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CLAY COUNTY, MN (KVRR/KFGO) – Corporate adult foster care homes have been effectively banned in Minnesota since 2009, meaning that family adult foster care homes, or AFCs, have been the primary way adults who need some sort of assistance can live semi-independently with licensed caregivers.
AFCs must be the primary residence of the license holder, and the license holder must be the primary caregiver.
But as investigations have uncovered – that’s certainly not always what happens.
Clay County Attorney Brian Melton says that since 2021, his office has assisted with 9 cases where AFC licenses were revoked.
In almost every situation, the license holder was misrepresenting their circumstances, often for pure financial gain.
“One individual’s getting $77,000 per month, and yet, that money, instead of going to the individuals he’s supposed to be taking care of, is going into his own pocket,” said Melton.
The Department of Human Services ultimately issues and takes away those licenses – but the Clay County Attorney’s Office says they’re proud of the role they’ve played in holding these violators accountable.
“Here in Clay County, we’ve been doing the right things to make sure it’s not going unchecked,” he said.
There is only one AFC license revocation still pending in Clay County, and that is because the licensed caregiver left the country in 2025 and has never returned.
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