1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; modifying prekindergarten exploratory projects eligibility;
1.3 	amending Laws 2007, chapter 147, article 2, section 62; article 19, section 
1.4 	3, subdivision 4.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Laws 2007, chapter 147, article 2, section 62, is amended to read:
1.7 	Sec. 62. PREKINDERGARTEN EXPLORATORY PROJECTS.
 1.8 		Subdivision 1. Early childhood allowance. The commissioners commissioner of 
1.9 	human services and education shall establish fund three prekindergarten exploratory 
1.10 	projects to be conducted in partnership with the Minnesota Early Learning Foundation to 
1.11 	promote children's school readiness in the city of St. Paul; north Minneapolis; Wayzata 
1.12 	School District; and Blue Earth and Nicollet Counties. The exploratory projects shall be 
1.13 	designed and evaluated by the Minnesota Early Learning Foundation.
1.14 		Subd. 2. Family eligibility. Parents or legal guardians with incomes less than or 
1.15 	equal to 185 percent of the federal poverty guidelines are eligible to receive allowances to 
1.16 	pay for their children's education in a quality early education program, in an amount not 
1.17 	to exceed $4,000 per child per year. The allowance must be used during the 12 months 
1.18 	following receipt of the allowance by the claimant for a child who is age 3 or 4 on August 
1.19 	31, to pay for services designed to promote school readiness in a quality an eligible early 
1.20 	education setting. A quality program is one that meets the standards program as defined in 
1.21 	subdivision 3. 
1.22 		Subd. 3. Quality standards Eligible Program. (a) A quality early care and 
1.23 	education setting is any service orAn eligible program is (1) a federally designated Head 
1.24 	Start program as defined in section 119A.50 approved by the commissioner; (2) a school 
2.1 	readiness program as defined in section 124D.15 approved by the commissioner; (3) an 
2.2 	accredited child care program; and (4) any child care program that receives a quality 
2.3 	or provisional rating from the Department of Human Services under the Minnesota 
2.4 	Early Learning Foundation quality rating system administered by the Department of 
2.5 	Human Services and agrees to accept a prekindergarten education allowance to pay for 
2.6 	services. For fiscal years 2008 and 2009 only, a provider may satisfy the quality rating 
2.7 	system requirements and be deemed eligible to participate in this program if the provider 
2.8 	has received a provisional quality rating system approval from either the Department of 
2.9 	Human Services or the Department of Education. 
2.10 	(b) For the purposes of receiving a provisional quality rating, a child care program or 
2.11 	provider must be approved by the commissioner of human services and a school readiness 
2.12 	program or a Head Start program must be approved by the commissioner of education. 
2.13 	Programs and providers must apply for approval in the form and manner prescribed by the 
2.14 	commissioners. To receive approval, the commissioners must determine that applicants
2.15 	programs: 
2.16 	(1) use research-based curricula that are aligned with the education standards under 
2.17 	Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.021, instruction, and child assessment instruments 
2.18 	approved by the Department of Education and the Department of Human Services, in 
2.19 	consultation with the Minnesota Early Learning Foundation; 
2.20 	(2) provide a program of sufficient intensity and duration to improve the school 
2.21 	readiness of participating children; 
2.22 	(3) provide opportunities for parent involvement; and 
2.23 	(4) meet other research-based criteria determined necessary by the commissioners. 
2.24 	(c) For 2008 and 2009, notwithstanding paragraph (b), Head Start programs 
2.25 	meeting Head Start performance standards and accredited child care centers are granted 
2.26 	a provisional quality rating for the purposes of receiving a prekindergarten education 
2.27 	allowance under this statute. 
2.28 	(d) A provider deemed eligible to receive a prekindergarten education allowance 
2.29 	under paragraphs (a) to (c) and (b) may use the allowance to enhance services above the 
2.30 	current quality levels, increase the duration of services provided, or expand the number of 
2.31 	children to whom services are provided. 
2.32 	(e) For fiscal years 2008 and 2009 only, when no quality program is available, a 
2.33 	recipient may direct the prekindergarten education allowance to a provider or program for 
2.34 	school readiness quality improvements that will make the provider or program eligible 
2.35 	for a quality rating according to the quality rating system. Allowable expenditures that 
2.36 	will increase the capacity of the provider or program to help children be ready for school 
3.1 	include purchase of curricula and assessment tools, training on the use of curriculum and 
3.2 	assessment tools, purchase of materials to improve the learning environment, or other 
3.3 	expenditures approved by the commissioner of human services for child care providers 
3.4 	and the commissioner of education for school readiness programs. 
3.5 		Subd. 4. Eligibility; applications Not income for purposes of other publicly 
3.6 	funded programs. Eligible families must have incomes less than or equal to 185 percent 
3.7 	of the federal poverty guidelines. Allowances paid to families under this program may 
3.8 	not be counted as earned income for the purposes of medical assistance, MinnesotaCare, 
3.9 	MFIP, child care assistance, or Head Start programs. 
3.10 		Subd. 5. Expenditures. This program shall operate during fiscal years 2008 and 
3.11 	2009. 

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

3.13 	Sec. 2. Laws 2007, chapter 147, article 19, section 3, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

3.14
3.15	Subd. 4. Children and Economic Assistance 
Grants
 					
3.16 	The amounts that may be spent from this 
3.17 	appropriation for each purpose are as follows: 

3.18	(a) MFIP/DWP Grants 

3.19	Appropriations by Fund 
	
3.20	General 
	62,069,000 
	62,405,000 
	
3.21	Federal TANF 
	75,904,000 
	80,841,000 

3.22	(b) Support Services Grants 

3.23	Appropriations by Fund 
	
3.24	General 
	8,715,000 
	8,715,000 
	
3.25	Federal TANF 
	113,429,000 
	115,902,000 
	
3.26 	TANF Prior Appropriation Cancellation.
3.27 	Notwithstanding Laws 2001, First Special 
3.28 	Session chapter 9, article 17, section 
3.29 	2, subdivision 11, paragraph (b), any 
3.30 	unexpended TANF funds appropriated to the 
3.31 	commissioner to contract with the Board of 
3.32 	Trustees of Minnesota State Colleges and 
3.33 	Universities, to provide tuition waivers to 
3.34 	employees of health care and human service 
4.1 	providers that are members of qualifying 
4.2 	consortia operating under Minnesota 
4.3 	Statutes, sections 116L.10 to 116L.15, must 
4.4 	cancel at the end of fiscal year 2007. 
4.5 	MFIP Pilot Program. Of the TANF 
4.6 	appropriation, $100,000 in fiscal year 2008 
4.7 	and $750,000 in fiscal year 2009 are for a 
4.8 	grant to the Stearns-Benton Employment and 
4.9 	Training Council for the Workforce U pilot 
4.10 	program. Base level funding for this program 
4.11 	shall be $750,000 in 2010 and $0 in 2011. 
4.12 	Supported Work. (1) Of the TANF 
4.13 	appropriation, $5,468,000 in fiscal year 
4.14 	2008 and $7,291,000 in fiscal year 
4.15 	2009 are for supported work for MFIP 
4.16 	participants, to be allocated to counties 
4.17 	and tribes based on the criteria under 
4.18 	clauses (2) and (3). Paid transitional work 
4.19 	experience and other supported employment 
4.20 	under this rider provides a continuum of 
4.21 	employment assistance, including outreach 
4.22 	and recruitment, program orientation 
4.23 	and intake, testing and assessment, job 
4.24 	development and marketing, preworksite 
4.25 	training, supported worksite experience, job 
4.26 	coaching, and postplacement follow-up, in 
4.27 	addition to extensive case management and 
4.28 	referral services. * (The preceding text "and 
4.29 	$7,291,000 in fiscal year 2009" was indicated 
4.30 	as vetoed by the governor.) 
4.31 	(2) A county or tribe is eligible to receive an 
4.32 	allocation under this rider if: 
4.33 	(i) the county or tribe is not meeting the 
4.34 	federal work participation rate; 
5.1 	(ii) the county or tribe has participants who 
5.2 	are required to perform work activities under 
5.3 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256J, but are not 
5.4 	meeting hourly work requirements; and 
5.5 	(iii) the county or tribe has assessed 
5.6 	participants who have completed six weeks 
5.7 	of job search or are required to perform 
5.8 	work activities and are not meeting the 
5.9 	hourly requirements, and the county or tribe 
5.10 	has determined that the participant would 
5.11 	benefit from working in a supported work 
5.12 	environment. 
5.13 	(3) A county or tribe may also be eligible for 
5.14 	funds in order to contract for supplemental 
5.15 	hours of paid work at the participant's child's 
5.16 	place of education, child care location, or the 
5.17 	child's physical or mental health treatment 
5.18 	facility or office. This grant to counties and 
5.19 	tribes is specifically for MFIP participants 
5.20 	who need to work up to five hours more 
5.21 	per week in order to meet the hourly work 
5.22 	requirement, and the participant's employer 
5.23 	cannot or will not offer more hours to the 
5.24 	participant. 
5.25 	Work Study. Of the TANF appropriation, 
5.26 	$750,000 each year are to the commissioner 
5.27 	to contract with the Minnesota Office of 
5.28 	Higher Education for the biennium beginning 
5.29 	July 1, 2007, for work study grants under 
5.30 	Minnesota Statutes, section 136A.233, 
5.31 	specifically for low-income individuals who 
5.32 	receive assistance under Minnesota Statutes, 
5.33 	chapter 256J, and for grants to opportunities 
5.34 	industrialization centers. * (The preceding 
5.35 	text beginning "Work Study. Of the TANF 
6.1 	appropriation," was indicated as vetoed by 
6.2 	the governor.) 
6.3 	Integrated Service Projects. $2,500,000 
6.4 	in fiscal year 2008 and $2,500,000 in fiscal 
6.5 	year 2009 are appropriated from the TANF 
6.6 	fund to the commissioner to continue to 
6.7 	fund the existing integrated services projects 
6.8 	for MFIP families, and if funding allows, 
6.9 	additional similar projects. 
6.10 	Base Adjustment. The TANF base for fiscal 
6.11 	year 2010 is $115,902,000 and for fiscal year 
6.12 	2011 is $115,152,000. 

6.13	(c) MFIP Child Care Assistance Grants 

6.14	General 
	74,654,000 
	71,951,000 

6.15
6.16	(d) Basic Sliding Fee Child Care Assistance 
Grants 

6.17	General 
	42,995,000 
	45,008,000 
	
6.18 	Base Adjustment. The general fund base 
6.19 	is $44,881,000 for fiscal year 2010 and 
6.20 	$44,852,000 for fiscal year 2011. 
6.21 	At-Home Infant Care Program. No 
6.22 	funding shall be allocated to or spent on 
6.23 	the at-home infant care program under 
6.24 	Minnesota Statutes, section 119B.035. 

6.25	(e) Child Care Development Grants 

6.26	General 
	4,390,000 
	6,390,000 
	
6.27 	Prekindergarten Exploratory Projects. Of 
6.28 	the general fund appropriation, $2,000,000 
6.29 	the first year and $4,000,000 the second year 
6.30 	are for grants to the city of St. Paul, Hennepin 
6.31 	County, and Blue Earth County in 2008 
6.32 	and $4,000,000 in 2009 are appropriated 
6.33 	to the commissioner of education to 
7.1 	establish scholarship demonstration projects 
7.2 	to be conducted in partnership with the 
7.3 	Minnesota Early Learning Foundation to 
7.4 	promote children's school readiness. This 
7.5 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2009. 
7.6 	Child Care Services Grants. Of this 
7.7 	appropriation, $500,000 each year are for 
7.8 	the purpose of providing child care services 
7.9 	grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
7.10 	119B.21, subdivision 5. This appropriation 
7.11 	is for the 2008-2009 biennium only, and does 
7.12 	not increase the base funding. 
7.13 	Early Childhood Professional 
7.14 	Development System. Of this appropriation, 
7.15 	$500,000 each year are for purposes of the 
7.16 	early childhood professional development 
7.17 	system, which increases the quality and 
7.18 	continuum of professional development 
7.19 	opportunities for child care practitioners. 
7.20 	This appropriation is for the 2008-2009 
7.21 	biennium only, and does not increase the 
7.22 	base funding. 
7.23 	Base Adjustment. The general fund base 
7.24 	is $1,515,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 
7.25 	and 2011. 

7.26	(f) Child Support Enforcement Grants 

7.27	General 
	11,038,000 
	3,705,000 
	
7.28 	Child Support Enforcement. $7,333,000 
7.29 	for fiscal year 2008 is to make grants to 
7.30 	counties for child support enforcement 
7.31 	programs to make up for the loss under the 
7.32 	2005 federal Deficit Reduction Act of federal 
7.33 	matching funds for federal incentive funds 
7.34 	passed on to the counties by the state. 
8.1 	This appropriation is available until June 30, 
8.2 	2009. 

8.3	(g) Children's Services Grants 

8.4	Appropriations by Fund 
	
8.5	General 
	63,647,000 
	71,147,000 
	
8.6	Health Care Access 
	250,000 
	-0- 
	
8.7	TANF 
	240,000 
	340,000 
	
8.8 	Grants for Programs Serving Young 
8.9 	Parents. Of the TANF fund appropriation, 
8.10 	$140,000 each year is for a grant to a program 
8.11 	or programs that provide comprehensive 
8.12 	services through a private, nonprofit agency 
8.13 	to young parents in Hennepin County who 
8.14 	have dropped out of school and are receiving 
8.15 	public assistance. The program administrator 
8.16 	shall report annually to the commissioner on 
8.17 	skills development, education, job training, 
8.18 	and job placement outcomes for program 
8.19 	participants. 
8.20 	County Allocations for Rate Increases.
8.21 	County Children and Community Services 
8.22 	Act allocations shall be increased by 
8.23 	$197,000 effective October 1, 2007, and 
8.24 	$696,000 effective October 1, 2008, to help 
8.25 	counties pay for the rate adjustments to 
8.26 	day training and habilitation providers for 
8.27 	participants paid by county social service 
8.28 	funds. Notwithstanding the provisions of 
8.29 	Minnesota Statutes, section 256M.40, the 
8.30 	allocation to a county shall be based on 
8.31 	the county's proportion of social services 
8.32 	spending for day training and habilitation 
8.33 	services as determined in the most recent 
8.34 	social services expenditure and grant 
8.35 	reconciliation report. 
9.1 	Privatized Adoption Grants. Federal 
9.2 	reimbursement for privatized adoption grant 
9.3 	and foster care recruitment grant expenditures 
9.4 	is appropriated to the commissioner for 
9.5 	adoption grants and foster care and adoption 
9.6 	administrative purposes. 
9.7 	Adoption Assistance Incentive Grants.
9.8 	Federal funds available during fiscal year 
9.9 	2008 and fiscal year 2009 for the adoption 
9.10 	incentive grants are appropriated to the 
9.11 	commissioner for these purposes. 
9.12 	Adoption Assistance and Relative Custody 
9.13 	Assistance. The commissioner may transfer 
9.14 	unencumbered appropriation balances for 
9.15 	adoption assistance and relative custody 
9.16 	assistance between fiscal years and between 
9.17 	programs. 
9.18 	Children's Mental Health Grants. Of the 
9.19 	general fund appropriation, $5,913,000 in 
9.20 	fiscal year 2008 and $6,825,000 in fiscal year 
9.21 	2009 are for children's mental health grants. 
9.22 	The purpose of these grants is to increase and 
9.23 	maintain the state's children's mental health 
9.24 	service capacity, especially for school-based 
9.25 	mental health services. The commissioner 
9.26 	shall require grantees to utilize all available 
9.27 	third party reimbursement sources as a 
9.28 	condition of using state grant funds. At 
9.29 	least 15 percent of these funds shall be 
9.30 	used to encourage efficiencies through early 
9.31 	intervention services. At least another 15 
9.32 	percent shall be used to provide respite care 
9.33 	services for children with severe emotional 
9.34 	disturbance at risk of out-of-home placement. 
10.1 	Mental Health Crisis Services. Of the 
10.2 	general fund appropriation, $2,528,000 in 
10.3 	fiscal year 2008 and $2,850,000 in fiscal year 
10.4 	2009 are for statewide funding of children's 
10.5 	mental health crisis services. Providers must 
10.6 	utilize all available funding streams. 
10.7 	Children's Mental Health Evidence-Based 
10.8 	and Best Practices. Of the general fund 
10.9 	appropriation, $375,000 in fiscal year 2008 
10.10 	and $750,000 in fiscal year 2009 are for 
10.11 	children's mental health evidence-based and 
10.12 	best practices including, but not limited 
10.13 	to: Adolescent Integrated Dual Diagnosis 
10.14 	Treatment services; school-based mental 
10.15 	health services; co-location of mental 
10.16 	health and physical health care, and; the 
10.17 	use of technological resources to better 
10.18 	inform diagnosis and development of 
10.19 	treatment plan development by mental 
10.20 	health professionals. The commissioner 
10.21 	shall require grantees to utilize all available 
10.22 	third-party reimbursement sources as a 
10.23 	condition of using state grant funds. 
10.24 	Culturally Specific Mental Health 
10.25 	Treatment Grants. Of the general fund 
10.26 	appropriation, $75,000 in fiscal year 2008 
10.27 	and $300,000 in fiscal year 2009 are for 
10.28 	children's mental health grants to support 
10.29 	increased availability of mental health 
10.30 	services for persons from cultural and 
10.31 	ethnic minorities within the state. The 
10.32 	commissioner shall use at least 20 percent 
10.33 	of these funds to help members of cultural 
10.34 	and ethnic minority communities to become 
10.35 	qualified mental health professionals and 
10.36 	practitioners. The commissioner shall assist 
11.1 	grantees to meet third-party credentialing 
11.2 	requirements and require them to utilize all 
11.3 	available third-party reimbursement sources 
11.4 	as a condition of using state grant funds. 
11.5 	Mental Health Services for Children with 
11.6 	Special Treatment Needs. Of the general 
11.7 	fund appropriation, $50,000 in fiscal year 
11.8 	2008 and $200,000 in fiscal year 2009 are 
11.9 	for children's mental health grants to support 
11.10 	increased availability of mental health 
11.11 	services for children with special treatment 
11.12 	needs. These shall include, but not be limited 
11.13 	to: victims of trauma, including children 
11.14 	subjected to abuse or neglect, veterans and 
11.15 	their families, and refugee populations; 
11.16 	persons with complex treatment needs, such 
11.17 	as eating disorders; and those with low 
11.18 	incidence disorders. 
11.19 	MFIP and Children's Mental Health 
11.20 	Pilot Project. Of the TANF appropriation, 
11.21 	$100,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $200,000 
11.22 	in fiscal year 2009 are to fund the MFIP 
11.23 	and children's mental health pilot project. 
11.24 	Of these amounts, up to $100,000 may be 
11.25 	expended on evaluation of this pilot. 
11.26 	Prenatal Alcohol or Drug Use. Of the 
11.27 	general fund appropriation, $75,000 each 
11.28 	year is to award grants beginning July 1, 
11.29 	2007, to programs that provide services 
11.30 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 254A.171, 
11.31 	in Pine, Kanabec, and Carlton Counties. This 
11.32 	appropriation shall become part of the base 
11.33 	appropriation. 
12.1 	Base Adjustment. The general fund base 
12.2 	is $62,572,000 in fiscal year 2010 and 
12.3 	$62,575,000 in fiscal year 2011. 

12.4	(h) Children and Community Services Grants 

12.5	General 
	101,369,000 
	69,208,000 
	
12.6 	Base Adjustment. The general fund base 
12.7 	is $69,274,000 in each of fiscal years 2010 
12.8 	and 2011. 
12.9 	Targeted Case Management Temporary 
12.10 	Funding. (a) Of the general fund 
12.11 	appropriation, $32,667,000 in fiscal year 
12.12 	2008 is transferred to the targeted case 
12.13 	management contingency reserve account in 
12.14 	the general fund to be allocated to counties 
12.15 	and tribes affected by reductions in targeted 
12.16 	case management federal Medicaid revenue 
12.17 	as a result of the provisions in the federal 
12.18 	Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, Public Law 
12.19 	109-171. 
12.20 	(b) Contingent upon (1) publication by the 
12.21 	federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
12.22 	Services of final regulations implementing 
12.23 	the targeted case management provisions 
12.24 	of the federal Deficit Reduction Act of 
12.25 	2005, Public Law 109-171, or (2) the 
12.26 	issuance of a finding by the Centers for 
12.27 	Medicare and Medicaid Services of federal 
12.28 	Medicaid overpayments for targeted case 
12.29 	management expenditures, up to $32,667,000 
12.30 	is appropriated to the commissioner of human 
12.31 	services. Prior to distribution of funds, the 
12.32 	commissioner shall estimate and certify the 
12.33 	amount by which the federal regulations or 
12.34 	federal disallowance will reduce targeted 
13.1 	case management Medicaid revenue over the 
13.2 	2008-2009 biennium. 
13.3 	(c) Within 60 days of a contingency described 
13.4 	in paragraph (b), the commissioner shall 
13.5 	distribute the grants proportionate to each 
13.6 	affected county or tribe's targeted case 
13.7 	management federal earnings for calendar 
13.8 	year 2005, not to exceed the lower of (1) the 
13.9 	amount of the estimated reduction in federal 
13.10 	revenue or (2) $32,667,000. 
13.11 	(d) These funds are available in either year of 
13.12 	the biennium. Counties and tribes shall use 
13.13 	these funds to pay for social service-related 
13.14 	costs, but the funds are not subject to 
13.15 	provisions of the Children and Community 
13.16 	Services Act grant under Minnesota Statutes, 
13.17 	chapter 256M. 
13.18 	(e) This appropriation shall be available to 
13.19 	pay counties and tribes for expenses incurred 
13.20 	on or after July 1, 2007. The appropriation 
13.21 	shall be available until expended. 

13.22	(i) General Assistance Grants 

13.23	General 
	37,876,000 
	38,253,000 
	
13.24 	General Assistance Standard. The 
13.25 	commissioner shall set the monthly standard 
13.26 	of assistance for general assistance units 
13.27 	consisting of an adult recipient who is 
13.28 	childless and unmarried or living apart 
13.29 	from parents or a legal guardian at $203. 
13.30 	The commissioner may reduce this amount 
13.31 	according to Laws 1997, chapter 85, article 
13.32 	3, section 54. 
13.33 	Emergency General Assistance. The 
13.34 	amount appropriated for emergency general 
14.1 	assistance funds is limited to no more 
14.2 	than $7,889,812 in fiscal year 2008 and 
14.3 	$7,889,812 in fiscal year 2009. Funds 
14.4 	to counties must be allocated by the 
14.5 	commissioner using the allocation method 
14.6 	specified in Minnesota Statutes, section 
14.7 	256D.06. 

14.8	(j) Minnesota Supplemental Aid Grants 

14.9	General 
	30,505,000 
	30,812,000 
	
14.10 	Emergency Minnesota Supplemental 
14.11 	Aid Funds. The amount appropriated for 
14.12 	emergency Minnesota supplemental aid 
14.13 	funds is limited to no more than $1,100,000 
14.14 	in fiscal year 2008 and $1,100,000 in fiscal 
14.15 	year 2009. Funds to counties must be 
14.16 	allocated by the commissioner using the 
14.17 	allocation method specified in Minnesota 
14.18 	Statutes, section 256D.46. 

14.19	(k) Group Residential Housing Grants 

14.20	General 
	91,069,000 
	98,671,000 
	
14.21 	People Incorporated. Of the general fund 
14.22 	appropriation, $460,000 each year is to 
14.23 	augment community support and mental 
14.24 	health services provided to individuals 
14.25 	residing in facilities under Minnesota 
14.26 	Statutes, section 256I.05, subdivision 1m. 

14.27
14.28	(l) Other Children and Economic Assistance 
Grants 

14.29	General 
	20,183,000 
	16,333,000 
	
14.30	Federal TANF 
	1,500,000 
	1,500,000 
	
14.31 	Base Adjustment. The general fund base 
14.32 	shall be $16,033,000 in fiscal year 2010 and 
14.33 	$15,533,000 in fiscal year 2011. The TANF 
15.1 	base shall be $1,500,000 in fiscal year 2010 
15.2 	and $1,181,000 in fiscal year 2011. 
15.3 	Homeless and Runaway Youth. Of the 
15.4 	general fund appropriation, $500,000 each 
15.5 	year are for the Runaway and Homeless 
15.6 	Youth Act under Minnesota Statutes, section 
15.7 	256K.45. Funds shall be spent in each area 
15.8 	of the continuum of care to ensure that 
15.9 	programs are meeting the greatest need. This 
15.10 	is a onetime appropriation. 
15.11 	Long-Term Homelessness. Of the general 
15.12 	fund appropriation, $1,500,000 each year are 
15.13 	for implementation of programs to address 
15.14 	long-term homelessness. This is a onetime 
15.15 	appropriation. 
15.16 	Minnesota Community Action Grants. (a) 
15.17 	Of the general fund appropriation, $250,000 
15.18 	each year is for the purposes of Minnesota 
15.19 	community action grants under Minnesota 
15.20 	Statutes, sections 256E.30 to 256E.32. This 
15.21 	is a onetime appropriation. 
15.22 	(b) Of the TANF appropriation, $1,500,000 
15.23 	each year is for community action agencies 
15.24 	for auto repairs, auto loans, and auto purchase 
15.25 	grants to individuals who are eligible to 
15.26 	receive benefits under Minnesota Statutes, 
15.27 	chapter 256J, or who have lost eligibility 
15.28 	for benefits under Minnesota Statutes, 
15.29 	chapter 256J, due to earnings in the prior 12 
15.30 	months. Base level funding for this activity 
15.31 	shall be $1,500,000 in fiscal year 2010 
15.32 	and $1,181,000 in fiscal year 2011. * (The 
15.33 	preceding text beginning "(b) Of the TANF 
15.34 	appropriation," was indicated as vetoed by 
15.35 	the governor.) 
16.1 	(c) Money appropriated under paragraphs (a) 
16.2 	and (b) that is not spent in the first year does 
16.3 	not cancel but is available for the second 
16.4 	year.