HF 3980

as introduced - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to human services; creating a statewide 
  1.3             program to reduce out-of-wedlock pregnancies; 
  1.4             appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1999 
  1.5             Supplement, section 256J.02, subdivision 2; proposing 
  1.6             coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256K.
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 
  1.9   256J.02, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 2.  [USE OF MONEY.] State money appropriated for 
  1.11  purposes of this section and TANF block grant money must be used 
  1.12  for: 
  1.13     (1) financial assistance to or on behalf of any minor child 
  1.14  who is a resident of this state under section 256J.12; 
  1.15     (2) employment and training services under this chapter or 
  1.16  chapter 256K; 
  1.17     (3) emergency financial assistance and services under 
  1.18  section 256J.48; 
  1.19     (4) diversionary assistance under section 256J.47; 
  1.20     (5) the health care and human services training and 
  1.21  retention program under chapter 116L, for costs associated with 
  1.22  families with children with incomes below 200 percent of the 
  1.23  federal poverty guidelines; 
  1.24     (6) the pathways program under section 116L.04, subdivision 
  1.25  1a; 
  1.26     (7) welfare-to-work extended employment services for MFIP 
  2.1   participants with severe impairment to employment as defined in 
  2.2   section 268A.15, subdivision 1a; 
  2.3      (8) the family homeless prevention and assistance program 
  2.4   under section 462A.204; 
  2.5      (9) the rent assistance for family stabilization 
  2.6   demonstration project under section 462A.205; and 
  2.7      (10) program administration under this chapter; and 
  2.8      (11) at-risk youth out-of-wedlock pregnancy prevention 
  2.9   grants under section 256K.35. 
  2.10     Sec. 2.  [256K.35] [AT-RISK YOUTH OUT-OF-WEDLOCK PREGNANCY 
  2.11  PREVENTION GRANTS.] 
  2.12     Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.] The 
  2.13  commissioner shall establish a statewide grant program to 
  2.14  prevent or reduce the incidence of out-of-wedlock pregnancies 
  2.15  among homeless, runaway, or thrown-away youth who are at risk of 
  2.16  being prostituted or currently being used in prostitution.  The 
  2.17  goal of the shelter for out-of-wedlock pregnancy prevention 
  2.18  program is to significantly increase the number of existing 
  2.19  short-term shelter beds for these youth in the state.  By 
  2.20  providing emergency shelter, transitional housing, and 
  2.21  supportive services, the number of youth at risk of being 
  2.22  sexually exploited or actually being sexually exploited, and 
  2.23  thus at risk of experiencing an out-of-wedlock pregnancy, will 
  2.24  be reduced. 
  2.25     Subd. 2.  [GRANTS.] The commissioner shall make shelter for 
  2.26  out-of-wedlock pregnancy prevention grants to nonprofit 
  2.27  corporations or government agencies to provide emergency and 
  2.28  transitional housing for at-risk children and teens.  The 
  2.29  commissioner shall consider the need for emergency and 
  2.30  transitional centers throughout the state and must give priority 
  2.31  to applicants who offer 24-hour emergency facilities. 
  2.32     Subd. 3.  [GRANT APPLICATION; ELIGIBILITY.] (a) A nonprofit 
  2.33  corporation or government agency must submit an application to 
  2.34  the commissioner in the form and manner the commissioner 
  2.35  establishes.  The application must describe how the applicant 
  2.36  meets the eligibility criteria under paragraph (b).  The 
  3.1   commissioner may also require an applicant to provide additional 
  3.2   information. 
  3.3      (b) To be eligible for a grant under this section, an 
  3.4   applicant must meet the following criteria: 
  3.5      (1) the applicant must have a commitment to helping the 
  3.6   community, children, or preventing juvenile prostitution.  If 
  3.7   the applicant does not have any past experience with youth 
  3.8   involved in or at risk of being used in prostitution, the 
  3.9   applicant must demonstrate knowledge of best practices in this 
  3.10  area and develop a plan to follow these practices; 
  3.11     (2) the applicant must present a plan to communicate with 
  3.12  local law enforcement officials, social services, and the 
  3.13  commissioner consistent with state and federal law; and 
  3.14     (3) the applicant must present a plan to encourage 
  3.15  homeless, runaway, or throwaway youth to either reconnect with 
  3.16  the youth's family or to transition into long-term housing. 
  3.17     Subd. 4.  [USES OF GRANT FUNDS.] (a) Grant funds awarded 
  3.18  under this section must be used to create and maintain shelter 
  3.19  for homeless, runaway, and thrown-away youth.  Grant funds may 
  3.20  also be used to provide necessary supportive services to reduce 
  3.21  the risk that youth being served by the program will experience 
  3.22  out-of-wedlock pregnancy. 
  3.23     (b) Grant funds awarded under this section shall not be 
  3.24  used to conduct general education or awareness programs 
  3.25  unrelated to the operation of a shelter. 
  3.26     Sec. 3.  [FEDERAL TANF FUNDS; APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  3.27     Subdivision 1.  [ADDITIONAL TANF APPROPRIATIONS.] In 
  3.28  addition to the federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families 
  3.29  (TANF) block grant funds appropriated to the commissioner of 
  3.30  human services in Laws 1999, chapter 245, article 1, section 2, 
  3.31  subdivision 10, the sums in this section are from the federal 
  3.32  TANF funds awarded in federal fiscal years 2000 and 2001 and are 
  3.33  appropriated to the commissioner of human services for the 
  3.34  fiscal year designated. 
  3.35     Subd. 2.  [AT-RISK YOUTH OUT-OF-WEDLOCK PREGNANCY 
  3.36  PREVENTION GRANTS.] For out-of-wedlock pregnancy prevention 
  4.1   grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 256K.35: 
  4.2        $5,000,000     .....     2001