2025 Session Last amended: 2020 session

§ 116L.96 — Minnesota Family Resiliency Partnership

Plain-Language Summary

This section directs the commissioner to work with private and nonprofit organizations to provide counseling and training services to displaced homemakers. Stipends received through these programs do not count against eligibility for general assistance.

116L.96 MINNESOTA FAMILY RESILIENCY PARTNERSHIP.

The commissioner of employment and economic development shall enter into arrangements with existing private or nonprofit organizations and agencies with experience in dealing with displaced homemakers to provide counseling and training services. The commissioner shall assist displaced homemakers in applying for appropriate welfare programs and shall take welfare allowances received into account in setting the stipend level. Income received as a stipend under these programs shall be totally disregarded for purposes of determining eligibility for and the amount of a general assistance grant.

History:

1973 c 254; 1977 c 428 s 8; 1977 c 430 s 25; 1Sp1985 c 14 art 9 s 75; 1994 c 483 s 1; 2004 c 206 s 52; 2009 c 78 art 2 s 27; 2020 c 91 s 3

History: History: 1973 c 254; 1977 c 428 s 8; 1977 c 430 s 25; 1Sp1985 c 14 art 9 s 75; 1994 c 483 s 1; 2004 c 206 s 52; 2009 c 78 art 2 s 27; 2020 c 91 s 3

Practical Notes

If you are a displaced homemaker, meaning you previously depended on someone else’s income and now need to support yourself, you can get counseling and training services through this program. Any stipend you receive will not reduce your general assistance benefits.

Source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes