1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; extending the time to use certain grant funds;amending 
1.3 	Laws 2023, chapter 52, article 2, section 3, subdivision 8, as amended.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Laws 2023, chapter 52, article 2, section 3, subdivision 8, as amended by Laws 
1.6 	2023, chapter 69, section 12, Laws 2024, chapter 123, article 1, section 11, Laws 2024, 
1.7 	chapter 123, article 9, section 3, and Laws 2025, chapter 35, article 2, section 24, is amended 
1.8 	to read:

1.9	Subd. 8.Office of Justice Programs
 		94,758,000
		80,434,000

1.10	Appropriations by Fund
	
1.11	General
	94,662,000
	80,338,000
	
1.12
1.13	State Government 
Special Revenue
	96,000
	96,000
	
1.14 	(a) Domestic and Sexual Violence Housing
1.15 	$1,500,000 each year is to establish a 
1.16 	Domestic Violence Housing First grant 
1.17 	program to provide resources for survivors of 
1.18 	violence to access safe and stable housing and 
1.19 	for staff to provide mobile advocacy and 
1.20 	expertise in housing resources in their 
1.21 	community and a Minnesota Domestic and 
1.22 	Sexual Violence Transitional Housing 
1.23 	program to develop and support medium to 
2.1 	long term transitional housing for survivors 
2.2 	of domestic and sexual violence with 
2.3 	supportive services. The base for this 
2.4 	appropriation is $1,000,000 beginning in fiscal 
2.5 	year 2026.
2.6 	(b) Federal Victims of Crime Funding Gap
2.7 	$11,000,000 each year is to fund services for 
2.8 	victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, 
2.9 	child abuse, and other crimes. This is a 
2.10 	onetime appropriation.
2.11 	(c) Office for Missing and Murdered Black 
2.12 	Women and Girls
2.13 	$1,248,000 each year is to establish and 
2.14 	maintain the Minnesota Office for Missing 
2.15 	and Murdered Black Women and Girls.
2.16 	(d) Increased Staffing
2.17 	$667,000 the first year and $1,334,000 the 
2.18 	second year are to increase staffing in the 
2.19 	Office of Justice Programs for grant 
2.20 	monitoring and compliance; provide training 
2.21 	and technical assistance to grantees and 
2.22 	potential grantees; conduct community 
2.23 	outreach and engagement to improve the 
2.24 	experiences and outcomes of applicants, grant 
2.25 	recipients, and crime victims throughout 
2.26 	Minnesota; expand the Minnesota Statistical 
2.27 	Analysis Center; and increase staffing for the 
2.28 	crime victim reimbursement program and the 
2.29 	Crime Victim Justice Unit.
2.30 	(e) Office of Restorative Practices
2.31 	$500,000 each year is to establish and 
2.32 	maintain the Office of Restorative Practices.
3.1 	(f) Crossover and Dual-Status Youth Model 
3.2 	Grants
3.3 	$1,000,000 each year is to provide grants to 
3.4 	local units of government to initiate or expand 
3.5 	crossover youth practices model and 
3.6 	dual-status youth programs that provide 
3.7 	services for youth who are involved with or 
3.8 	at risk of becoming involved with both the 
3.9 	child welfare and juvenile justice systems, in 
3.10 	accordance with the Robert F. Kennedy 
3.11 	National Resource Center for Juvenile Justice 
3.12 	model. This is a onetime appropriation. This 
3.13 	appropriation is available until December 31, 
3.14 	2026.
3.15 	(g) Restorative Practices Initiatives Grants
3.16 	$4,000,000 each year is for grants to establish 
3.17 	and support restorative practices initiatives 
3.18 	pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 
3.19 	299A.95, subdivision 6, and for a restitution 
3.20 	grant program under Minnesota Statutes, 
3.21 	section 299A.955. This appropriation is 
3.22 	available until June 30, 2026. The base for this 
3.23 	appropriation is $2,500,000 beginning in fiscal 
3.24 	year 2026.
3.25 	(h) Ramsey County Youth Treatment 
3.26 	Homes Acquisition and Betterment
3.27 	$5,000,000 the first year is for a grant to 
3.28 	Ramsey County to establish, with input from 
3.29 	community stakeholders, including impacted 
3.30 	youth and families, up to seven intensive 
3.31 	trauma-informed therapeutic treatment homes 
3.32 	in Ramsey County that are licensed by the 
3.33 	Department of Human Services, that are 
3.34 	culturally specific, that are community-based, 
4.1 	and that can be secured. These residential 
4.2 	spaces must provide intensive treatment and 
4.3 	intentional healing for youth as ordered by the 
4.4 	court as part of the disposition of a case in 
4.5 	juvenile court. This appropriation is available 
4.6 	through June 30, 2027.
4.7 	(i) Ramsey County Violence Prevention
4.8 	$5,000,000 the first year is for a grant to 
4.9 	Ramsey County to award grants to develop 
4.10 	new and further enhance existing 
4.11 	community-based organizational support 
4.12 	through violence prevention and community 
4.13 	wellness grants. Grantees must use the money 
4.14 	to create family support groups and resources 
4.15 	to support families during the time a young 
4.16 	person is placed out of home following a 
4.17 	juvenile delinquency adjudication and support 
4.18 	the family through the period of postplacement 
4.19 	reentry; create community-based respite 
4.20 	options for conflict or crisis de-escalation to 
4.21 	prevent incarceration or further systems 
4.22 	involvement for families; or establish 
4.23 	additional meaningful employment 
4.24 	opportunities for systems-involved youth. This 
4.25 	appropriation is available through June 30, 
4.26 	2027.
4.27 	(j) Office for Missing and Murdered 
4.28 	Indigenous Relatives
4.29 	$274,000 each year is for increased staff and 
4.30 	operating costs of the Office for Missing and 
4.31 	Murdered Indigenous Relatives, the Missing 
4.32 	and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Advisory 
4.33 	Board, and the Gaagige-Mikwendaagoziwag 
4.34 	reward advisory group.
5.1 	(k) Youth Intervention Programs
5.2 	$3,525,000 the first year and $3,526,000 the 
5.3 	second year are for youth intervention 
5.4 	programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 
5.5 	299A.73. The base for this appropriation is 
5.6 	$3,526,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $3,525,000 
5.7 	in fiscal year 2027.
5.8 	(l) Community Crime Intervention and 
5.9 	Prevention Grants
5.10 	$750,000 each year is for community crime 
5.11 	intervention and prevention program grants, 
5.12 	authorized under Minnesota Statutes, section 
5.13 	299A.296. This is a onetime appropriation.
5.14 	(m) Resources for Victims of Crime
5.15 	$1,000,000 each year is for general crime 
5.16 	victim grants to meet the needs of victims of 
5.17 	crime not covered by domestic violence, 
5.18 	sexual assault, or child abuse services. This is 
5.19 	a onetime appropriation.
5.20 	(n) Prosecutor Training
5.21 	$100,000 each year is for a grant to the 
5.22 	Minnesota County Attorneys Association to 
5.23 	be used for prosecutorial and law enforcement 
5.24 	training, including trial school training and 
5.25 	train-the-trainer courses. All training funded 
5.26 	with grant proceeds must contain blocks of 
5.27 	instruction on racial disparities in the criminal 
5.28 	justice system, collateral consequences to 
5.29 	criminal convictions, and trauma-informed 
5.30 	responses to victims. This is a onetime 
5.31 	appropriation.
5.32 	The Minnesota County Attorneys Association 
5.33 	must report to the chairs and ranking minority 
6.1 	members of the legislative committees with 
6.2 	jurisdiction over public safety policy and 
6.3 	finance on the training provided with grant 
6.4 	proceeds, including a description of each 
6.5 	training and the number of prosecutors and 
6.6 	law enforcement officers who received 
6.7 	training. The report is due by February 15, 
6.8 	2025. The report may include trainings 
6.9 	scheduled to be completed after the date of 
6.10 	submission with an estimate of expected 
6.11 	participants.
6.12 	(o) Minnesota Heals
6.13 	$500,000 each year is for the Minnesota Heals 
6.14 	grant program. This is a onetime 
6.15 	appropriation.
6.16 	(p) Sexual Assault Exam Costs
6.17 	$3,967,000 the first year and $3,767,000 the 
6.18 	second year are to reimburse qualified health 
6.19 	care providers for the expenses associated with 
6.20 	medical examinations administered to victims 
6.21 	of criminal sexual conduct as required under 
6.22 	Minnesota Statutes, section 609.35, and for 
6.23 	costs to administer the program. The base for 
6.24 	this appropriation is $3,771,000 in fiscal year 
6.25 	2026 and $3,776,000 in fiscal year 2027.
6.26 	(q) First Responder Mental Health 
6.27 	Curriculum
6.28 	$75,000 each year is for a grant to the Adler 
6.29 	graduate school. The grantee must use the 
6.30 	grant to develop a curriculum for a 24-week 
6.31 	certificate to train licensed therapists to 
6.32 	understand the nuances, culture, and stressors 
6.33 	of the work environments of first responders 
6.34 	to allow those therapists to provide effective 
7.1 	treatment to first responders in distress. The 
7.2 	grantee must collaborate with first responders 
7.3 	who are familiar with the psychological, 
7.4 	cultural, and professional issues of their field 
7.5 	to develop the curriculum and promote it upon 
7.6 	completion.
7.7 	The grantee may provide the program online.
7.8 	The grantee must seek to recruit additional 
7.9 	participants from outside the 11-county 
7.10 	metropolitan area.
7.11 	The grantee must create a resource directory 
7.12 	to provide law enforcement agencies with 
7.13 	names of counselors who complete the 
7.14 	program and other resources to support law 
7.15 	enforcement professionals with overall 
7.16 	wellness. The grantee shall collaborate with 
7.17 	the Department of Public Safety and law 
7.18 	enforcement organizations to promote the 
7.19 	directory. This is a onetime appropriation.
7.20 	(r) Pathways to Policing
7.21 	$400,000 each year is for reimbursement 
7.22 	grants to state and local law enforcement 
7.23 	agencies that operate pathway to policing 
7.24 	programs. Applicants for reimbursement 
7.25 	grants may receive up to 50 percent of the cost 
7.26 	of compensating and training program 
7.27 	participants. Reimbursement grants shall be 
7.28 	proportionally allocated based on the number 
7.29 	of grant applications approved by the 
7.30 	commissioner. This is a onetime appropriation.
7.31 	(s) Direct Assistance to Crime Victim 
7.32 	Survivors
7.33 	$5,000,000 each year is to provide grants for 
7.34 	direct services and advocacy for victims of 
8.1 	sexual assault, general crime, domestic 
8.2 	violence, and child abuse. Funding must 
8.3 	support the direct needs of organizations 
8.4 	serving victims of crime by providing: direct 
8.5 	client assistance to crime victims; competitive 
8.6 	wages for direct service staff; hotel stays and 
8.7 	other housing-related supports and services; 
8.8 	culturally responsive programming; prevention 
8.9 	programming, including domestic abuse 
8.10 	transformation and restorative justice 
8.11 	programming; and for other needs of 
8.12 	organizations and crime victim survivors. 
8.13 	Services funded must include services for 
8.14 	victims of crime in underserved communities 
8.15 	most impacted by violence and reflect the 
8.16 	ethnic, racial, economic, cultural, and 
8.17 	geographic diversity of the state. The office 
8.18 	shall prioritize culturally specific programs, 
8.19 	or organizations led and staffed by persons of 
8.20 	color that primarily serve communities of 
8.21 	color, when allocating funds.
8.22 	(t) Racially Diverse Youth
8.23 	$250,000 each year is for grants to 
8.24 	organizations to address racial disparity of 
8.25 	youth using shelter services in the Rochester 
8.26 	and St. Cloud regional areas. Of this amount, 
8.27 	$125,000 each year is to address this issue in 
8.28 	the Rochester area and $125,000 each year is 
8.29 	to address this issue in the St. Cloud area. A 
8.30 	grant recipient shall establish and operate a 
8.31 	pilot program connected to shelter services to 
8.32 	engage in community intervention outreach, 
8.33 	mobile case management, family reunification, 
8.34 	aftercare, and follow up when family members 
8.35 	are released from shelter services. A pilot 
9.1 	program must specifically address the high 
9.2 	number of racially diverse youth that enter 
9.3 	shelters in the regions. This is a onetime 
9.4 	appropriation.
9.5 	(u) Violence Prevention Project Research 
9.6 	Center
9.7 	$500,000 each year is for a grant to the 
9.8 	Violence Prevention Project Research Center, 
9.9 	operating as a 501(c)(3) organization, for 
9.10 	research focused on reducing violence in 
9.11 	society that uses data and analysis to improve 
9.12 	criminal justice-related policy and practice in 
9.13 	Minnesota. Research must place an emphasis 
9.14 	on issues related to deaths and injuries 
9.15 	involving firearms. This is a onetime 
9.16 	appropriation.
9.17 	Beginning January 15, 2025, the Violence 
9.18 	Prevention Project Research Center must 
9.19 	submit an annual report to the chairs and 
9.20 	ranking minority members of the legislative 
9.21 	committees with jurisdiction over public safety 
9.22 	policy and finance on its work and findings. 
9.23 	The report must include a description of the 
9.24 	data reviewed, an analysis of that data, and 
9.25 	recommendations to improve criminal 
9.26 	justice-related policy and practice in 
9.27 	Minnesota with specific recommendations to 
9.28 	address deaths and injuries involving firearms.
9.29 	(v) Report on Approaches to Address Illicit 
9.30 	Drug Use in Minnesota
9.31 	$118,000 each year is to enter into an 
9.32 	agreement with Rise Research LLC for a study 
9.33 	and set of reports on illicit drug use in 
9.34 	Minnesota describing current responses to that 
10.1 	use, reviewing alternative approaches utilized 
10.2 	in other jurisdictions, and making policy and 
10.3 	funding recommendations for a holistic and 
10.4 	effective response to illicit drug use and the 
10.5 	illicit drug trade. The agreement must establish 
10.6 	a budget and schedule with clear deliverables. 
10.7 	This appropriation is onetime.
10.8 	The study must include a review of current 
10.9 	policies, practices, and funding; identification 
10.10 	of alternative approaches utilized effectively 
10.11 	in other jurisdictions; and policy and funding 
10.12 	recommendations for a response to illicit drug 
10.13 	use and the illicit drug trade that reduces and, 
10.14 	where possible, prevents harm and expands 
10.15 	individual and community health, safety, and 
10.16 	autonomy. Recommendations must consider 
10.17 	impacts on public safety, racial equity, 
10.18 	accessibility of health and ancillary supportive 
10.19 	social services, and the intersections between 
10.20 	drug policy and mental health, housing and 
10.21 	homelessness, overdose and infectious disease, 
10.22 	child welfare, and employment.
10.23 	Rise Research may subcontract and coordinate 
10.24 	with other organizations or individuals to 
10.25 	conduct research, provide analysis, and 
10.26 	prepare the reports required by this section.
10.27 	Rise Research shall submit reports to the 
10.28 	chairs and ranking minority members of the 
10.29 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
10.30 	public safety finance and policy, human 
10.31 	services finance and policy, health finance and 
10.32 	policy, and judiciary finance and policy. Rise 
10.33 	Research shall submit an initial report by 
10.34 	February 15, 2024, and a final report by March 
10.35 	1, 2025.
11.1 	(w) Legal Representation for Children
11.2 	$150,000 each year is for a grant to an 
11.3 	organization that provides legal representation 
11.4 	for children in need of protection or services 
11.5 	and children in out-of-home placement. The 
11.6 	grant is contingent upon a match in an equal 
11.7 	amount from nonstate funds. The match may 
11.8 	be in kind, including the value of volunteer 
11.9 	attorney time, in cash, or a combination of the 
11.10 	two. These appropriations are in addition to 
11.11 	any other appropriations for the legal 
11.12 	representation of children. This appropriation 
11.13 	is onetime.
11.14 	(x) Pretrial Release Study and Report
11.15 	$250,000 each year are for a grant to the 
11.16 	Minnesota Justice Research Center to study 
11.17 	and report on pretrial release practices in 
11.18 	Minnesota and other jurisdictions, including 
11.19 	but not limited to the use of bail as a condition 
11.20 	of pretrial release. This appropriation is 
11.21 	onetime.
11.22 	(y) Intensive Comprehensive Peace Officer 
11.23 	Education and Training Program
11.24 	$5,000,000 the first year is to implement the 
11.25 	intensive comprehensive peace officer 
11.26 	education and training program described in 
11.27 	Minnesota Statutes, section 626.8516. This 
11.28 	appropriation is available through June 30, 
11.29 	2027.
11.30 	(z) Youth Services Office
11.31 	$250,000 each year is to operate the Youth 
11.32 	Services Office.