1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; appropriating money for grants to address racial disparity 
1.3 	of youth using shelter services.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; RACIALLY DIVERSE YOUTH.
 1.6 	$250,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $250,000 in fiscal year 2025 are appropriated from the 
1.7 	general fund to the commissioner of public safety for the Office of Justice Programs to 
1.8 	award grants of $125,000 each fiscal year to 180 Degrees in the Rochester regional area 
1.9 	and to 180 Degrees in the St. Cloud regional area to address racial disparity of youth using 
1.10 	shelter services. The 180 Degrees organizations in each regional area shall establish and 
1.11 	operate a pilot program connected to shelter services to engage in community intervention 
1.12 	outreach, mobile case management, family reunification, aftercare, and follow up when 
1.13 	family members are released from shelter services. The pilot programs each shall specifically 
1.14 	address the high number of racially diverse youth that enter shelters in that program's region.