2025 Session Last amended: 2023 session

§ 256I.09 — Community Living Infrastructure

Plain-Language Summary

This section allows the commissioner to award grants to county agencies and multi-Tribal collaboratives through a yearly competition. The grants can be used for outreach to homeless people, building housing resource capacity, or improving how housing support funds are managed. Agencies can work together and submit joint applications.

256I.09 COMMUNITY LIVING INFRASTRUCTURE.

The commissioner shall award grants to agencies and multi-Tribal collaboratives through an annual competitive process. Grants awarded under this section may be used for: (1) outreach to locate and engage people who are homeless or residing in segregated settings to screen for basic needs and assist with referral to community living resources; (2) building capacity to provide technical assistance and consultation on housing and related support service resources for persons with both disabilities and low income; or (3) streamlining the administration and monitoring activities related to housing support funds. Agencies may collaborate and submit a joint application for funding under this section.

History:

1Sp2017 c 6 art 2 s 37; 2023 c 70 art 17 s 54

History: History: 1Sp2017 c 6 art 2 s 37; 2023 c 70 art 17 s 54

Practical Notes

County agencies and Tribal collaboratives can apply for these competitive grants to fund housing-related outreach and support activities. The grants specifically target three areas: finding and helping people who are homeless or in segregated settings, providing technical help on housing resources for people with disabilities and low income, and making the administration of housing support programs more efficient.

Source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes