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477A.0122 Family preservation aid.

Subdivision 1. Purpose. The purpose of family preservation aid is to reduce the rate of increase in the costs of out-of-home placement of children and concomitant increases in county property taxes. Aids paid under this section must be used to fund family preservation programs.

Subd. 2. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

(a) "Children in out-of-home placement" means the total unduplicated number of children in out-of-home care as reported according to section 257.0725.

(b) "Family preservation programs" means family-based services as defined in section 256F.03, subdivision 5, families first services, parent and child education programs, and day treatment services provided in cooperation with a school district or other programs as defined by the commissioner of human services.

(c) "Income maintenance caseload" means average monthly number of AFDC or Minnesota family investment program-statewide cases for the calendar year.

By July 1, 1994, the commissioner of human services shall certify to the commissioner of revenue the number of children in out-of-home placement in 1991 and 1992 for each county and the income maintenance caseload for each county for the most recent year available. By July 1 of each subsequent year, the commissioner of human services shall certify to the commissioner of revenue the income maintenance caseload for each county for the most recent calendar year available.

Subd. 3. Aid distribution; calendar year 1995. For aid paid in calendar year 1995 only, one-half of the aid amount shall be paid to each county in the same proportion that the county's number of children in out-of-home placement is to the number of children in out-of-home placement for all counties within the state for 1991 and 1992, and one-half of the aid amount shall be paid to each county in the same proportion that the county's income maintenance caseload is to the income maintenance caseload for all counties within the state.

Subd. 4. Aid distribution; calendar year 1996 and thereafter. For aid paid in calendar year 1996 and thereafter, each county shall receive the same proportion of the total aid it received in the prior year, multiplied by one plus the percentage change in the county's share of the statewide income maintenance caseload. If the amount appropriated does not equal the aid amounts calculated under this subdivision, the commissioner of revenue shall proportionately reduce or increase the aid amounts so that their sum equals the amount appropriated.

Subd. 5. Payment. The commissioner of revenue shall pay the amounts determined under this section as provided in section 477A.015.

Subd. 6. Report. (a) On or before March 15 of the year following the year in which the distributions under this section are received, each county shall file with the commissioner of revenue and commissioner of human services a report on prior year expenditures for out-of-home placement and family preservation, including expenditures under this section. For the human services programs specified in this section, the commissioner of revenue and commissioner of human services, in consultation with representatives of county governments, shall make a recommendation to the 1999 legislature as to which current reporting requirements imposed on county governments, if any, may be eliminated, replaced, or consolidated on the report established by this section. For aid payable in calendar year 2000 and thereafter, each county shall provide information on the amount of state aid, local property tax revenue, and federal aid expended by that county on the programs specified in this section using the consolidated financial report recommended by the commissioner of revenue and commissioner of human services under this subdivision.

(b) The commissioner of revenue and the commissioner of human services, in consultation with representatives of county governments and children's advocacy representatives, shall study the current formula used in distributing aid under this section and factors related to out-of-home placement and family preservation expenditures and make a report to the house and senate tax committees by February 1, 1999. The report shall include a recommendation for a new formula to be used in distributing the aid under this section, beginning with aids payable in 2000.

HIST: 1994 c 587 art 3 s 13; 1995 c 186 s 119; 1997 c 85 art 4 s 36; 1998 c 389 art 2 s 20

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