HF 1686

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 03/06/2023 04:12pm

A bill for an act
relating to human services; appropriating money for families experiencing
homelessness in Ramsey County.

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

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION; HEADING HOME RAMSEY CONTINUUM OF
CARE.
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new text begin (a) $37,500,000 in fiscal year 2023 and $37,500,000 in fiscal year 2024 are appropriated
from the general fund to the commissioner of human services for a grant to Ramsey County
to fund and support Heading Home Ramsey Continuum of Care. The grant must be used
for:
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new text begin (1) maintaining funding for a 100-bed family shelter;
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new text begin (2) maintaining funding to provide shelter and services for single adults, including
expanded shelter for women;
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new text begin (3) developing and operating a familiar faces pilot program for high-frequency unhoused
clients with intensive, twenty-four-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week staffing;
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new text begin (4) maintaining current day shelter programming; and
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new text begin (5) providing outreach, support services, single point of entry, infrastructure, and extreme
weather support.
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new text begin (b) Ramsey County may contract with eligible nonprofit organizations and local and
Tribal governmental units to provide services under the grant program.
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new text begin (c) Ramsey County may use up to ten percent of this appropriation for administrative
expenses.
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new text begin (d) The unencumbered balance in the first year does not cancel but is available until
expended.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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