Purpose

Provide a one-time infusion of funds to support youth intervention efforts by funding supplemental grants. The goal is to address trauma and related needs among youth served by existing intervention programs.

Key Provisions

• Funding: $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of children youth and families for youth intervention program supplemental grants.
• Administrative costs: The commissioner may use up to 10% of the appropriation for administrative costs.
• Legal basis: Supplemental grants under this section are not subject to Minnesota Statutes section 142A.43 subdivisions 2 and 3.
• Onetime appropriation: This is a one-time funding action.
• Grant limits: Supplemental grants may not exceed $50,000 per grantee.
• Eligibility: Only existing youth intervention program grantees from the most recent grant cycle are eligible.
• Accountability and planning: Eligible grantees must submit a work plan describing immediate or emerging needs for early interventions to address trauma experienced by the youth they serve. The plan must be submitted in a time and manner prescribed by the commissioner.

What the bill seeks to accomplish

• Provide targeted support to current youth intervention programs to address trauma and related early intervention needs.
• Enable quick, short-term funding to bolster existing efforts without reshaping the broader grant program rules.

Significant changes to existing law

• Establishes a one-time supplemental grant program outside the standard 142A.43 grant framework.
• Applies a cap of $50,000 per grantee for these supplemental grants.
• Allows up to 10% of the appropriation for administrative costs.
• Excludes this supplemental funding from certain provisions of 142A.43 (subdivisions 2 and 3).
• Requires a recipient work plan focused on immediate or emerging trauma-related needs.

Implementation notes

• The commissioner of children youth and families will determine how and when eligible grantees submit their work plans.
• Only current grantees from the most recent cycle are eligible, limiting churn and ensuring continuity.

Potential impacts

• Accelerates support for trauma-informed, early intervention efforts for youth.
• Provides funding stability for existing programs to respond to current needs.
• Creates a defined, smaller-scale funding mechanism within the broader youth intervention program framework.

Relevant Terms - appropriation - general fund - youth intervention program - supplemental grants - Minnesota Statutes section 142A.43 - commissioner of children youth and families - administrative costs - onetime appropriation - grant cap - grantee - most recent grant cycle - work plan - immediate or emerging needs - early interventions - trauma - time and manner prescribed by the commissioner - subdivisions 2 and 3 (of 142A.43)