1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to human services; appropriating money for a grant to the African American
1.3 Child Wellness Institute.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS; AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILD WELLNESS
1.6INSTITUTE.
1.7 $5,250,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $5,512,500 in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from
1.8the general fund to the commissioner of human services for a grant to the African American
1.9Child Wellness Institute, a culturally specific African American mental health service
1.10provider that is a licensed community mental health center specializing in services for
1.11African American children and families of all ages from birth to end of life. The grant must
1.12be used to support the center in enhancing their capacity to offer culturally specific,
1.13comprehensive, trauma-informed, practice- and evidence-based, person- and family-centered
1.14mental health and substance use disorder services; supervision and training; and care
1.15coordination regardless of ability to pay or place of residence. $5,250,000 is added to the
1.16general fund base for this appropriation in fiscal year 2028, and $5,512,500 is added to the
1.17base for this appropriation in fiscal year 2029 and thereafter.
1Section 1.
REVISOR DTT/BM 25-0450403/07/25
State of Minnesota
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 2691
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Agbaje03/24/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance and Policy