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

1.4 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.5 	$5,000,000 in fiscal year 2017 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
1.6 	commissioner of corrections to establish high-risk revocation reduction programs in the 
1.7 	cities of Minneapolis, St. Paul, St. Cloud, Rochester, and Duluth. Each program shall 
1.8 	receive $1,000,000 to provide sustained case planning, housing assistance, employment 
1.9 	assistance, group mentoring, life skills programming, and transportation assistance to 
1.10 	adult male release violators who are being released again from prison.
1.11 	This appropriation is added to the base budget of the Department of Corrections.