1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to corrections; directing the commissioner of corrections to issue a grant
1.3 to a qualified nongovernmental organization to provide inmates and
1.4 justice-impacted individuals with virtue-based education grounded in core
1.5 correctional practices, mentoring, support services, and employment services;
1.6 appropriating money.
1.7BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.8 Section 1. SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT SERVICES FOR INMATES AND
1.9JUSTICE-IMPACTED INDIVIDUALS; REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS; GRANT.
1.10 (a) By September 1, 2025, the commissioner of corrections must issue a request for
1.11proposals to identify a nongovernmental organization to provide inmates and justice-impacted
1.12individuals with virtue-based education grounded in core correctional practices, mentoring,
1.13support services, and employment services.
1.14 (b) An interested organization must submit an application to the commissioner on a form
1.15prescribed by the commissioner.
1.16 (c) By December 1, 2025, the commissioner shall award a $500,000 grant to the applicant
1.17that is best qualified to provide the programming described in paragraph (a).
1.18 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATIONS; SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT SERVICES FOR
1.19INMATES AND JUSTICE-IMPACTED INDIVIDUALS.
1.20 $500,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $500,000 in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from the
1.21general fund to the commissioner of corrections for the purpose of section 1. This amount
1.22is added to the base.
1Sec. 2.
REVISOR KLL/DG 25-0415302/19/25
State of Minnesota
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 1684
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION