1.1 .................... moves to amend the delete everything amendment (H3381DE2) to
1.2H.F. No. 3381 as follows:
1.3Page 12, line 4, delete everything after the period
1.4Page 12, delete line 5, and insert "
This is a onetime appropriation and is available
1.5until expended."
1.6Page 12, line 13, delete everything after the period and insert "
This is a onetime
1.7appropriation and is available until expended."
1.8Page 12, after line 14, insert:
1.9 "Sec. 5. Laws 2007, chapter 147, article 19, section 3, subdivision 4, is amended to
1.10read:
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Subd. 4. Children and Economic Assistance
Grants
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1.13The amounts that may be spent from this
1.14appropriation for each purpose are as follows:
1.16
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Appropriations by Fund
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General
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62,069,000
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62,405,000
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1.18
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Federal TANF
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75,904,000
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80,841,000
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(b) Support Services Grants
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Appropriations by Fund
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General
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8,715,000
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8,715,000
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1.22
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Federal TANF
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113,429,000
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115,902,000
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1.23TANF Prior Appropriation Cancellation.
1.24Notwithstanding Laws 2001, First Special
1.25Session chapter 9, article 17, section
1.262, subdivision 11, paragraph (b), any
2.1unexpended TANF funds appropriated to the
2.2commissioner to contract with the Board of
2.3Trustees of Minnesota State Colleges and
2.4Universities, to provide tuition waivers to
2.5employees of health care and human service
2.6providers that are members of qualifying
2.7consortia operating under Minnesota
2.8Statutes, sections
116L.10 to
116L.15, must
2.9cancel at the end of fiscal year 2007.
2.10MFIP Pilot Program. Of the TANF
2.11appropriation, $100,000 in fiscal year 2008
2.12and $750,000 in fiscal year 2009 are for a
2.13grant to the Stearns-Benton Employment and
2.14Training Council for the Workforce U pilot
2.15program. Base level funding for this program
2.16shall be $750,000 in 2010 and $0 in 2011.
2.17Supported Work. (1) Of the TANF
2.18appropriation, $5,468,000 in fiscal year
2.192008 and $7,291,000 in fiscal year
2.202009 are for supported work for MFIP
2.21participants, to be allocated to counties
2.22and tribes based on the criteria under
2.23clauses (2) and (3). Paid transitional work
2.24experience and other supported employment
2.25under this rider provides a continuum of
2.26employment assistance, including outreach
2.27and recruitment, program orientation
2.28and intake, testing and assessment, job
2.29development and marketing, preworksite
2.30training, supported worksite experience, job
2.31coaching, and postplacement follow-up, in
2.32addition to extensive case management and
2.33referral services. * (The preceding text "and
2.34$7,291,000 in fiscal year 2009" was indicated
2.35as vetoed by the governor.)
3.1(2) A county or tribe is eligible to receive an
3.2allocation under this rider if:
3.3(i) the county or tribe is not meeting the
3.4federal work participation rate;
3.5(ii) the county or tribe has participants who
3.6are required to perform work activities under
3.7Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256J, but are not
3.8meeting hourly work requirements; and
3.9(iii) the county or tribe has assessed
3.10participants who have completed six weeks
3.11of job search or are required to perform
3.12work activities and are not meeting the
3.13hourly requirements, and the county or tribe
3.14has determined that the participant would
3.15benefit from working in a supported work
3.16environment.
3.17(3) A county or tribe may also be eligible for
3.18funds in order to contract for supplemental
3.19hours of paid work at the participant's child's
3.20place of education, child care location, or the
3.21child's physical or mental health treatment
3.22facility or office. This grant to counties and
3.23tribes is specifically for MFIP participants
3.24who need to work up to five hours more
3.25per week in order to meet the hourly work
3.26requirement, and the participant's employer
3.27cannot or will not offer more hours to the
3.28participant.
3.29Work Study. Of the TANF appropriation,
3.30$750,000 each year are to the commissioner
3.31to contract with the Minnesota Office of
3.32Higher Education for the biennium beginning
3.33July 1, 2007, for work study grants under
3.34Minnesota Statutes, section
136A.233,
3.35specifically for low-income individuals who
4.1receive assistance under Minnesota Statutes,
4.2chapter 256J, and for grants to opportunities
4.3industrialization centers. * (The preceding
4.4text beginning "Work Study. Of the TANF
4.5appropriation," was indicated as vetoed by
4.6the governor.)
4.7Integrated Service Projects. $2,500,000
4.8in fiscal year 2008 and $2,500,000 in fiscal
4.9year 2009 are appropriated from the TANF
4.10fund to the commissioner to continue to
4.11fund the existing integrated services projects
4.12for MFIP families, and if funding allows,
4.13additional similar projects.
4.14Base Adjustment. The TANF base for fiscal
4.15year 2010 is $115,902,000 and for fiscal year
4.162011 is $115,152,000.
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(c) MFIP Child Care Assistance Grants
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4.18
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General
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74,654,000
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71,951,000
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4.20
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(d) Basic Sliding Fee Child Care Assistance
Grants
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General
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42,995,000
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45,008,000
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4.22Base Adjustment. The general fund base
4.23is $44,881,000 for fiscal year 2010 and
4.24$44,852,000 for fiscal year 2011.
4.25At-Home Infant Care Program. No
4.26funding shall be allocated to or spent on
4.27the at-home infant care program under
4.28Minnesota Statutes, section
119B.035.
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(e) Child Care Development Grants
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4.30
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General
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4,390,000
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6,390,000
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4.31Prekindergarten Exploratory Projects. Of
4.32the general fund appropriation, $2,000,000
4.33the first year and $4,000,000 the second
5.1year are for grants to the city of St. Paul,
5.2Hennepin County, and Blue Earth County to
5.3establish scholarship demonstration projects
5.4to be conducted in partnership with the
5.5Minnesota Early Learning Foundation to
5.6promote children's school readiness. This
5.7appropriation is available until June 30, 2009.
5.8Child Care Services Grants. Of this
5.9appropriation, $500,000 each year are for
5.10the purpose of providing child care services
5.11grants under Minnesota Statutes, section
5.12119B.21, subdivision 5
. This appropriation
5.13is for the 2008-2009 biennium only, and does
5.14not increase the base funding.
5.15Early Childhood Professional
5.16Development System. Of this appropriation,
5.17$500,000 each year are for purposes of the
5.18early childhood professional development
5.19system, which increases the quality and
5.20continuum of professional development
5.21opportunities for child care practitioners.
5.22This appropriation is for the 2008-2009
5.23biennium only, and does not increase the
5.24base funding.
5.25Base Adjustment. The general fund base
5.26is $1,515,000 for each of fiscal years 2010
5.27and 2011.
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(f) Child Support Enforcement Grants
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General
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11,038,000
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3,705,000
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5.30Child Support Enforcement. $7,333,000
5.31for fiscal year 2008 is to make grants to
5.32counties for child support enforcement
5.33programs to make up for the loss under the
5.342005 federal Deficit Reduction Act of federal
6.1matching funds for federal incentive funds
6.2passed on to the counties by the state.
6.3This appropriation is available until June 30,
6.42009.
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(g) Children's Services Grants
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6.6
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Appropriations by Fund
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6.7
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General
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63,647,000
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71,147,000
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Health Care Access
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250,000
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TANF
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240,000
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340,000
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6.10Grants for Programs Serving Young
6.11Parents. Of the TANF fund appropriation,
6.12$140,000 each year is for a grant to a program
6.13or programs that provide comprehensive
6.14services through a private, nonprofit agency
6.15to young parents in Hennepin County who
6.16have dropped out of school and are receiving
6.17public assistance. The program administrator
6.18shall report annually to the commissioner on
6.19skills development, education, job training,
6.20and job placement outcomes for program
6.21participants.
6.22County Allocations for Rate Increases.
6.23County Children and Community Services
6.24Act allocations shall be increased by
6.25$197,000 effective October 1, 2007, and
6.26$696,000 effective October 1, 2008, to help
6.27counties pay for the rate adjustments to
6.28day training and habilitation providers for
6.29participants paid by county social service
6.30funds. Notwithstanding the provisions of
6.31Minnesota Statutes, section
256M.40, the
6.32allocation to a county shall be based on
6.33the county's proportion of social services
6.34spending for day training and habilitation
6.35services as determined in the most recent
7.1social services expenditure and grant
7.2reconciliation report.
7.3Privatized Adoption Grants. Federal
7.4reimbursement for privatized adoption grant
7.5and foster care recruitment grant expenditures
7.6is appropriated to the commissioner for
7.7adoption grants and foster care and adoption
7.8administrative purposes.
7.9Adoption Assistance Incentive Grants.
7.10Federal funds available during fiscal year
7.112008 and fiscal year 2009 for the adoption
7.12incentive grants are appropriated to the
7.13commissioner for these purposes.
7.14Adoption Assistance and Relative Custody
7.15Assistance. The commissioner may transfer
7.16unencumbered appropriation balances for
7.17adoption assistance and relative custody
7.18assistance between fiscal years and between
7.19programs.
7.20Children's Mental Health Grants. Of the
7.21general fund appropriation, $5,913,000 in
7.22fiscal year 2008 and $6,825,000 in fiscal year
7.232009 are for children's mental health grants.
7.24The purpose of these grants is to increase and
7.25maintain the state's children's mental health
7.26service capacity, especially for school-based
7.27mental health services. The commissioner
7.28shall require grantees to utilize all available
7.29third party reimbursement sources as a
7.30condition of using state grant funds. At
7.31least 15 percent of these funds shall be
7.32used to encourage efficiencies through early
7.33intervention services. At least another 15
7.34percent shall be used to provide respite care
8.1services for children with severe emotional
8.2disturbance at risk of out-of-home placement.
8.3Mental Health Crisis Services. Of the
8.4general fund appropriation, $2,528,000 in
8.5fiscal year 2008 and $2,850,000 in fiscal year
8.62009 are for statewide funding of children's
8.7mental health crisis services. Providers must
8.8utilize all available funding streams.
8.9Children's Mental Health Evidence-Based
8.10and Best Practices. Of the general fund
8.11appropriation, $375,000 in fiscal year 2008
8.12and $750,000 in fiscal year 2009 are for
8.13children's mental health evidence-based and
8.14best practices including, but not limited
8.15to: Adolescent Integrated Dual Diagnosis
8.16Treatment services; school-based mental
8.17health services; co-location of mental
8.18health and physical health care, and; the
8.19use of technological resources to better
8.20inform diagnosis and development of
8.21treatment plan development by mental
8.22health professionals. The commissioner
8.23shall require grantees to utilize all available
8.24third-party reimbursement sources as a
8.25condition of using state grant funds.
8.26Culturally Specific Mental Health
8.27Treatment Grants. Of the general fund
8.28appropriation, $75,000 in fiscal year 2008
8.29and $300,000 in fiscal year 2009 are for
8.30children's mental health grants to support
8.31increased availability of mental health
8.32services for persons from cultural and
8.33ethnic minorities within the state. The
8.34commissioner shall use at least 20 percent
8.35of these funds to help members of cultural
9.1and ethnic minority communities to become
9.2qualified mental health professionals and
9.3practitioners. The commissioner shall assist
9.4grantees to meet third-party credentialing
9.5requirements and require them to utilize all
9.6available third-party reimbursement sources
9.7as a condition of using state grant funds.
9.8Mental Health Services for Children with
9.9Special Treatment Needs. Of the general
9.10fund appropriation, $50,000 in fiscal year
9.112008 and $200,000 in fiscal year 2009 are
9.12for children's mental health grants to support
9.13increased availability of mental health
9.14services for children with special treatment
9.15needs. These shall include, but not be limited
9.16to: victims of trauma, including children
9.17subjected to abuse or neglect, veterans and
9.18their families, and refugee populations;
9.19persons with complex treatment needs, such
9.20as eating disorders; and those with low
9.21incidence disorders.
9.22MFIP and Children's Mental Health
9.23Pilot Project. Of the TANF appropriation,
9.24$100,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $200,000
9.25in fiscal year 2009 are to fund the MFIP
9.26and children's mental health pilot project.
9.27Of these amounts, up to $100,000 may be
9.28expended on evaluation of this pilot.
9.29Prenatal Alcohol or Drug Use. Of the
9.30general fund appropriation, $75,000 each
9.31year is to award grants beginning July 1,
9.322007, to programs that provide services
9.33under Minnesota Statutes, section
254A.171,
9.34in Pine, Kanabec, and Carlton Counties. This
10.1appropriation shall become part of the base
10.2appropriation.
10.3Base Adjustment. The general fund base
10.4is $62,572,000 in fiscal year 2010 and
10.5$62,575,000 in fiscal year 2011.
10.6
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(h) Children and Community Services Grants
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10.7
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General
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101,369,000
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69,208,000
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10.8Base Adjustment. The general fund base
10.9is $69,274,000 in each of fiscal years 2010
10.10and 2011.
10.11Targeted Case Management Temporary
10.12Funding. (a) Of the general fund
10.13appropriation, $32,667,000 in fiscal year
10.142008 is transferred to the targeted case
10.15management contingency reserve account in
10.16the general fund to be allocated to counties
10.17and tribes affected by reductions in targeted
10.18case management federal Medicaid revenue
10.19as a result of the provisions in the federal
10.20Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, Public Law
10.21109-171.
10.22(b) Contingent upon (1) publication by the
10.23federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
10.24Services of final regulations implementing
10.25the targeted case management provisions
10.26of the federal Deficit Reduction Act of
10.272005, Public Law 109-171, or (2) the
10.28issuance of a finding by the Centers for
10.29Medicare and Medicaid Services of federal
10.30Medicaid overpayments for targeted case
10.31management expenditures, up to $32,667,000
10.32is appropriated to the commissioner of human
10.33services. Prior to distribution of funds, the
10.34commissioner shall estimate and certify the
11.1amount by which the federal regulations or
11.2federal disallowance will reduce targeted
11.3case management Medicaid revenue over the
11.42008-2009 biennium.
11.5(c) Within 60 days of a contingency described
11.6in paragraph (b), the commissioner shall
11.7distribute the grants proportionate to each
11.8affected county or tribe's targeted case
11.9management federal earnings for calendar
11.10year 2005, not to exceed the lower of (1) the
11.11amount of the estimated reduction in federal
11.12revenue or (2) $32,667,000.
11.13(d) These funds are available in either year of
11.14the biennium. Counties and tribes shall use
11.15these funds to pay for social service-related
11.16costs, but the funds are not subject to
11.17provisions of the Children and Community
11.18Services Act grant under Minnesota Statutes,
11.19chapter 256M.
11.20(e) This appropriation shall be available to
11.21pay counties and tribes for expenses incurred
11.22on or after July 1, 2007. The appropriation
11.23shall be available until expended.
11.24
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(i) General Assistance Grants
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11.25
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General
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37,876,000
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38,253,000
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11.26General Assistance Standard. The
11.27commissioner shall set the monthly standard
11.28of assistance for general assistance units
11.29consisting of an adult recipient who is
11.30childless and unmarried or living apart
11.31from parents or a legal guardian at $203.
11.32The commissioner may reduce this amount
11.33according to Laws 1997, chapter 85, article
11.343, section 54.
12.1Emergency General Assistance. The
12.2amount appropriated for emergency general
12.3assistance funds is limited to no more
12.4than $7,889,812 in fiscal year 2008 and
12.5$7,889,812 in fiscal year 2009. Funds
12.6to counties must be allocated by the
12.7commissioner using the allocation method
12.8specified in Minnesota Statutes, section
12.9256D.06
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(j) Minnesota Supplemental Aid Grants
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General
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30,505,000
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30,812,000
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12.12Emergency Minnesota Supplemental
12.13Aid Funds. The amount appropriated for
12.14emergency Minnesota supplemental aid
12.15funds is limited to no more than $1,100,000
12.16in fiscal year 2008 and $1,100,000 in fiscal
12.17year 2009. Funds to counties must be
12.18allocated by the commissioner using the
12.19allocation method specified in Minnesota
12.20Statutes, section
256D.46.
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(k) Group Residential Housing Grants
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12.22
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General
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91,069,000
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98,671,000
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12.23People Incorporated. Of the general fund
12.24appropriation, $460,000 each year is to
12.25augment community support and mental
12.26health services provided to individuals
12.27residing in facilities under Minnesota
12.28Statutes, section
256I.05, subdivision 1m.
12.29
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(l) Other Children and Economic Assistance
Grants
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12.31
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General
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20,183,000
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16,333,000
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12.32
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Federal TANF
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1,500,000
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1,500,000
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12.33Base Adjustment. The general fund base
12.34shall be $16,033,000 in fiscal year 2010 and
13.1$15,533,000 in fiscal year 2011. The TANF
13.2base shall be $1,500,000 in fiscal year 2010
13.3and $1,181,000 in fiscal year 2011.
13.4Homeless and Runaway Youth. Of the
13.5general fund appropriation, $500,000 each
13.6year are for the Runaway and Homeless
13.7Youth Act under Minnesota Statutes, section
13.8256K.45
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13.9of the continuum of care to ensure that
13.10programs are meeting the greatest need. This
13.11is a onetime appropriation.
13.12Long-Term Homelessness. Of the general
13.13fund appropriation,
$1,500,000 each year
13.14are $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2008 is for
13.15implementation of programs to address
13.16long-term homelessness
and is available in
13.17either year of the biennium. This is a onetime
13.18appropriation.
13.19Minnesota Community Action Grants. (a)
13.20Of the general fund appropriation, $250,000
13.21each year is for the purposes of Minnesota
13.22community action grants under Minnesota
13.23Statutes, sections
256E.30 to
256E.32. This
13.24is a onetime appropriation.
13.25(b) Of the TANF appropriation, $1,500,000
13.26each year is for community action agencies
13.27for auto repairs, auto loans, and auto purchase
13.28grants to individuals who are eligible to
13.29receive benefits under Minnesota Statutes,
13.30chapter 256J, or who have lost eligibility
13.31for benefits under Minnesota Statutes,
13.32chapter 256J, due to earnings in the prior 12
13.33months. Base level funding for this activity
13.34shall be $1,500,000 in fiscal year 2010
13.35and $1,181,000 in fiscal year 2011. * (The
14.1preceding text beginning "(b) Of the TANF
14.2appropriation," was indicated as vetoed by
14.3the governor.)
14.4(c) Money appropriated under paragraphs (a)
14.5and (b) that is not spent in the first year does
14.6not cancel but is available for the second
14.7year. "
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