Jessie Van Berkel
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Jessie Van Berkel

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Reporter @StarTribune covering social services. Signal: jvanberkel.44 [email protected] 651.925.5044

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MENTAL HEALTH CARE FOR KIDS HARDER TO FIND

The suspension of Nexus Family Healing leaves fewer residential care options for children and young adults with serious, complex needs.

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BATTLE JOINED OVER FRAUD ALLEGATIONS

Provider denies any intentional noncompliance, blaming complex rules.

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Minnesota Star TribuneJUL 3, 2026
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MENTAL HEALTH CARE FOR KIDS HARDER TO FIND

The suspension of Nexus Family Healing leaves fewer residential care options for children and young adults with serious, complex needs.

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Minnesota Star TribuneJUN 14, 2026Lead Story
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State cuts off thousands in race to hinder fraud

Medicaid providers suddenly dis enrolled as officials raced to keep funds.

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Minnesota Star TribuneJUN 5, 2026
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Judge questions DHS payment halts

He says it may be improperly suspending Medicaid pay without required review.

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Minnesota Star TribuneMAY 15, 2026Lead Story
The paper highlights a judicial check on state executive power, focusing on the procedural legality of the Department of Human Services' anti-fraud measures.
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FBI raids 22 sites in state, escalating fraud probe

Homeland Security says searches were related to “the rampant fraud of U.S. taxpayer dollars.”

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Minnesota Star TribuneAPR 29, 2026Lead Story
The paper leads with factual, procedurally focused reporting on a large-scale federal law enforcement action against local childcare centers, emphasising the breadth of the operation.
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Providers: Stop disability service

Independent living program called flawed and open to fraud; some urge state to start over.

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Minnesota Star TribuneAPR 22, 2026Lead Story
The paper leads with a sober policy-focused angle, emphasising calls from within the sector to overhaul rather than merely patch a troubled state program.
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Long-term care center deaths raise red flags

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Minnesota Star TribuneAPR 12, 2026
Highlights institutional regulatory failures following an investigative report on elder care maltreatment.

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Paperboy tracks bylines on the front pages of major US and UK broadsheets. This page shows every front-page story attributed to Jessie Van Berkel in our archive, based on bylines extracted from front-page images by AI. It covers only front-page stories — not the full output of this journalist. Data begins April 2026.