as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 03/15/2023 12:03pm
A bill for an act
relating to public safety; appropriating money for grants to address racial disparity
of youth using shelter services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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$250,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $250,000 in fiscal year 2025 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
and to 180 Degrees in the St. Cloud regional area to address racial disparity of youth using
shelter services. The 180 Degrees organizations in each regional area shall establish and
operate a pilot program connected to shelter services to engage in community intervention
outreach, mobile case management, family reunification, aftercare, and follow up when
family members are released from shelter services. The pilot programs each shall specifically
address the high number of racially diverse youth that enter shelters in that program's region.
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