HF 600

Introduction - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024)

Posted on 02/09/2023 08:56 p.m.

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; appropriating money for juvenile delinquency treatment
homes and violence prevention and wellness efforts in Ramsey County.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Ramsey County post-juvenile delinquency adjudication treatment
homes. new text end

new text begin $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 is appropriated from the general fund to the
commissioner of corrections for a grant to Ramsey County to establish at least five and up
to seven culturally specific, community-based intensive therapeutic treatment homes in
Ramsey County that provide up to 25 out-of-home, community-based placement options
for Ramsey County youth who have been adjudicated delinquent. This is a onetime
appropriation.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Ramsey County violence prevention and wellness support. new text end

new text begin $10,000,000 in
fiscal year 2024 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of corrections
for a grant to Ramsey County to award grants to develop new and further enhance existing
community-based organizational support through violence prevention and community
wellness grants. Grantees must use the money to:
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new text begin (1) create family support groups and resources to support families during the time a
young person is placed out-of-home following a juvenile delinquency adjudication and
support the family through the period of post-placement reentry;
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new text begin (2) create community-based respite options for conflict or crisis de-escalation to prevent
incarceration or further systems involvement for families; and
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new text begin (3) establish additional meaningful employment opportunities for systems-involved
youth.
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