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This bill appropriates a total of $300,000 ($150,000 in fiscal years 2026 and 2027) from the arts and cultural heritage fund to the Minnesota Humanities Center Board of Directors specifically for a grant to an organization called Art From the Inside. The grant's purpose is to use various art forms—including visual art, poetry, literature, theater, dance, and music—as a therapeutic and rehabilitative tool for incarcerated individuals and people on supervised release. The broader goal of the program is to support the personal development of these individuals and contribute to creating safer correctional facilities and communities by leveraging arts-based interventions. By providing funding for artistic programming, the bill aims to address the supportive and rehabilitative needs of individuals within the criminal justice system through creative expression and engagement.

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https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF0975&ssn=0&y=2025