Department of Health and Human Services sending out second issuance of Summer EBT payments

Pat Traynor tapped as North Dakota Heath and Human Services interim commissioner

BISMARCK — North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong appointed Pat Traynor on Friday, May 16, to serve in his cabinet as the interim commissioner of the state's Department of Health and Human Services. Traynor is currently the executive director of the Dakota Medical Foundation, a charitable community health foundation based in Fargo. He will take a yearlong civil service leave from the foundation to serve in new the role. “His track record of making or…

Department of Health and Human Services sending out second issuance of Summer EBT payments

A one-time payment of $120 will be issued for each eligible child, intended to cover the three summer months at $40 a month.