1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; appropriating money for a grant to the Metropolitan 
1.3 	Consortium of Community Developers for the Direct Support Professionals 
1.4 	Employee-Owned Cooperative Program.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. METROPOLITAN CONSORTIUM OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS; 
1.7 	APPROPRIATION.
 1.8 	$250,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $250,000 in fiscal year 2025 are appropriated from the 
1.9 	general fund to the commissioner of human services for a grant to the Metropolitan 
1.10 	Consortium of Community Developers, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, for the following 
1.11 	activities related to the Direct Support Professionals Employee-Owned Cooperative Program: 
1.12 	outreach and engagement, managing a screening and selection process, providing one-to-one 
1.13 	technical assistance, developing and providing training curricula related to cooperative 
1.14 	development and home and community-based waiver services, administering funds, and 
1.15 	reporting and program evaluation. These are onetime appropriations.

1.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2023.