HF 3950

as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 05/04/2022 09:29pm

A bill for an act
relating to human services; appropriating money for families experiencing
homelessness in Ramsey County.

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

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION; HEADING HOME RAMSEY CONTINUUM OF
CARE.
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new text begin (a) $14,500,000 in fiscal year 2022 and $14,500,000 in fiscal year 2023 are appropriated
from the general fund to the commissioner of human services for a grant to fund and support
Heading Home Ramsey Continuum of Care. The grant shall be used for:
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new text begin (1) maintaining funding for a 100-bed family shelter that had been funded by CARES
Act money;
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new text begin (2) maintaining funding for an existing 100-bed single-room occupancy shelter and
developing a replacement single-room occupancy shelter for housing up to 100 single adults;
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new text begin (3) developing and operating a familiar faces pilot program for high-frequency unhoused
clients; and
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new text begin (4) maintaining current day shelter programming that had been funded with CARES
Act money and developing a replacement for current day shelter facilities.
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new text begin (b) Ramsey County may contract with eligible nonprofit organizations and local and
Tribal governmental units to provide services under the grant program.
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new text begin (c) Ramsey County may use up to ten percent of this appropriation for administrative
expenses.
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new text begin (d) The commissioner shall make available the grant funds under this section by May
1, 2022.
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new text begin (e) The unencumbered balance in the first year does not cancel but is available for the
second year. The base for this appropriation is $14,500,000 in fiscal year 2024, $14,500,000
in fiscal year 2025, $14,500,000 in fiscal year 2026, and $0 in fiscal year 2027.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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