HF 1501

as introduced - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to human services; providing for a pilot 
  1.3             project to coordinate community violence prevention 
  1.4             programs for African-American children; appropriating 
  1.5             money. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  [FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.] 
  1.8      The legislature finds that: 
  1.9      (1) homicides have the most adverse affect on 
  1.10  African-American children; 
  1.11     (2) loss of a loved one due to homicide leaves children 
  1.12  uprooted, displaced, abandoned, and isolated; 
  1.13     (3) children who witness a homicide often experience 
  1.14  posttraumatic stress, grief, loss, insecurity, conflicting 
  1.15  loyalties, and fear of being identified as a witness or 
  1.16  retaliation; 
  1.17     (4) community institutions lack the skills necessary to 
  1.18  recognize the traumas of these children and provide 
  1.19  psychological first aid and treatment; 
  1.20     (5) children exposed to community violence can be better 
  1.21  served through a program providing psychological first aid and 
  1.22  treatment; and 
  1.23     (6) children adversely affected by homicides and other 
  1.24  violent crimes cause important and widespread social problems 
  1.25  for the state because these children lack opportunity to learn 
  2.1   appropriate problem-solving skills and use violence as a primary 
  2.2   problem-solving method to resolve stressful personal conflicts. 
  2.3      Sec. 2.  [AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MARTIN LUTHER KING 
  2.4   NONVIOLENT INSTITUTIONAL CHILD DEVELOPMENT PILOT PROGRAM.] 
  2.5      (a) The commissioner of human services, in consultation 
  2.6   with the council on Black Minnesotans shall proceed with the 
  2.7   planning, designing, and implementation of the Martin Luther 
  2.8   King nonviolent institutional child development pilot program 
  2.9   which provides: 
  2.10     (1) multi-institutional interdisciplinary community 
  2.11  violence prevention programs; and 
  2.12     (2) multi-institutional interdisciplinary intervention 
  2.13  programs. 
  2.14     (b) The pilot program may provide services to the following 
  2.15  institutions: 
  2.16     (1) elementary and secondary schools; 
  2.17     (2) social service programs and agencies; 
  2.18     (3) youth programs and services; 
  2.19     (4) juvenile delinquency programs; 
  2.20     (5) residential treatment facilities; 
  2.21     (6) foster homes; 
  2.22     (7) law enforcement agencies; 
  2.23     (8) medical centers; 
  2.24     (9) mental health programs; and 
  2.25     (10) religious outreach programs. 
  2.26     (c) The program shall include: 
  2.27     (1) development and implementation of each participating 
  2.28  institution's long-range community violence prevention plan for 
  2.29  school-age children; 
  2.30     (2) development and implementation of each participating 
  2.31  institution's community violence intervention plan for children 
  2.32  affected by violence in the community; 
  2.33     (3) identification and implementation of each participating 
  2.34  institution's training and staffing needs; 
  2.35     (4) development and implementation of a network among 
  2.36  participating institutions to coordinate services, share 
  3.1   information, and develop common strategies for violence 
  3.2   prevention and intervention; and 
  3.3      (5) funding for participating institutions' violence 
  3.4   prevention and intervention programs. 
  3.5      (d) The pilot program must be evaluated based on outcome 
  3.6   evaluation criteria determined in consultation with the council 
  3.7   on Black Minnesotans before implementation of the program. 
  3.8      (e) The pilot program must start by January 2, 1996. 
  3.9      (f) The pilot program must be completed by January 2, 1999. 
  3.10     (g) A report on the pilot program must be completed by the 
  3.11  council on Black Minnesotans by July 1, 1999, and presented to 
  3.12  the commissioner of human services. 
  3.13     Sec. 3.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
  3.14     $....... is appropriated in fiscal year 1996 from the 
  3.15  general fund to the commissioner of human services for the 
  3.16  Martin Luther King nonviolent institutional child development 
  3.17  pilot program in section 2 and to pay related costs and expenses.
  3.18     Sec. 4.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  3.19     Sections 1 to 3 are effective the day following final 
  3.20  enactment.