HF 3147

as introduced - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to youth employment; modifying the 
  1.3             requirements for youth employment involvement in 
  1.4             certain construction projects paid for with grant 
  1.5             funds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 
  1.6             119A.45. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 119A.45, is 
  1.9   amended to read: 
  1.10     119A.45 [EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING AND CHILD PROTECTION 
  1.11  FACILITIES.] 
  1.12     Subdivision 1.  [GENERALLY.] The commissioner may make 
  1.13  grants to state agencies and political subdivisions to construct 
  1.14  or rehabilitate facilities for early childhood programs, with 
  1.15  priority to centers in counties or municipalities with the 
  1.16  highest percentage of children living in poverty.  The 
  1.17  commissioner may also make grants to state agencies and 
  1.18  political subdivisions to construct or rehabilitate facilities 
  1.19  for crisis nurseries or parenting time centers.  The facilities 
  1.20  must be owned by the state or a political subdivision, but may 
  1.21  be leased under section 16A.695 to organizations that operate 
  1.22  the programs.  The commissioner must prescribe the terms and 
  1.23  conditions of the leases.  A grant for an individual facility 
  1.24  must not exceed $200,000 for each program that is housed in the 
  1.25  facility, up to a maximum of $500,000 for a facility that houses 
  1.26  three programs or more.  Programs include Head Start, early 
  2.1   childhood and family education programs, and other early 
  2.2   childhood intervention programs.  The commissioner must give 
  2.3   priority to grants that involve collaboration among sponsors of 
  2.4   programs under this section and may give priority to projects 
  2.5   that collaborate with child care providers, including all-day 
  2.6   and school-age child care programs, special needs care, sick 
  2.7   child care, nontraditional hour care, and programs that include 
  2.8   services to refugee and immigrant families.  The commissioner 
  2.9   may give priority to grants for programs that will increase 
  2.10  their child care workers' wages as a result of the grant.  
  2.11     Subd. 2.  [YOUTHBUILD OR YOUTH EMPLOYMENT INVOLVEMENT.] (a) 
  2.12  Of each grant awarded, at least 25 percent of the amounts 
  2.13  appropriated for these grants up to or $50,000, whichever is 
  2.14  less, must utilize youthbuild under sections 268.361 to 268.366 
  2.15  or other youth employment and training programs for the labor 
  2.16  portion of the construction.  
  2.17     (b) All proposals for grants under this section must 
  2.18  include a letter of support from an eligible youthbuild or youth 
  2.19  employment program in which the program agrees to provide labor 
  2.20  adequate to fulfill the requirements of this section.  
  2.21  Preference shall be given to applications that have the support 
  2.22  and prospective involvement of a youthbuild program rather than 
  2.23  another youth employment program, and to applications that use a 
  2.24  larger amount of the grant for youthbuild or youth employment 
  2.25  than is required by this section.  The support letter must 
  2.26  detail:  (1) the youths' and supervisors' construction work 
  2.27  duties to be performed on the construction project; (2) the 
  2.28  approximate construction project start date and length of 
  2.29  involvement for the youthbuild or youth employment agency; and 
  2.30  (3) the amount, terms, and date of dispersal of grant funds 
  2.31  awarded to the youthbuild or youth employment agency. 
  2.32     (c) The youthbuild or youth employment program must be 
  2.33  consulted prior to selection of a general contractor.  Any 
  2.34  contract between a recipient of a grant under this section and a 
  2.35  general contract for the construction of a project for which the 
  2.36  grant is given must detail the youthbuild or youth employment 
  3.1   involvement anticipated for the project. 
  3.2      Subd. 3.  [LABOR ORGANIZATIONS.] Eligible programs must 
  3.3   consult with appropriate labor organizations to deliver 
  3.4   education and training.  
  3.5      Subd. 4.  [MATCHING REQUIREMENT.] State appropriations must 
  3.6   be matched on a 50 percent basis with nonstate funds.  The 
  3.7   matching requirement must apply programwide and not to 
  3.8   individual grants.