2004 Minnesota Statutes

     260.821 Grant formula. 

    Subdivision 1.    Primary support grants.  (a) The 
 amount available for grants established under section 260.785, 
 subdivision 1, to tribes, Indian organizations, and tribal 
 social services agency programs located off-reservation is 
 four-fifths of the total annual appropriation for Indian child 
 welfare grants.  

    (b) The commissioner shall award tribes at least 70 percent 
 of the amount set in paragraph (a) for primary support grants.  
 Each tribe shall be awarded a base amount of five percent of the 
 total amount set in this paragraph.  In addition, each tribe 
 shall be allocated a proportion of the balance of the amount set 
 in this paragraph, less the total base amounts for all 
 reservations.  This proportion must equal the ratio of the 
 tribe's on-reservation population to the state's total 
 on-reservation population.  Population data must be based on the 
 most recent federal census data according to the state 
 demographer's office. 

    (c) The commissioner shall award Indian organizations and 
 tribal social services agency programs located off-reservation 
 that serve Indian children and families up to 30 percent of the 
 amount set in paragraph (a) for primary support grants.  A 
 maximum of four multiservice Indian organizations and tribal 
 social services agency programs located off-reservation may be 
 awarded grants under this paragraph.  "Multiservice Indian 
 organizations" means Indian organizations recognized by the 
 Indian community as providing a broad continuum of social, 
 educational, or cultural services, including Indian child 
 welfare services designed to meet the unique needs of the Indian 
 communities in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Duluth.  Grants may be 
 awarded to programs that submit acceptable proposals, comply 
 with the goals and the application process of the program, and 
 have budgets that reflect appropriate and efficient use of funds.
 To maintain continuity of service in Indian communities, primary 
 support grants awarded under this paragraph which meet the grant 
 criteria and have demonstrated satisfactory performance as 
 established by the commissioner may be awarded on a 
 noncompetitive basis.  The commissioner may revoke or deny 
 funding for Indian organizations or tribal social services 
 agencies failing to meet the grant criteria established by the 
 commissioner, and the commissioner may request new proposals 
 from Indian organizations or tribal social services agencies to 
 the extent that funding is available.  

    Subd. 2.    Special focus grants.  The amount available 
 for grants established under section 260.785, subdivision 2, for 
 local social services agencies, tribes, Indian organizations, 
 and other social services organizations is one-fifth of the 
 total annual appropriation for Indian child welfare grants.  The 
 maximum award under this subdivision is $100,000 a year for 
 programs approved by the commissioner.  

    HIST: 1999 c 139 art 1 s 15