1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to housing; modifying eligibility for 
  1.3             transitional housing services; amending Minnesota 
  1.4             Statutes 1994, section 268.38, subdivision 2. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 268.38, 
  1.7   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.8      Subd. 2.  [ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION.] A 
  1.9   transitional housing program is established to be administered 
  1.10  by the commissioner.  The commissioner may make grants to 
  1.11  eligible recipients or enter into agreements with community 
  1.12  action agencies or other public or private nonprofit agencies to 
  1.13  make grants to eligible recipients to initiate, maintain, or 
  1.14  expand programs to provide transitional housing and support 
  1.15  services for persons in need of transitional housing, which may 
  1.16  include up to six months of follow-up support services for 
  1.17  persons who complete transitional housing as they stabilize in 
  1.18  permanent housing.  The commissioner shall ensure that money 
  1.19  appropriated to implement this section is distributed as soon as 
  1.20  practicable.  The commissioner may make grants directly to 
  1.21  eligible recipients.