1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; appropriating money for a grant to The Power of People 
1.3 	Leadership Institute to expand prerelease and postrelease programming and 
1.4 	facilities.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; ANTIRECIDIVISM PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Programs. $1,500,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $1,500,000 in fiscal year 
1.8 	2025 are appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of human services for a 
1.9 	grant to The Power of People Leadership Institute to expand programs for individuals who 
1.10 	are set to be released from incarceration and who have recently been released from 
1.11 	incarceration. Grant funds must be used to expand prerelease programs to include both 
1.12 	in-person and virtual programming and to grow postrelease wrap-around services to 300 
1.13 	formerly incarcerated individuals.
1.14 		Subd. 2.Facilities. $2,500,000 in fiscal year 2024 is appropriated from the general fund 
1.15 	to the commissioner of human services for a grant to The Power of People Leadership 
1.16 	Institute to expand the institute's physical space to create an employment center for formerly 
1.17 	incarcerated clients. This is a onetime appropriation and is available until the project is 
1.18 	completed or abandoned, subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642.