1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; providing grant funds to Hennepin County to recruit 
1.3 	foster families; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$75,000 in fiscal year 2019 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.7 	of human services for a grant to Hennepin County to establish and promote family foster 
1.8 	care recruitment models. The county shall use the grant funds for the purpose of increasing 
1.9 	foster care providers through administrative simplification, nontraditional recruitment 
1.10 	models, and family incentive options, and develop a strategic planning model to recruit 
1.11 	family foster care providers. This is a onetime appropriation.