1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to corrections; employment and economic development; education; 
1.3 	appropriating money to provide reentry services to individuals in and exiting 
1.4 	criminal custody, and mentorship to boys in grades 6 to 12.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS; REENTRY TRANSITION GRANTS; YOUTH 
1.7 	MENTORSHIP GRANT.
 1.8 	(a) $700,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.9 	of corrections for a grant to an organization in Hennepin County that operates three core 
1.10 	programs to engage youth and adults in research-based interactive learning experiences to 
1.11 	overcome obstacles and find success through personal empowerment and leadership; and 
1.12 	to provide prerelease and postrelease personal development and leadership training, 
1.13 	education, mentorship, navigation tools, and other community-based services necessary to 
1.14 	facilitate reentry and establishment into communities for individuals in or released from 
1.15 	criminal custody. This is a onetime appropriation.
1.16 	(b) $200,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.17 	of employment and economic development for a grant to an organization in Hennepin 
1.18 	County that operates three core programs to engage youth and adults in research-based 
1.19 	interactive learning experiences to overcome obstacles and find success through personal 
1.20 	empowerment and leadership and to assist individuals released from custody with 
1.21 	employment preparation and facilitate employment opportunities. This is a onetime 
1.22 	appropriation.
2.1 	(c) $200,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
2.2 	of employment and economic development for a grant to an organization in Hennepin 
2.3 	County that operates three core programs to engage youth and adults in research-based 
2.4 	interactive learning experiences to overcome obstacles and find success through personal 
2.5 	empowerment and leadership, to provide options for transitional housing, and referrals to 
2.6 	community-based services that facilitate reentry into a community to individuals released 
2.7 	from criminal custody. This is a onetime appropriation.
2.8 	(d) $400,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
2.9 	of education for a grant to an organization in Hennepin County that operates three core 
2.10 	programs to engage youth and adults in research-based interactive learning experiences to 
2.11 	overcome obstacles and find success through personal empowerment and leadership, to 
2.12 	provide mentorship and opportunities for personal development and leadership to boys in 
2.13 	grades 6 to 12, and to address trends of increased violence and decreased academic 
2.14 	engagement. This is a onetime appropriation.