1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; appropriating money for crisis nursery services.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION FOR CRISIS NURSERY SERVICES.
 1.5 	$200,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2018 from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.6 	of human services for a grant to an organization in Minneapolis that provides free, voluntary 
1.7 	crisis nursery services for families in crisis 24 hours per day, 365 days per year; crisis 
1.8 	counseling; overnight residential child care; a 24-hour crisis hotline; and parent education 
1.9 	to provide a trauma-informed continuum of care for families living in poverty, to continue 
1.10 	efforts to prevent child abuse and neglect, and to develop practices that can be shared with 
1.11 	organizations around the state to reduce child abuse and neglect. This is a onetime 
1.12 	appropriation and is available until spent.