experience in managing large organizations that Gov. Tim Walz hopes will provide stability and ...

Minnesota Department of Human Services Commissioner Jodi Harpstead says she’s resigning after more than five years in the job ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Jodi Harpstead, the new head of the Department of Human Services, apologized to taxpayers Monday for more than $100 million in spending mistakes -- but Republican lawmakers ...

Harpstead has lead the agency since 2019. M innesota Department of Human Services (DHS) Commissioner Jodi Harpstead will step down from her role Feb. 3, Gov. Tim Walz announced Monday.

Sen. Jim Abeler, R-Anoka, questioned new Department of Human Services Commissioner Jodi Harpstead after she was introduced at the start of a Minnesota State Senate joint meeting on Health and ...

ST. PAUL — Department of Human Services Commissioner Jodi Harpstead held up a granite plaque that read "trustworthy" and set it before her as she stared down more than a dozen lawmakers before ...

Jodi Harpstead speaks during a news conference at the State Capitol in St. Paul on Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, Harpstead, president and CEO of Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota, was announced as the ...

Minnesota’s new Human Services Commissioner Jodi Harpstead has been at the helm of the state’s largest and most troubled agency for just over a week. And she is already charting a path for her ...

New Minnesota Department of Human Services Commissioner Jodi Harpstead continued her trust-building tour Tuesday, spending her 99th day on the job with members of the Senate Health and Human ...

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Jodi Harpstead’s background stands in contrast to that of Walz’s initial choice to run the Department of Human Services, former state Sen. Tony Lourey, who abruptly resigned last month.

Harpstead has lead the agency since 2019. Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) Commissioner Jodi Harpstead will step down from her role Feb. 3, Gov. Tim Walz announced Monday.