1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for expansion and renovation 
1.3 	of the Perspectives Family Center facility in St. Louis Park.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. PERSPECTIVES FAMILY CENTER.
 1.6 	$4,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of human services 
1.7 	for a grant to Perspectives, Inc., to construct, furnish, and equip the expansion and renovation 
1.8 	of the existing Perspectives Family Center facility in St. Louis Park. The expanded and 
1.9 	renovated facility must be used to promote the public welfare by providing any or all of the 
1.10 	following programs and services: (1) supportive housing programs for homeless women 
1.11 	and their children; (2) mental and chemical health programs; (3) employment services; (4) 
1.12 	academic, social skills, and nutritional programs for homeless and at-risk children; (5) an 
1.13 	all-day therapeutic early childhood development program for homeless and at-risk children; 
1.14 	and (6) a culturally sensitive safe and nurturing environment for at-risk children to meet 
1.15 	with their nonresidential parents. This appropriation is available when the commissioner of 
1.16 	management and budget determines that an equal amount has been committed to complete 
1.17 	the project from nonstate sources.

1.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.