1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to public safety; appropriating money for grants to certain organizations
1.3 providing direct services and advocacy for victims.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO CRIME VICTIM SURVIVORS;
1.6APPROPRIATION.
1.7 $....... in fiscal year 2026 and $....... in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from the general
1.8fund to the commissioner of public safety for the Office of Justice Programs to provide
1.9grants to organizations that received a grant from the crime victim services unit in fiscal
1.10year 2024. Grants must be used for direct services and advocacy for victims of sexual assault,
1.11general crime, domestic violence, and child abuse. Funding must support the direct needs
1.12of organizations serving victims of crime by providing: direct client assistance to crime
1.13victims; competitive wages for direct service staff; hotel stays and other housing-related
1.14supports and services; culturally responsive programming; prevention programming,
1.15including domestic abuse transformation and restorative justice programming; and for other
1.16needs of organizations and crime victim survivors. Services funded must include services
1.17for victims of crime in underserved communities most impacted by violence and reflect the
1.18ethnic, racial, economic, cultural, and geographic diversity of the state. Up to ten percent
1.19of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
1Section 1.
25-02414 as introduced01/16/25 REVISOR KLL/ES
SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 852NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: OUMOU VERBETEN and Gustafson)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading01/30/2025
Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety