Chris Serres

Journalist (Minnesota)
Reporter covering social services for the Minnesota Star Tribune.

Links: @ChrisSerres | (Current as of: July 30, 2015)

He writes about issues affecting society’s most vulnerable populations, including the poor, elderly, mentally ill and people with cognitive and physical disabilities.



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State accused of segregating Minnesotans with disabilities in group homes

Chris Serres
Star-Tribune (Minneapolis)
August 4, 2016
Group home system limits options, class action lawsuit says.

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Lawsuit claims state of Minnesota has underspent funds meant to serve the disabled

Chris Serres
Star-Tribune (Minneapolis)
August 29, 2015
Thousands of Minnesotans with disabilities have been forced needlessly to wait months and even years for community-based services because the state has underspent more than $1 billion in public funds, according to a lawsuit.

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Restraints and seclusion used improperly at St. Peter state hospital, group alleges

Chris Serres
Star-Tribune (Minneapolis)
July 30, 2015
Minnesota’s troubled psychiatric hospital in St. Peter continues to restrain and seclude patients in ways that violate the hospital’s own policies, according to a report released Wednesday by Legal Aid’s Minnesota Disability Law Center.



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