1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; providing grant funds to Anoka County to recruit foster 
1.3 	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 is appropriated in fiscal year 2018 from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.7 	of human services for a grant to Anoka County to establish and promote family foster care 
1.8 	recruitment models.  The county shall use the grant funds for the purpose of increasing foster 
1.9 	care providers through administrative simplification, nontraditional recruitment models, 
1.10 	and family incentive options, and develop a strategic planning model to recruit family foster 
1.11 	care providers. This is a onetime appropriation.