| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to human services; appropriating money for emergency services grants, |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 innovative homelessness response grants, and provider capacity building. |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 Section 1. APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY SERVICES PROGRAM. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 $....... in fiscal year 2026 and $....... in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from the general |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7fund to the commissioner of human services for emergency services grants under Minnesota |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8Statutes, section 256K.49. Any unexpended amount in the first year does not cancel and is |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9available in the second year. |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; COUNTY SHELTER AND HOMELESSNESS |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11RESPONSE INNOVATION GRANTS. |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 $....... in fiscal year 2026 and $....... in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from the general |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13fund to the commissioner of human services for grants to counties to address the most |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14significant gaps in the counties' communities and fund the most effective interventions for |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15reducing homelessness that do not receive other public funding, including but not limited |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16to low-barrier shelter operations, family shelter, diversion, expanding shelter hours to 24 |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17hours a day and seven days a week operations, and housing-focused case management for |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18people experiencing homelessness. The commissioner must prioritize applications with |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19letters of support from a Tribal Nation or indigenous organization. Grantees must monitor |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20outcomes and demonstrate the interventions' effectiveness to the commissioner. Grantees |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21must also participate in a capacity-building collaborative under section 3. |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1Sec. 2. |
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| 23 | 23 | | REVISOR DTT/DG 25-0279702/20/25 |
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| 24 | 24 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 26 | 26 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 27 | 27 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 28 | 28 | | H. F. No. 1914 |
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| 29 | 29 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 30 | 30 | | Authored by Curran, Nadeau, Kozlowski, Fischer, Tabke and others03/05/2025 |
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| 31 | 31 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance and Policy 2.1 Sec. 3. APPROPRIATION; CAPACITY BUILDING. |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.2 $....... in fiscal year 2026 and $....... in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from the general |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.3fund to the commissioner of human services for collaboratives between counties and |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.4providers to increase access to sustainable funding streams to expand capacity for medical |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.5assistance-eligible services. The collaboratives under this section would assist in the adoption |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.6of best practices and distribute toolkits for providers to better access stable funding streams, |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.7including but not limited to funding from housing support programs; medicaid waiver |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.8programs; the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children; and |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.9adult mental health initiative grants. |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2Sec. 3. |
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| 41 | 41 | | REVISOR DTT/DG 25-0279702/20/25 |
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