SF 172

as introduced - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to crime prevention; creating a pilot project 
  1.3             grant program to encourage youths to perform community 
  1.4             service; appropriating money. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [HENNEPIN AND RAMSEY COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICE 
  1.7   GRANT PROGRAM PILOT PROJECT.] 
  1.8      Subdivision 1.  [GRANT PROGRAM.] Hennepin and Ramsey 
  1.9   counties shall each establish and administer a pilot project 
  1.10  grant program to fund community-based programs in high-crime 
  1.11  areas that provide opportunities for children under age 16 to 
  1.12  volunteer for and perform community service.  Programs 
  1.13  qualifying for grants must encourage responsibility and good 
  1.14  citizenship on the part of participating children and discourage 
  1.15  them from engaging in illegal activities or associating with 
  1.16  criminal gangs.  Programs receiving grants may provide children 
  1.17  who perform community service with appropriate nonmonetary 
  1.18  rewards including, but not limited to, partial scholarships for 
  1.19  post-secondary education, gift certificates, tickets for 
  1.20  entertainment, parties, and group outings. 
  1.21     Subd. 2.  [ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.] Hennepin and Ramsey 
  1.22  counties shall establish criteria for determining the 
  1.23  community-based programs eligible for grants under subdivision 
  1.24  1.  Eligible programs must: 
  1.25     (1) have a broad network of established economic and social 
  2.1   relationships within the community and with local governmental 
  2.2   units; 
  2.3      (2) represent a broad range of diversity; 
  2.4      (3) have demonstrated an ability to administer 
  2.5   community-based programs and have a history of successful 
  2.6   community organizing; 
  2.7      (4) have a proven history of properly supervising and 
  2.8   successfully interacting with juveniles; and 
  2.9      (5) have demonstrated an ability to work with parents of 
  2.10  juveniles and schools. 
  2.11     Sec. 2.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
  2.12     $....... is appropriated from the general fund to the 
  2.13  commissioner of children, families, and learning for the fiscal 
  2.14  biennium ending June 30, 1999, for grants to Hennepin and Ramsey 
  2.15  counties to administer the pilot project grant program described 
  2.16  in section 1.  Of this amount, $....... is for a grant to 
  2.17  Hennepin county and $....... is for a grant to Ramsey county.