2026 Minnesota Statutes

260.694 MINNESOTA AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY PRESERVATION AND CHILD WELFARE DISPROPORTIONALITY GRANT ALLOCATION.

Subdivision 1.Formula for county staffing and services funds.

(a) The commissioner shall allocate state funds appropriated under this section to each county board on a calendar year basis in an amount determined according to the following formula:

(1) 50 percent must be distributed on the basis of the child population residing in the county as determined by the most recent data of the state demographer;

(2) 25 percent must be distributed on the basis of the number of screened-in reports of child maltreatment under chapter 260E, and in the county as determined by the most recent data of the commissioner; and

(3) 25 percent must be distributed on the basis of the number of open child protection case management cases in the county as determined by the most recent data of the commissioner.

(b) Notwithstanding this subdivision, no county shall be awarded an allocation of less than $100,000.

Subd. 2.Prohibition on supplanting existing funds.

Funds received under this section must be used to address staffing and services needed for child protection and expansion of child protection services, including making active efforts to prevent entry into the child protection system, prevent out-of-home placement, reunify children with families, and finalize alternative permanency arrangements if reunification is not an option. Funds must not be used to supplant current county expenditures for these purposes but may be used to maintain staff and services paid for by temporary funding.

History:

2026 c 127 art 11 s 11