1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to mental health; appropriating money for the development of culturally
1.3 specific mental health services.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. APPROPRIATION; CULTURALLY SPECIFIC MENTAL HEALTH
1.6SERVICES.
1.7 $4,300,000 in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
1.8of human services for a grant to Phumulani Minnesota African Women Against Violence.
1.9Grant money must be used for program development, facility establishment and maintenance,
1.10workforce development, economic empowerment programs, and advocacy and policy
1.11engagement. Grant activities may include creating culturally specific holistic mental health
1.12programs, training culturally competent mental health professionals from African immigrant
1.13communities, and developing partnerships with financial institutions to provide culturally
1.14specific financial literacy training. This is a onetime appropriation and is available until
1.15June 30, 2027.
1Section 1.
25-02983 as introduced01/31/25 REVISOR DTT/BM
SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 1614NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: HOFFMAN and Oumou Verbeten)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading02/20/2025
Referred to Health and Human Services