Minnesota Session Laws - 1995, Regular Session

                             CHAPTER 14-H.F.No. 749 
                  An act relating to housing; modifying eligibility for 
                  transitional housing services; amending Minnesota 
                  Statutes 1994, section 268.38, subdivision 2. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 268.38, 
        subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
           Subd. 2.  [ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION.] A 
        transitional housing program is established to be administered 
        by the commissioner.  The commissioner may make grants to 
        eligible recipients or enter into agreements with community 
        action agencies or other public or private nonprofit agencies to 
        make grants to eligible recipients to initiate, maintain, or 
        expand programs to provide transitional housing and support 
        services for persons in need of transitional housing, which may 
        include up to six months of follow-up support services for 
        persons who complete transitional housing as they stabilize in 
        permanent housing.  The commissioner shall ensure that money 
        appropriated to implement this section is distributed as soon as 
        practicable.  The commissioner may make grants directly to 
        eligible recipients. 
           Presented to the governor March 21, 1995 
           Signed by the governor March 22, 1995, 11:20 a.m.