HF 2227

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 03/12/2025 11:39 a.m.

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; appropriating money for shelter services for racially
diverse youth.

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

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION; AT-RISK YOUTH IN ROCHESTER, ST. CLOUD,
AND EXCELSIOR.
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new text begin $375,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $375,000 in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from the
general fund to the commissioner of public safety for the Office of Justice Programs to
award grants of $125,000 each fiscal year to 180 Degrees in the Rochester regional area,
St. Cloud regional area, and central Minnesota region west of the Twin Cities to address
racial disparities of youth using shelter services. The 180 Degrees shelters in each region
shall establish and operate a program connected to shelter services to engage in community
outreach, mobile case management, family reunification, aftercare, and follow up when
family members are released from shelter services. This program shall specifically address
the large geographic rural areas served where at-risk youth enter shelters in Rochester, St.
Cloud, and Excelsior.
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