1997 Minnesota Statutes

     119A.08 Neighborhood-based services for children and 
  families. 

    Subdivision 1.    Pilot projects authorized.  The 
 commissioner may establish a pilot project for family services 
 collaboratives to deliver and broker services through 
 neighborhood-based community organizations. 

    Subd. 2.    Family service collaborative; pilot.  (a) A 
 family services collaborative under section 121.8355 may apply 
 to the commissioner to participate in the pilot project in 
 specified geographic areas.  The selected collaborative must 
 implement the program through family service centers and 
 eligible community groups that have strong ties to a local 
 neighborhood and represent the diversity of residents and that 
 have a history of providing services in the neighborhood. 

    (b) An eligible organization must submit an application to 
 the sponsoring family services collaborative with a description 
 of areas to be served, a neighborhood presence, the needs of the 
 area, the services to be provided with associated costs and 
 resources, the intended outcomes, and the proposed methods of 
 delivering service through volunteers, including any 
 reimbursement or incentive not to exceed $200 for any service.  
 Proposed services and amounts must be listed in an 
 outcomes-based format. 

    Subd. 3.    Eligible activities.  A participating center 
 or group may deliver, or arrange for the delivery of, needed 
 services listed in the application including assisting family 
 members to achieve the GED requirements; assisting with English 
 as a second language or citizenship classes and tests; assisting 
 with access to early childhood programs, childhood 
 immunizations, suitable child care, and home visits; and 
 assisting in crime prevention through after-school enrichment 
 activities, truancy prevention, and tutoring for academically 
 underachieving children. 

    A collaborative that receives a grant under this section 
 shall establish procedures to ensure the quality of the services 
 paid for with grant funds and to monitor the delivery of 
 services.  

    HIST: 1997 c 162 art 2 s 2