| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to public safety; appropriating money for grants to certain organizations |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 providing direct services and advocacy for victims. |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 Section 1. DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO CRIME VICTIM SURVIVORS; |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6APPROPRIATION. |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 $....... in fiscal year 2026 and $....... in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from the general |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8fund to the commissioner of public safety for the Office of Justice Programs to provide |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9grants to organizations that received a grant from the crime victim services unit in fiscal |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10year 2024. Grants must be used for direct services and advocacy for victims of sexual assault, |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11general crime, domestic violence, and child abuse. Funding must support the direct needs |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12of organizations serving victims of crime by providing: direct client assistance to crime |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13victims; competitive wages for direct service staff; hotel stays and other housing-related |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14supports and services; culturally responsive programming; prevention programming, |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15including domestic abuse transformation and restorative justice programming; and for other |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16needs of organizations and crime victim survivors. Services funded must include services |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17for victims of crime in underserved communities most impacted by violence and reflect the |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18ethnic, racial, economic, cultural, and geographic diversity of the state. Up to ten percent |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19of the appropriation is available for grant administration. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 21 | 21 | | 25-02414 as introduced01/16/25 REVISOR KLL/ES |
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| 22 | 22 | | SENATE |
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| 23 | 23 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 24 | 24 | | S.F. No. 852NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 25 | 25 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: OUMOU VERBETEN and Gustafson) |
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| 26 | 26 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 27 | 27 | | Introduction and first reading01/30/2025 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety |
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