SF 4397
Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 03/26/2026 09:15 a.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to children, youth, and families; modifying grants to youth intervention
programs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142A.43.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142A.43, is amended to read:
142A.43 deleted text begin GRANTS-IN-AIDdeleted text end new text begin GRANTSnew text end TO YOUTH INTERVENTION PROGRAMS.
Subdivision 1.
Grants.
new text begin (a) new text end The commissioner deleted text begin maydeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end make grants to nonprofit agencies
administering youth intervention programs in communities where the programs are or may
be established.new text begin Grants under this section are limited to available appropriations. No grant
may exceed $75,000.
new text end
new text begin (b) new text end "Youth intervention program" means a nonresidential community-based program
providing advocacy, education, counseling, mentoring, and referral services to youth and
their families experiencing personal, familial, school, legal, or chemical problems with the
goal of resolving the present problems and preventing the occurrence of the problems in
the future. The intent of the youth intervention program is to provide an ongoing stable
funding source to community-based early intervention programs for youth. Program design
may be different for the grantees depending on youth service needs of the communities
being served.
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(c) A grant under this section is contingent upon the agency obtaining local matching
money equal to the amount of the grant from the community in which the youth intervention
program is established. The matching requirement is intended to leverage the investment
of state and community money in supporting the efforts of the grantees to provide early
intervention services to youth and their families.
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Subd. 2.
Applications.
Applications for a deleted text begin grant-in-aid shalldeleted text end new text begin grant mustnew text end be deleted text begin madedeleted text end new text begin submittednew text end
by the administering agency to the commissioner.new text begin The commissioner must provide the
application form, procedures for submitting application forms, criteria for review of the
application, and a description of the kinds of contributions in addition to cash that qualify
as local matching money.
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The grant-in-aid is contingent upon the agency having obtained from the community in
which the youth intervention program is established local matching money equal to the
amount of the grant that is sought. The matching requirement is intended to leverage the
investment of state and community dollars in supporting the efforts of the grantees to provide
early intervention services to youth and their families.
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The commissioner shall provide the application form, procedures for making application
form, criteria for review of the application, and kinds of contributions in addition to cash
that qualify as local matching money. No grant to any agency may exceed $75,000.
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Subd. 3.
deleted text begin Grant allocation formuladeleted text end new text begin Youth Intervention Programs Association
grantnew text end .
Up to deleted text begin fivedeleted text end new text begin sixnew text end percent of the deleted text begin appropriations to the grants-in-aid to the youth
intervention program maydeleted text end new text begin appropriation for grants under this section mustnew text end be used for a
grant to the Minnesota Youth Intervention Programs Association for deleted text begin expenses indeleted text end providing
collaboration, program development, professional development training, technical assistance,
new text begin and new text end tracking, deleted text begin anddeleted text end analyzingnew text begin ,new text end and reporting outcome data for the community-based grantees
of the program. The Minnesota Youth Intervention Programs Association is not required
to meet the deleted text begin match obligationdeleted text end new text begin matching requirementnew text end under subdivision deleted text begin 2deleted text end new text begin 1, paragraph (c)new text end .
Subd. 4.
Report.
On or before March 31 of each year, the Minnesota Youth Intervention
Programs Association shall report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the
committees and divisions with jurisdiction over deleted text begin public safety policy and financedeleted text end new text begin children
and youthnew text end on the implementation, use, and administration of the grant program deleted text begin createddeleted text end
under this section. The report shall include information sent by agencies administering youth
intervention programs to the Minnesota Youth Intervention Programs Association deleted text begin and the
Office of Justice Programsdeleted text end . At a minimum, the report must identify:
(1) the grant recipients;
(2) the geographic location of the grant recipients;
(3) the total number of individuals served by all grant recipients, disaggregated by race,
ethnicity, and gender;
(4) the total number of individuals served by all grant recipients who successfully
completed programming, disaggregated by age, race, ethnicity, and gender;
(5) the total amount of money awarded in grants and the total amount remaining to be
awarded from each appropriation;
(6) the amount of money granted to each recipient;
(7) deleted text begin granteedeleted text end new text begin grant recipientnew text end workplan objectives;
(8) how the grant was used based on deleted text begin granteedeleted text end new text begin grant recipientnew text end quarterly narrative reports
and financial reports; and
(9) summarized relevant youth intervention program outcome survey data measuring
the developmental assets of participants, based on Search Institute's Developmental Assets
Framework.
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deleted text begin Administrative costs. deleted text end
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The commissioner may use up to ten percent of the
biennial appropriation for grants-in-aid to the youth intervention program to pay costs
incurred by the department in administering the youth intervention program.
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