1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; appropriating money for Minneapolis SafeStreets.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; MINNEAPOLIS SAFESTREETS.
 1.5 	$2,000,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2021 are appropriated from 
1.6 	the general fund to the Department of Public Safety for a grant to the Minneapolis Urban 
1.7 	League to develop and implement the Minneapolis SafeStreets program. The SafeStreets 
1.8 	program shall work with other organizations and persons in the community to: provide 
1.9 	targeted interventions to prevent the escalation of violence after the occurrence of serious 
1.10 	incidents, such as a shooting, murder, or other violent crime; de-escalate violence with the 
1.11 	use of community-based interventions designed to prevent conflict from becoming violent; 
1.12 	provide an alternative to adjudication through a restorative justice model for persons who 
1.13 	commit lower level offenses; and develop working relationships with community providers 
1.14 	to enable young people to care for themselves and their families in healthy and empowered 
1.15 	ways. Any balance in the first year does not cancel and is available in the second year.