1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to human services; appropriating money for emergency services grants,
1.3 innovative homelessness response grants, and provider capacity building.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY SERVICES PROGRAM.
1.6 $....... in fiscal year 2026 and $....... in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from the general
1.7fund to the commissioner of human services for emergency services grants under Minnesota
1.8Statutes, section 256K.49. Any unexpended amount in the first year does not cancel and is
1.9available in the second year.
1.10 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; COUNTY SHELTER AND HOMELESSNESS
1.11RESPONSE INNOVATION GRANTS.
1.12 $....... in fiscal year 2026 and $....... in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from the general
1.13fund to the commissioner of human services for grants to counties to address the most
1.14significant gaps in the counties' communities and fund the most effective interventions for
1.15reducing homelessness that do not receive other public funding, including but not limited
1.16to low-barrier shelter operations, family shelter, diversion, expanding shelter hours to 24
1.17hours a day and seven days a week operations, and housing-focused case management for
1.18people experiencing homelessness. The commissioner must prioritize applications with
1.19letters of support from a Tribal Nation or indigenous organization. Grantees must monitor
1.20outcomes and demonstrate the interventions' effectiveness to the commissioner. Grantees
1.21must also participate in a capacity-building collaborative under section 3.
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SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 2124NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: MOHAMED, Marty, Abeler and Port)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading03/03/2025
Referred to Health and Human Services 2.1 Sec. 3. APPROPRIATION; CAPACITY BUILDING.
2.2 $....... in fiscal year 2026 and $....... in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from the general
2.3fund to the commissioner of human services for collaboratives between counties and
2.4providers to increase access to sustainable funding streams to expand capacity for medical
2.5assistance-eligible services. The collaboratives under this section would assist in the adoption
2.6of best practices and distribute toolkits for providers to better access stable funding streams,
2.7including but not limited to funding from housing support programs; medicaid waiver
2.8programs; the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children; and
2.9adult mental health initiative grants.
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