1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to children, youth, and families; appropriating money for a grant to
1.3 Community Mediation Minnesota to administer a statewide family mediation pilot
1.4 program.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. APPROPRIATION; STATEWIDE FAMILY MEDIATION PILOT
1.7PROGRAM.
1.8 (a) $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the
1.9commissioner of children, youth, and families for a grant to Community Mediation Minnesota
1.10to administer a statewide family mediation pilot program to provide support to grandparents
1.11and families. This is a onetime appropriation.
1.12 (b) The grant money must be used to:
1.13 (1) provide family dispute resolution services;
1.14 (2) increase awareness of and access to family dispute resolution services statewide;
1.15 (3) provide alternative dispute resolution services, including but not limited to family
1.16reconnection coaching, mediation, and navigation services;
1.17 (4) partner with culturally specific dispute resolution programs to provide training and
1.18assistance with virtual and in-person mediation services;
1.19 (5) increase the number of mediators on the family mediator roster;
1.20 (6) increase competency of mediators on the family mediator roster;
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SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 3193NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: HOFFMAN and Port)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading04/01/2025
Referred to Health and Human Services 2.1 (7) integrate mediation services with navigation and resource connection services, legal
2.2assistance, and court services programs;
2.3 (8) develop and administer evaluation tools to design, modify, and replicate effective
2.4program outcomes; and
2.5 (9) provide for necessary administrative expenses.
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