HHS announces offices closures and delayed openings for today, Dec. 18

North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS) offices in Devils Lake, Grand Forks and Minot and outreach offices in Grafton and Rolla that directly serve clients will be closed today, Dec. 18, due to hazardous weather and road conditions.

North Dakota Health and Human Services' (HHS) offices in Williston and Minot that directly serve clients will delay opening until 10 a.m., today, Dec. 18, due to hazardous weather and road conditions.

North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS) offices in Jamestown and Fargo and outreach office in Valley City that directly serve clients will delay opening until noon, today, Dec. 18, due to hazardous weather and road conditions.

Affected offices include HHS regional behavioral health clinics and their outreach offices and vocational rehabilitation and child support offices.   

Details appear below.   

IMPORTANT: People experiencing a behavioral health crisis should call the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline for immediate help. Available 24-hours a day, seven days a week. 

AFFECTED OFFICES: 

Devils Lake region: Lake Region Behavioral Health Clinic and the regional vocational rehabilitation and child support offices in Devils Lake and the clinic's outreach office in Rolla will be closed.   

Fargo region: Southeast Behavioral Health Clinic and the regional vocational rehabilitation and child support offices in Fargo will delay opening until noon.     

Grand Forks region: Northeast Behavioral Health Clinic and the regional vocational rehabilitation and child support offices in Grand Forks and the clinic's outreach office in Grafton will be closed.   

The Life Skills and Transition Center in Grafton is open and not affected by this closure.  

Jamestown region: South Central Behavioral Health Clinic and the regional vocational rehabilitation and child support offices in Jamestown and the clinic's outreach office in Valley City will delay opening until noon.  

The North Dakota State Hospital in Jamestown is open and not affected by this closure.  

Minot region: North Central Behavioral Health Clinic and the regional vocational rehabilitation and child support offices in Minot will delay opening until 10 a.m.     

Williston region: Northwest Behavioral Health Clinic and the regional vocational rehabilitation and child support offices in Williston will delay opening until 10 a.m.

Office closure decisions are made for the safety of clients and team members and align with closures of other community clinics and government organizations.  

Weather-related office closure information can be found on the HHS Facebook and X pages and website at hhs.nd.gov. Child support customers can conduct normal business 24 hours a day on HHS secure website at hhs.nd.gov/childsupport. 

The department anticipates resuming normal business hours at all locations on Friday, Dec. 19.