1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; appropriating money for families experiencing 
1.3 	homelessness in Ramsey County.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; HEADING HOME RAMSEY CONTINUUM OF 
1.6 	CARE.
 1.7 	(a) $14,500,000 in fiscal year 2022 and $14,500,000 in fiscal year 2023 are appropriated 
1.8 	from the general fund to the commissioner of human services for a grant to fund and support 
1.9 	Heading Home Ramsey Continuum of Care. The grant shall be used for:
1.10 	(1) maintaining funding for a 100-bed family shelter that had been funded by CARES 
1.11 	Act money;
1.12 	(2) maintaining funding for an existing 100-bed single-room occupancy shelter and 
1.13 	developing a replacement single-room occupancy shelter for housing up to 100 single adults;
1.14 	(3) developing and operating a familiar faces pilot program for high-frequency unhoused 
1.15 	clients; and
1.16 	(4) maintaining current day shelter programming that had been funded with CARES 
1.17 	Act money and developing a replacement for current day shelter facilities.
1.18 	(b) Ramsey County may contract with eligible nonprofit organizations and local and 
1.19 	Tribal governmental units to provide services under the grant program.
1.20 	(c) Ramsey County may use up to ten percent of this appropriation for administrative 
1.21 	expenses.
2.1 	(d) The commissioner shall make available the grant funds under this section by May 
2.2 	1, 2022.
2.3 	(e) The unencumbered balance in the first year does not cancel but is available for the 
2.4 	second year. The base for this appropriation is $14,500,000 in fiscal year 2024, $14,500,000 
2.5 	in fiscal year 2025, $14,500,000 in fiscal year 2026, and $0 in fiscal year 2027.

2.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.