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This bill requires the Department of Human Services (DHS) to create and implement a process for selecting grant subgrantees that ensures the selected organizations demographically represent the eligible population for the specific grant program. In practical terms, this means that when DHS awards grants to secondary organizations (subgrantees), those organizations must mirror the racial, ethnic, gender, age, or other demographic characteristics of the people who could potentially benefit from or participate in the program. The goal is to promote more equitable and representative grant distribution, ensuring that the subgrantees can effectively serve the diverse population they are intended to help. The bill is straightforward, with only two sections: the first outlining the new requirement for DHS and the second stating that the law will go into effect immediately upon passage.

Health and Social Services

https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/HB/HB0032.xml