HF 1082

as introduced - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026) Posted on 02/19/2025 12:47pm

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; appropriating money for grants to certain organizations
providing direct services and advocacy for victims.

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

Section 1. new text begin DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO CRIME VICTIM SURVIVORS;
APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin $....... in fiscal year 2026 and $....... in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from the general
fund to the commissioner of public safety for the Office of Justice Programs to provide
grants to organizations that received a grant from the crime victim services unit in fiscal
year 2024. Grants must be used for direct services and advocacy for victims of sexual assault,
general crime, domestic violence, and child abuse. Funding must support the direct needs
of organizations serving victims of crime by providing: direct client assistance to crime
victims; competitive wages for direct service staff; hotel stays and other housing-related
supports and services; culturally responsive programming; prevention programming,
including domestic abuse transformation and restorative justice programming; and for other
needs of organizations and crime victim survivors. Services funded must include services
for victims of crime in underserved communities most impacted by violence and reflect the
ethnic, racial, economic, cultural, and geographic diversity of the state. Up to ten percent
of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
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