SF 3388

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 04/01/2016 09:23am

A bill for an act
relating to child care; appropriating money for the at-home infant child care
program; reducing the appropriation for basic sliding fee child care assistance
grants; amending Laws 2015, chapter 71, article 14, section 2, subdivision 5,
as amended.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Laws 2015, chapter 71, article 14, section 2, subdivision 5, as amended by
Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 6, section 1, is amended to read:

Subd. 5. Grant Programs

The amounts that may be spent from this
appropriation for each purpose are as follows:

(a) Support Services Grants

Appropriations by Fund
General	13,133,000	8,715,000
Federal TANF	96,311,000	96,311,000

(b) Basic Sliding Fee Child Care Assistance Grants

48,439,000

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Basic Sliding Fee Waiting List Allocation.
Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section
119B.03, $5,413,000 in fiscal year 2016 is to
reduce the basic sliding fee program waiting
list as follows:

(1) The calendar year 2016 allocation shall
be increased to serve families on the waiting
list. To receive funds appropriated for this
purpose, a county must have:

(i) a waiting list in the most recent published
waiting list month;

(ii) an average of at least ten families on the
most recent six months of published waiting
list; and

(iii) total expenditures in calendar year
2014 that met or exceeded 80 percent of the
county's available final allocation.

(2) Funds shall be distributed proportionately
based on the average of the most recent six
months of published waiting lists to counties
that meet the criteria in clause (1).

(3) Allocations in calendar years 2017
and beyond shall be calculated using the
allocation formula in Minnesota Statutes,
section 119B.03.

(4) The guaranteed floor for calendar year
2017 shall be based on the revised calendar
year 2016 allocation.

Base Level Adjustment. The general fund
base is increased by $810,000 in fiscal year
2018 and increased by $821,000 in fiscal
year 2019.

(c) Child Care Development Grants

1,737,000

1,737,000

(d) Child Support Enforcement Grants

50,000

50,000

(e) Children's Services Grants

Appropriations by Fund
General	39,015,000	38,665,000
Federal TANF	140,000	140,000

Safe Place for Newborns. $350,000 from
the general fund in fiscal year 2016 is to
distribute information on the Safe Place
for Newborns law in Minnesota to increase
public awareness of the law. This is a
onetime appropriation.

Child Protection. $23,350,000 in fiscal year
2016 and $23,350,000 in fiscal year 2017
are to address child protection staffing and
services under Minnesota Statutes, section
256M.41. $1,650,000 in fiscal year 2016 and
$1,650,000 in fiscal year 2017 are for child
protection grants to address child welfare
disparities under Minnesota Statutes, section
256E.28.

Title IV-E Adoption Assistance. Additional
federal reimbursement to the state as a result
of the Fostering Connections to Success
and Increasing Adoptions Act's expanded
eligibility for title IV-E adoption assistance
is appropriated to the commissioner
for postadoption services, including a
parent-to-parent support network.

Adoption Assistance Incentive Grants.
Federal funds available during fiscal years
2016 and 2017 for adoption incentive
grants are appropriated to the commissioner
for postadoption services, including a
parent-to-parent support network.

(f) Children and Community Service Grants

56,301,000

56,301,000

(g) Children and Economic Support Grants

26,778,000

26,966,000

Mobile Food Shelf Grants. (a) $1,000,000
in fiscal year 2016 and $1,000,000 in
fiscal year 2017 are for a grant to Hunger
Solutions. This is a onetime appropriation
and is available until June 30, 2017.

(b) Hunger Solutions shall award grants of
up to $75,000 on a competitive basis. Grant
applications must include:

(1) the location of the project;

(2) a description of the mobile program,
including size and scope;

(3) evidence regarding the unserved or
underserved nature of the community in
which the project is to be located;

(4) evidence of community support for the
project;

(5) the total cost of the project;

(6) the amount of the grant request and how
funds will be used;

(7) sources of funding or in-kind
contributions for the project that will
supplement any grant award;

(8) a commitment to mobile programs by the
applicant and an ongoing commitment to
maintain the mobile program; and

(9) any additional information requested by
Hunger Solutions.

(c) Priority may be given to applicants who:

(1) serve underserved areas;

(2) create a new or expand an existing mobile
program;

(3) serve areas where a high amount of need
is identified;

(4) provide evidence of strong support for the
project from citizens and other institutions in
the community;

(5) leverage funding for the project from
other private and public sources; and

(6) commit to maintaining the program on a
multilayer basis.

Homeless Youth Act. At least $500,000 of
the appropriation for the Homeless Youth
Act must be awarded to providers in greater
Minnesota, with at least 25 percent of this
amount for new applicant providers. The
commissioner shall provide outreach and
technical assistance to greater Minnesota
providers and new providers to encourage
responding to the request for proposals.

Stearns County Veterans Housing.
$85,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $85,000
in fiscal year 2017 are for a grant to
Stearns County to provide administrative
funding in support of a service provider
serving veterans in Stearns County. The
administrative funding grant may be used to
support group residential housing services,
corrections-related services, veteran services,
and other social services related to the service
provider serving veterans in Stearns County.

Safe Harbor. $800,000 in fiscal year 2016
and $800,000 in fiscal year 2017 are from
the general fund for emergency shelter and
transitional and long-term housing beds for
sexually exploited youth and youth at risk of
sexual exploitation. Of this appropriation,
$150,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $150,000 in
fiscal year 2017 are from the general fund for
statewide youth outreach workers connecting
sexually exploited youth and youth at risk of
sexual exploitation with shelter and services.

Minnesota Food Assistance Program.
Unexpended funds for the Minnesota food
assistance program for fiscal year 2016 do
not cancel but are available for this purpose
in fiscal year 2017.

Base Level Adjustment. The general fund
base is decreased by $816,000 in fiscal year
2018 and is decreased by $606,000 in fiscal
year 2019.

(h) Health Care Grants

Appropriations by Fund
General	536,000	2,482,000
Health Care Access	3,341,000	3,465,000

Grants for Periodic Data Matching for
Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare.
Of the general fund appropriation, $26,000
in fiscal year 2016 and $1,276,000 in fiscal
year 2017 are for grants to counties for
costs related to periodic data matching
for medical assistance and MinnesotaCare
recipients under Minnesota Statutes,
section 256B.0561. The commissioner
must distribute these grants to counties in
proportion to each county's number of cases
in the prior year in the affected programs.

Base Level Adjustment. The general fund
base is increased by $1,637,000 in fiscal year
2018 and increased by $1,229,000 in fiscal
year 2019.

(i) Other Long-Term Care Grants

1,551,000

3,069,000

Transition Populations. $1,551,000 in fiscal
year 2016 and $1,725,000 in fiscal year 2017
are for home and community-based services
transition grants to assist in providing home
and community-based services and treatment
for transition populations under Minnesota
Statutes, section 256.478.

Base Level Adjustment. The general fund
base is increased by $156,000 in fiscal year
2018 and by $581,000 in fiscal year 2019.

(j) Aging and Adult Services Grants

28,463,000

28,162,000

Dementia Grants. $750,000 in fiscal year
2016 and $750,000 in fiscal year 2017
are for the Minnesota Board on Aging for
regional and local dementia grants authorized
in Minnesota Statutes, section 256.975,
subdivision 11.

(k) Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Grants

2,225,000

2,375,000

Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard-of-Hearing
Grants. $350,000 in fiscal year 2016 and
$500,000 in fiscal year 2017 are for deaf
and hard-of-hearing grants. The funds
must be used to increase the number of
deafblind Minnesotans receiving services
under Minnesota Statutes, section 256C.261,
and to provide linguistically and culturally
appropriate mental health services to children
who are deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing.
This is a onetime appropriation.

Base Level Adjustment. The general fund
base is decreased by $500,000 in fiscal year
2018 and by $500,000 in fiscal year 2019.

(l) Disabilities Grants

20,820,000

20,858,000

State Quality Council. $573,000 in fiscal
year 2016 and $600,000 in fiscal year
2017 are for the State Quality Council to
provide technical assistance and monitoring
of person-centered outcomes related to
inclusive community living and employment.
The funding must be used by the State
Quality Council to assure a statewide plan
for systems change in person-centered
planning that will achieve desired outcomes
including increased integrated employment
and community living.

(m) Adult Mental Health Grants

Appropriations by Fund
General	69,992,000	71,244,000
Health Care Access	1,575,000	2,473,000
Lottery Prize	1,733,000	1,733,000

Funding Usage. Up to 75 percent of a fiscal
year's appropriation for adult mental health
grants may be used to fund allocations in that
portion of the fiscal year ending December
31.

Culturally Specific Mental Health
Services. $100,000 in fiscal year 2016 is for
grants to nonprofit organizations to provide
resources and referrals for culturally specific
mental health services to Southeast Asian
veterans born before 1965 who do not qualify
for services available to veterans formally
discharged from the United States armed
forces.

Problem Gambling. $225,000 in fiscal year
2016 and $225,000 in fiscal year 2017 are
from the lottery prize fund for a grant to the
state affiliate recognized by the National
Council on Problem Gambling. The affiliate
must provide services to increase public
awareness of problem gambling, education,
and training for individuals and organizations
providing effective treatment services to
problem gamblers and their families, and
research related to problem gambling.

Sustainability Grants. $2,125,000 in fiscal
year 2016 and $2,125,000 in fiscal year 2017
are for sustainability grants under Minnesota
Statutes, section 256B.0622, subdivision 11.

Beltrami County Mental Health Services
Grant. $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2016 and
$1,000,000 in fiscal year 2017 are from the
general fund for a grant to Beltrami County
to fund the planning and development of
a comprehensive mental health services
program under article 2, section 41,
Comprehensive Mental Health Program
in Beltrami County. This is a onetime
appropriation.

Base Level Adjustment. The general fund
base is increased by $723,000 in fiscal year
2018 and by $723,000 in fiscal year 2019.
The health care access fund base is decreased
by $1,723,000 in fiscal year 2018 and by
$1,723,000 in fiscal year 2019.

(n) Child Mental Health Grants

23,386,000

24,313,000

Services and Supports for First Episode
Psychosis. $177,000 in fiscal year 2017 is
for grants under Minnesota Statutes, section
245.4889, to mental health providers to pilot
evidence-based interventions for youth at risk
of developing or experiencing a first episode
of psychosis and for a public awareness
campaign on the signs and symptoms of
psychosis. The base for these grants is
$236,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $301,000 in
fiscal year 2019.

Adverse Childhood Experiences. The base
for grants under Minnesota Statutes, section
245.4889, to children's mental health and
family services collaboratives for adverse
childhood experiences (ACEs) training
grants and for an interactive Web site
connection to support ACEs in Minnesota is
$363,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $363,000 in
fiscal year 2019.

Funding Usage. Up to 75 percent of a fiscal
year's appropriation for child mental health
grants may be used to fund allocations in that
portion of the fiscal year ending December
31.

Base Level Adjustment. The general fund
base is increased by $422,000 in fiscal year
2018 and is increased by $487,000 in fiscal
year 2019.

(o) Chemical Dependency Treatment Support Grants

1,561,000

1,561,000

Chemical Dependency Prevention.
$150,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $150,000
in fiscal year 2017 are for grants to
nonprofit organizations to provide chemical
dependency prevention programs in
secondary schools. When making grants, the
commissioner must consider the expertise,
prior experience, and outcomes achieved
by applicants that have provided prevention
programming in secondary education
environments. An applicant for the grant
funds must provide verification to the
commissioner that the applicant has available
and will contribute sufficient funds to match
the grant given by the commissioner. This is
a onetime appropriation.

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Grants. $250,000
in fiscal year 2016 and $250,000 in fiscal year
2017 are for grants to be administered by the
Minnesota Organization on Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome to provide comprehensive,
gender-specific services to pregnant and
parenting women suspected of or known
to use or abuse alcohol or other drugs.
This appropriation is for grants to no fewer
than three eligible recipients. Minnesota
Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
must report to the commissioner of human
services annually by January 15 on the
grants funded by this appropriation. The
report must include measurable outcomes for
the previous year, including the number of
pregnant women served and the number of
toxic-free babies born.

Base Level Adjustment. The general fund
base is decreased by $150,000 in fiscal year
2018 and by $150,000 in fiscal year 2019.

Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin (a) $....... in fiscal year 2017 is appropriated from the general fund to the
commissioner of human services for purposes of the at-home infant child care program
under Minnesota Statutes, section 119B.035.
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new text begin (b) This appropriation replaces a portion of the fiscal year 2017 appropriation for
basic sliding fee child care assistance grants.
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