1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to public safety; appropriating money for shelter services for racially
1.3 diverse youth.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. APPROPRIATION; AT-RISK YOUTH IN ROCHESTER, ST. CLOUD,
1.6AND EXCELSIOR.
1.7 $375,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $375,000 in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from the
1.8general fund to the commissioner of public safety for the Office of Justice Programs to
1.9award grants of $125,000 each fiscal year to 180 Degrees in the Rochester regional area,
1.10St. Cloud regional area, and central Minnesota region west of the Twin Cities to address
1.11racial disparities of youth using shelter services. The 180 Degrees shelters in each region
1.12shall establish and operate a program connected to shelter services to engage in community
1.13outreach, mobile case management, family reunification, aftercare, and follow up when
1.14family members are released from shelter services. This program shall specifically address
1.15the large geographic rural areas served where at-risk youth enter shelters in Rochester, St.
1.16Cloud, and Excelsior.
1Section 1.
REVISOR KLL/AC 25-0311201/31/25
State of Minnesota
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 2227
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Perryman and Feist03/12/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy