Bill > SF388

This bill appropriates funds for various human services programs, primarily focused on addressing homelessness, for fiscal years 2024 through 2027, with a total appropriation of $41,000,000 for fiscal years 2024 and 2025, and establishes base appropriations for subsequent years. * **Emergency services grants:** $20,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $20,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 from the General Fund to the Commissioner of Human Services. Unexpended funds from the first year can be carried over to the second. Base appropriations of $35,000,000 are set for fiscal years 2026 and 2027. * **Homeless Management Information System (HMIS):** $250,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 from the General Fund to the Commissioner of Human Services for ongoing maintenance and improvement. Base appropriations of $1,140,000 are set for fiscal years 2026 and 2027. * **Homeless Youth Act grants:** $12,500,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $12,500,000 in fiscal year 2025 from the General Fund to the Commissioner of Human Services. These funds are available until June 30, 2027. Base appropriations of $20,000,000 are set for fiscal years 2026 and 2027. * **Homeless youth; chosen family grants:** A one-time appropriation of $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 from the General Fund to the Commissioner of Human Services for grants to providers supporting homeless youth and those at risk of homelessness by formalizing arrangements with chosen family members. This appropriation is available until June 30, 2025. * **Transitional housing programs:** $4,500,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $4,500,000 in fiscal year 2025 from the General Fund to the Commissioner of Human Services. * **Emergency shelter facilities:** $150,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 from the General Fund to the Commissioner of Human Services for grants to eligible entities for the acquisition, site preparation, design, construction, renovation, furnishing, and equipping of emergency shelter facilities. Up to $4,000,000 of this amount is specifically for the Simpson Housing Services shelter facility in Minneapolis. Grants are limited to $10,000,000 per project and are available until June 30, 2028. The bill also modifies the Homeless Youth Act to allow grant recipients to carry over unexpended funds from the first year of a two-year grant contract to the second year.