Bill Text: MN SF355 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Youth intervention programs grants-in-aid modifications and appropriation
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-28 - Author added Langseth [SF355 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF355-Introduced.html
1.2relating to public safety; modifying grants for youth intervention programs;
1.3appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 299A.73,
1.4subdivisions 1, 2, 3.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 299A.73, subdivision 1, is amended to
1.7read:
1.8 Subdivision 1. Grants. The commissioner may make grants to nonprofit agencies
1.9administering youth intervention programs in communities where the programs are or
1.10may be established.
1.11"The youth intervention program" means a consists of nonresidential
1.12community-basedprogram programs providing advocacy, education, counseling,
1.13mentoring, restorative justice, and referral services to youth and their families experiencing
1.14personal, familial, school, legal, or chemical problems with the goal of resolving the
1.15present problems and preventing the occurrence of the problems in the future. The intent
1.16of the youth intervention program is to provide an ongoing stable funding source to
1.17community-based early intervention programs for youth. Program design may be different
1.18for the grantees depending on youth service needs of the communities being served.
1.19 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 299A.73, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.20 Subd. 2. Applications. Applications for a grant-in-aid shall be made by the
1.21administering agency to the commissioner.
1.22The grant-in-aid is contingent upon the agency having obtained from the community
1.23in which the youth intervention program is established local matching money two times
2.1the amount of the grant that is sought. The matching requirement is intended to leverage
2.2the investment of state and community dollars in supporting the efforts of the grantees to
2.3provide early intervention services to youth and their families.
2.4The commissioner shall provide the application form, procedures for making
2.5application form, criteria for review of the application, and kinds of contributions in
2.6addition to cash that qualify as local matching money. No grant to any agency may
2.7exceed$50,000 $75,000.
2.8 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 299A.73, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.9 Subd. 3. Grant allocation formula. (a) Up toone five percent of the appropriations
2.10to the grants-in-aid to the youth intervention program may be used for a grant to
2.11the Minnesota Youth Intervention Programs Association for expenses in providing
2.12collaborative training and technical assistance to community-based grantees of the
2.13program.
2.14(b) If a program is terminated or elects not to receive some or all of the grant money
2.15made available to it, the available grant money shall be redistributed to the remaining
2.16grantees. If two youth intervention program organizations funded under this section
2.17merge, the funding may be continued as long as the merged organization maintains both
2.18programs as originally approved by the commissioner.
2.19 Sec. 4. APPROPRIATION.
2.20$1,603,300 in fiscal year 2012 and $1,603,300 in fiscal year 2013 are appropriated
2.21from the general fund to the commissioner of public safety for youth intervention programs
2.22under Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.73. This appropriation must be used for grants to
2.23eligible organizations to provide early intervention youth services in the organizations'
2.24communities. The appropriations must be included in the department's base budget for
2.25grants to youth intervention programs. These appropriations are available until expended.
1.3appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 299A.73,
1.4subdivisions 1, 2, 3.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 299A.73, subdivision 1, is amended to
1.7read:
1.8 Subdivision 1. Grants. The commissioner may make grants to nonprofit agencies
1.9administering youth intervention programs in communities where the programs are or
1.10may be established.
1.11
1.12community-based
1.13mentoring, restorative justice, and referral services to youth and their families experiencing
1.14personal, familial, school, legal, or chemical problems with the goal of resolving the
1.15present problems and preventing the occurrence of the problems in the future. The intent
1.16of the youth intervention program is to provide an ongoing stable funding source to
1.17community-based early intervention programs for youth. Program design may be different
1.18for the grantees depending on youth service needs of the communities being served.
1.19 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 299A.73, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.20 Subd. 2. Applications. Applications for a grant-in-aid shall be made by the
1.21administering agency to the commissioner.
1.22The grant-in-aid is contingent upon the agency having obtained from the community
1.23in which the youth intervention program is established local matching money two times
2.1the amount of the grant that is sought. The matching requirement is intended to leverage
2.2the investment of state and community dollars in supporting the efforts of the grantees to
2.3provide early intervention services to youth and their families.
2.4The commissioner shall provide the application form, procedures for making
2.5application form, criteria for review of the application, and kinds of contributions in
2.6addition to cash that qualify as local matching money. No grant to any agency may
2.7exceed
2.8 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 299A.73, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.9 Subd. 3. Grant allocation formula. (a) Up to
2.10to the grants-in-aid to the youth intervention program may be used for a grant to
2.11the Minnesota Youth Intervention Programs Association for expenses in providing
2.12collaborative training and technical assistance to community-based grantees of the
2.13program.
2.14(b) If a program is terminated or elects not to receive some or all of the grant money
2.15made available to it, the available grant money shall be redistributed to the remaining
2.16grantees. If two youth intervention program organizations funded under this section
2.17merge, the funding may be continued as long as the merged organization maintains both
2.18programs as originally approved by the commissioner.
2.19 Sec. 4. APPROPRIATION.
2.20$1,603,300 in fiscal year 2012 and $1,603,300 in fiscal year 2013 are appropriated
2.21from the general fund to the commissioner of public safety for youth intervention programs
2.22under Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.73. This appropriation must be used for grants to
2.23eligible organizations to provide early intervention youth services in the organizations'
2.24communities. The appropriations must be included in the department's base budget for
2.25grants to youth intervention programs. These appropriations are available until expended.
