1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; appropriating money for a grant to the African American 
1.3 	Child Wellness Institute.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS; AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILD WELLNESS 
1.6 	INSTITUTE.
 1.7 	$6,250,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $6,438,000 in fiscal year 2025 are appropriated from 
1.8 	the general fund to the commissioner of human services for a grant to the African American 
1.9 	Child Wellness Institute, a culturally specific African American mental health service 
1.10 	provider that is a licensed community mental health center specializing in services for 
1.11 	African American children and families of all ages. The grants must be used to support the 
1.12 	center in offering culturally specific, comprehensive, trauma-informed, practice- and 
1.13 	evidence-based, person- and family-centered mental health and substance use disorder 
1.14 	services; supervision and training; and care coordination regardless of ability to pay or place 
1.15 	of residence. $6,631,000 is added to the general fund base for this appropriation in fiscal 
1.16 	year 2026 and $6,830,000 is added to the base for this appropriation in fiscal year 2027 and 
1.17 	thereafter.