1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; appropriating money for juvenile delinquency treatment 
1.3 	homes and violence prevention and wellness efforts in Ramsey County.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Ramsey County post-juvenile delinquency adjudication treatment 
1.7 	homes. $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
1.8 	commissioner of corrections for a grant to Ramsey County to establish at least five and up 
1.9 	to seven culturally specific, community-based intensive therapeutic treatment homes in 
1.10 	Ramsey County that provide up to 25 out-of-home, community-based placement options 
1.11 	for Ramsey County youth who have been adjudicated delinquent. This is a onetime 
1.12 	appropriation.
1.13 		Subd. 2.Ramsey County violence prevention and wellness support. $10,000,000 in 
1.14 	fiscal year 2023 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of corrections 
1.15 	for a grant to Ramsey County to award grants to develop new and further enhance existing 
1.16 	community-based organizational support through violence prevention and community 
1.17 	wellness grants. Grantees must use the money to:
1.18 	(1) create family support groups and resources to support families during the time a 
1.19 	young person is placed out-of-home following a juvenile delinquency adjudication and 
1.20 	support the family through the period of post-placement reentry;
1.21 	(2) create community-based respite options for conflict or crisis de-escalation to prevent 
1.22 	incarceration or further systems involvement for families; and
2.1 	(3) establish additional meaningful employment opportunities for systems-involved 
2.2 	youth.