1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; appropriating money for a grant to the Minnesota 
1.3 	Community of African People with Disabilities.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; MINNESOTA COMMUNITY OF AFRICAN PEOPLE 
1.6 	WITH DISABILITIES.
 1.7 	(a) $250,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $250,000 in fiscal year 2019 are appropriated from 
1.8 	the general fund to the commissioner of human services for a grant to the Minnesota 
1.9 	Community of African People with Disabilities for purposes of supporting Somali and East 
1.10 	African persons with disabilities. These appropriations may be used for, but not limited to:
1.11 	(1) rent;
1.12 	(2) utilities;
1.13 	(3) staff salaries, including salaries for physical and occupational therapists;
1.14 	(4) medical equipment and mobility aids;
1.15 	(5) English as a second language courses;
1.16 	(6) computer literacy training; and
1.17 	(7) life skills training.
1.18 	(b) Each grant is for a period of two years.
1.19 	(c) Beginning July 1, 2019, and for each grant cycle thereafter, the grantee must provide 
1.20 	a 30 percent match to receive state grant funds.
2.1 	(d) The unencumbered balance in the first year does not cancel but is available the second 
2.2 	year.