1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; appropriating money for families experiencing 
1.3 	homelessness in Ramsey County.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; HEADING HOME RAMSEY CONTINUUM OF 
1.6 	CARE.
 1.7 	(a) $37,500,000 in fiscal year 2023 and $37,500,000 in fiscal year 2024 are appropriated 
1.8 	from the general fund to the commissioner of human services for a grant to Ramsey County 
1.9 	to fund and support Heading Home Ramsey Continuum of Care. The grant must be used 
1.10 	for:
1.11 	(1) maintaining funding for a 100-bed family shelter;
1.12 	(2) maintaining funding to provide shelter and services for single adults, including 
1.13 	expanded shelter for women;
1.14 	(3) developing and operating a familiar faces pilot program for high-frequency unhoused 
1.15 	clients with intensive, twenty-four-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week staffing;
1.16 	(4) maintaining current day shelter programming; and
1.17 	(5) providing outreach, support services, single point of entry, infrastructure, and extreme 
1.18 	weather support.
1.19 	(b) Ramsey County may contract with eligible nonprofit organizations and local and 
1.20 	Tribal governmental units to provide services under the grant program.
2.1 	(c) Ramsey County may use up to ten percent of this appropriation for administrative 
2.2 	expenses.
2.3 	(d) The unencumbered balance in the first year does not cancel but is available until 
2.4 	expended.

2.5 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.