HF 1907

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 03/06/2025 05:12 p.m.

A bill for an act
relating to economic development; appropriating money to Youthprise.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin YOUTHPRISE; APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from
the workforce development fund to the commissioner of employment and economic
development for a grant to Youthprise to provide economic development services designed
to enhance long-term economic self-sufficiency in communities statewide with concentrated
populations from the African diaspora. At least 50 percent of grant money must be used for
subgrants to organizations serving communities located outside the seven-county metropolitan
area, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 2. This is a onetime
appropriation.
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