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• On the education side, uh, it was really we wanted to take full advantage of federal PEL funding, and
• so where we could use federal PEL funding, we really relied on that, and uh these resources were as
• On the education side, uh, it was really we wanted to take full advantage of federal PEL funding, and
• so where we could use federal PEL funding, we really relied on that, and uh these resources were as
• On the education side, uh, it was really we wanted to take full advantage of federal PEL funding, and

Bills: HF3006, HF2130, HF1290

Keywords: Department of Corrections, DOC, corrections budget, supplemental appropriation, deficiency funding, public safety finance, incarceration, prerelease services, community supervision, postrelease services, supervised release, probation, reentry, reentry services, prison reform, body-worn cameras, corrections officer cameras, ARMER radio system, PREA, Prison Rape Elimination Act

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• Federal funding for entitlement programs has been more volatile in recent months as a result of both
• 04.720> programs Federal funding for entitlement programs Federal funding for entitlement programs
• <00:29:35.120> funds lose significant federal funds lose significant federal funds supporting
• the federal government to freeze funds the federal government to freeze funds supporting<00:29:41.280
• federal Medicaid funding. federal Medicaid funding.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• C1 is $225,000 to return funds from the TANF program.
• This is to fund the Education Facilities Partnership Program.
• These are state funding. This is not federal funding.
• Could you just, I see that this is a federal, they're federal grants, but, or federal funding.
• These are, this is state funding. This is not federal funding. The RSVP program, retired.

Summary: The PEER Review Subcommittee met to consider a large agenda of appropriation, transfer, contract, and other review items. Members approved temporary appropriation requests in Sections B through F, including funding for prosecuting attorneys, education-related adjustments, school operating needs, labor licensing divisions, ARPA fund returns from Workforce Services, IIJA grants for state police CDL implementation and a forestry-related county grant, reserve fund transfers for teacher scholarships, school facilities, and economic development, and a Commerce reallocation tied to organizational realignment. Cash fund requests in Section G and budget classification transfers in Section H were also reviewed, along with pay plan requests in Section I, overtime requests in Section J, and multiple methods of finance in Section K. The committee also reviewed discretionary grants in Section L, including agriculture promotion board grants and DHS aging/adult behavioral health grants, plus RFQs, construction contracts, intergovernmental contracts, and out-of-state contracts in Sections M1 through M5. Several items drew questions from members. Workforce Services explained that $225,000 in TANF-related funds would be returned to the federal government because the two-year hold period for uncashed or moved checks had expired. Commerce officials described the $25 million site infrastructure grant program, saying it supports site development, due diligence, and infrastructure build-out at eligible sites of 30 acres or more, including rural communities, with grant agreements and matching requirements providing accountability. DHS and Education officials answered questions about the Care Solace mental health referral contract, saying it is a statewide concierge/referral service that helps schools connect students to Arkansas providers and follow up so students do not fall through the cracks; members asked for more information on provider selection, school-day scheduling, and Arkansas vendor participation. The committee held one item over: the DHS discretionary grant item for the RSVP retired senior volunteer program in L2, after concerns were raised about whether state general revenue was being used effectively and how much administrative overhead the providers retain. Members also questioned several contracts, including a DHS sole-source contract with EMSLink for document management software and a DHS bridge contract with Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care for Medicaid inspections of care reviews; in both cases, agency staff explained the need to avoid service disruption and said follow-up information would be provided. A Department of Corrections reentry center contract was discussed for its recidivism results, and ARDOT retirement-system investment contracts were briefly explained. The meeting ended after a lengthy discussion of the Medicaid Trust Fund balance, with DFA and DHS officials saying the state is expected to finish the fiscal year without exhausting the fund, that a restricted reserve of $100 million is available as a backstop, and that the larger question is what minimum balance should be maintained going forward.

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• On row 2, we have the FY26 program cost, which is $4.5 billion, which is the total amount of funding
• Education Reform Fund, where it'll sit in this fund and support three years of programming that you all
• Over the next few—on the next few rows, we have a few programs that we're also recommending you fund
• Really interested in ensuring stable funding for out of school time programs through the use of PERF.
• The public education reform fund, just because out of school time programs can be so many...

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• Those are federal programs.
• in federal funding, which is more than 25% of the federal funding nationwide.
• Two of them are funded through a federal program.
• We did just learn that in FY26, two of those gauges will be dropped from that federal funding program
• FirstNet is the federal network, federally funded.

Keywords: flooding, emergency response, communication systems, first responders, disaster management, Texas Water Development Board, regional planning, public safety

Summary: The meeting primarily focused on discussions around the recent floods in Texas, specifically addressing emergency preparedness, response coordination, and recovery efforts. Officials from various agencies provided testimonies on the challenges faced during the emergency, including issues with communication systems among first responders. Notably, the need for improved inter-agency communication and technology integration was emphasized, with recommendations for establishing regional communications units for better coordination during disasters. The audience included local government representatives and emergency management partners, who shared insights and experiences from the recent flooding events.

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• I think that it's a part of the federal law, the 287G program. It's only in jails. That's it.
• And like I previously stated, that 287G program is a federal program, and right now it only applies to
• Again, the 287(g) program is a federal program, and it's literally only jail and detention centers.
• in contracting with the federal government regarding those 287G programs.
• So what happens if the federal government brings back the deputizing program?

Summary: The Senate opened with a quorum, prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance, then read an amended joint proclamation expanding the special session call to include financial penalties for government officials, criminal penalties for offenses committed by illegal aliens, and programs and appropriations to support law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. No committee reports, governor’s messages, or House messages were on the desk before the chamber moved to the special order calendar. The main item was Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 2B, the immigration bill, along with a late-filed strike-all amendment by Senator Gruters. Gruters said the amendment aligned terminology with federal law, increased penalties for crimes by unauthorized aliens, added transnational crime organizations to gang definitions, required stronger participation in the federal 287(g) program, created financial penalties for noncompliance, offered a $1,000 bonus for officers assisting ICE in large operations, directed more information-sharing with federal agencies, and barred DHSMV from issuing licenses or IDs to unauthorized aliens. He framed the bill as supporting President Trump’s immigration agenda and focusing on criminal illegal aliens rather than street-level enforcement. A long question-and-answer period followed, with Senators Polsky, Pizzo, Smith, Jones, Roscoe, Berman, and others pressing the sponsor on scope, legality, costs, and implementation. Questions focused on whether the bill would require participation beyond jails and detention centers, whether schools or churches could be affected, liability and immunity for local agencies, the size and purpose of the proposed appropriations, and the impact on undocumented students receiving in-state tuition waivers. Gruters and Senator Fine said the 287(g) provisions were intended to apply to jails and detention facilities, that green-card holders and lawful residents would not be affected, and that the tuition waiver repeal would end discounted tuition for students in the country illegally while not affecting their ability to attend. Fine also defended the mandatory death penalty provision for certain capital offenses committed by illegal immigrants, acknowledging it would likely be challenged in court but arguing the bill was designed to test and advance the policy. No final vote or other action on the bill is reflected in the excerpt.

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• IN 2016 WE RECEIVED OUR INITIAL PROGRAM FUNDING FOR WORKFORCE AND ENTREPRENEUR.
• THE VETS PROGRAM HAS BEEN FUNDED UNDER NON-REOCCURRING SINCE WE WERE CREATED.
• THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS A DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROGRAM CALLED.
• THAT PROGRAM THAT DIRECTOR JOE MARINO MENTIONED THIS FEDERALLY FUNDED AND OPERATED THROUGH THE LOCAL
• THESE ARE FEDERALLY FUNDED THROUGH THE WORK FORCE OPPORTUNITY ACT.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• for that critical program, which is basically a Section 8-style rental assistance program funded by
• But some of that money is actually federally funded. So we're paying...
• But some of that money is actually federally funded, so we're paying very close attention to that.
• program.
• I know we get $50 million in federal funding for the summer youth program, but I don't see anything identified

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Social Services Committee met for its first meeting of the session, with Chair Senator Roxanne Persaud noting a quorum and reviewing the committee’s prior-year activity. She said the committee handled 87 referred bills in 2025, reported 31, passed 25 committee bills in the Senate, and saw five bills pass both houses, with two signed and three vetoed. She also highlighted stakeholder workshops and hearings on rental assistance, youth employment, and human trafficking in the transportation sector, and said the annual report would be posted soon. The committee then heard from Paul Brady of the New York Public Welfare Association and Dave Lucas of the New York State Association of Counties. They focused on federal and state budget pressures, including the HHS withholding letter, TANF, child care, Social Services Block Grant funding, and the implications of HR1 for SNAP and Medicaid work requirements. They warned about staffing shortages, county budget strain, and the need for more time, training, and technology to implement new requirements. Both also emphasized housing instability, supporting rental assistance and shelter-related programs, and Brady urged attention to shelter allowances and safety-net cost sharing. The committee reported several bills to Finance: S.180B to increase enhanced residential care eligibility amounts; S.182 to raise the federal poverty level threshold for a one-time income disregard after job entry; S.184 to establish a full-year youth and young adult employment immersion program, with members questioning how it would be funded; S.1465 to implement an electronic benefit transfer system, which members strongly supported as a fraud-prevention measure; S.3787 to eliminate rent for homeless shelters; and S.7730 to authorize reimbursement for shelters housing a single individual in a double-occupancy room. The committee also advanced S.8570, creating a Fiscal Cliff Task Force to study public assistance program funding shortfalls, despite discussion of prior gubernatorial vetoes of similar measures. All bills were reported, and the meeting adjourned.

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• You can see that the federal funding involved in those settlements is over $3 billion, collectively.
• The next question is also about federal funding.
• State, federal, 638, all funding for the Division of Community Development. Okay.
• Dedicating tribal funds as well as federal grants, we're constantly problem-solving.
• Largely because of changes in federal funding and the rising cost of health care.

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• It's called federalism.
• Federal Federal investigators are still actively pursuing hundreds of pandemic fraud cases.
• Congress stepped in with a federal backstop. Congress stepped in with a federal backstop.
• H.R. 7128 reauthorizes that federal reinsurance program for seven years, extending certainty to small
• The program convenes energy sector stakeholders and federal government stakeholders and federal government

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, June 29, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• This basically funds the office program.
• And it requires federal matching funds.
• And by requires federal care homes. And by requires federal matching<00:22:35.120> funds.
• fund and for cost of the program. fund and for cost of the program.
• > the funds for the pilot program with the funds for the pilot program with the necessary<02:31

Bills: SB2053, SB2494, SB2851, SB3073, HB1678, HB1721, HB2475, HB2246, HB1667, HB1516, SB2532, SB3131, SB3154, HB2297, HB1737, SB2143, SB2398, SB2623, HB1740, HB1920, HB1682, SB2153, SB3140, HB1515, SB2835, HB2282, SB3083, SB2031, SB2519, SB2667, SB3096, SB99, SB2138, HB2289, HB2319, HB1711, HB2270, SB3138, SB3076, HB1642, HB2338, HB2171, HB1785, SB2881, HB2505, SB2552, HB1518, HB1815, SB3125, SB3234, HB2158, HB1718, HB2207, HB1801, SB3229, SB2338, SB3069, SB2600, HB2300, HB1800, HB1960, SB2999, SB2060, SB2866, SB2239, HB1741, HB1713, HB2023, HB2417, SB2877, SB2598, SB2921, SB2645, HB2547, HB2275, HB2452, HB2329, HB2339, HB1838, HB1509, HB1661, HB2271, HB2272, HB2344, HB1888, HB1707, SB2340, HB2474, HB1576, HB1853, HB1804, HB1854, HB2095, HB2050, HB472, SB3215, SB2247, SB2400, HB1618, HB1802, HB1969, HB1541, HB2310, HB2498, HB2443, HB2218, HB649, HB2104, HB1710, SB2802, HB1973, HB1974, HB1894, HB1891, HB1890, SB177, SB2101, SB3320, SB2487, HB2429, HB1870, HB1839, HB2583, HB1391, HB2094, SB2671, SB2673, SB2892, SB2057, SB3245, HB306, HB2592, SB3157, SB2861, SB3204, SB3324, SB2580, SB2074, SB411, SB3025, SB2934, SB2567, SB2125, SB3238, SB2367, SB2599, SB3007, SB2001, SB2756, SB3029

Keywords: salvage vehicles, vehicle title transfer, electronic signatures, insurance, administrative efficiency, bribery, corruption, statute of limitations, public servant, criminal justice, deafness, traffic safety, law enforcement, vehicle registration, communication, biological evidence, DNA analysis, post-conviction, evidence retention, court approval

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• > however funded early psychosis programs however funded early psychosis programs however a<01
• <01:36:29.320> programs to get the necessary funding programs to get the necessary funding
• Paul invested federal CARES Act funds at the tune of $74 million into more affordable housing.
• Paul invested federal CARES Act funds at the tune of $74 million into more affordable housing.
• Paul invested federal CARES Act funds at the tune of $74 million into more affordable housing.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Um, Black, you had said that you had lost all federal funding for OETA.
• How much were the lost federal funds? So I want to go down that road for a second.
• Programming and we spend some of the funding for production.
• We're very confident that federal library funding will continue.
• Both the House and the Senate are in agreement with continuing federal library funding.

Keywords: 914, all

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• It's being modeled closely after what the federal program was before it was eliminated in 2024.
• It won't come from the early childhood trust fund or state fund.
• or early Head Start program or an early pre-kindergarten program or a pre-kindergarten program except
• Child Care Development and programs authorized by the federal Child Care Development Block Grant as
• I wasn't going to go based on a program relying on general fund, knowing where we're headed and slow

Keywords: 996, all

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• <00:39:44.400> to to their federal funding and to try to to their federal funding and to try
• for 10 days. funding for federal public defenders by funding for federal public defenders by $315<02:
• <02:49:38.800> funding,<02:49:39.840> federal power over federal funding, federal power
• It funds the federal courts.
• > Federal Aviation Administration, it Federal Aviation Administration, it funds<03:18:52.000> the<

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Programs in place and therefore would be forced to pay into a fund that they cannot see that they receive
• So one other question: has this program, Madam Chair, Senator, been funded by the General Fund before
• Operate as an agency, and that we use primarily for maintenance of state roads because our federal funds
• And it could use existing State road fund revenue combined with federal funds to pay that debt, but what
• I don't know if most of you know what Stone Garden funds are, and they're federal funds that let local

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• >> Yes, based on the $252,000 number, 70% is federal grant funds, 30% is board funds. >> Thank you so
• >> Yes, based on the $252,000 number, 70% is federal grant funds, 30% is board funds. >> Thank you. >
• All federal funds are not good funds.
• and whether that amount is secured by federal grant funding.
• funds into FY a federal fiscal year<01:22:23.520> 26.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee first approved the September 19 meeting minutes and then took up a deferred University of Kentucky personal services contract amendment for guardianship services. UK officials explained that the contract covers court-appointed guardians for patients who cannot make medical decisions and are not eligible for state guardianship, with the work funded by UK Medical Center agency dollars rather than the general fund. Members questioned the large increase in the not-to-exceed amount, the number of cases, the hourly billing structure, and whether there are safeguards to prevent unnecessary costs or reimbursement issues if a patient later has resources. UK said the increase reflects shifting work from a prior firm, anticipated new cases, a move from a monthly fee to hourly billing, and the need for a second firm because one prior attorney died and another firm has had difficulty appearing in court promptly. The committee ultimately approved the contract, while Senator Thomas said he would vote aye but urged future review of attorney fee limits and broader guardianship statutes, which he described as outdated and inconsistent. The committee then deferred three Office of Energy Policy memorandum of agreement items to the November 2025 meeting without objection. After that, it approved the remaining agenda items, including the contract lists and deferred items not separately selected for review. The final major item was a University of Kentucky personal services contract related to fundraising and philanthropic outreach. UK representatives said the contract supports marketing and donor engagement efforts to grow the university’s endowment pipeline and philanthropic support. The transcript cuts off before the committee finished its questions or took final action on that item.

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• Now, each Medicaid fraud unit is funded by a federal grant from the Department of Health and Human Services
• But with those federal requirements and funding come certain prohibitions, too.
• And then on top of that, the federal government has come on and cut funding, and now we're here having
• We aren't here because the federal government hasn't kept up with cost and funding.
• has come on and cut federal government has come on and cut funding<01:47:46.640> and<01:47:47.080

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Those are federal programs.
• Selected for federal funding.
• in federal funding, which is more than 25% of the federal funding available nationwide.
• funds, if it's pulling down federal funds.
• We did just learn that in FY 26, two of those gauges will be dropped from that federal funding program

Keywords: 997, house, all

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• briefly pulls from a 2023 program briefly pulls from a 2023 program evaluation<00:04:55.120>
• The senior nutrition program is a federal program that provides meals to individuals age 60 or older,
• , the Great Start Compensation Support Payment Program, and recipients of funds.
• We deliver these programs, and we hold true to the importance of spending federal, state, and local dollars
• TriCare, a federal health insurance program for military members and their families, has identified that

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The Human Services Committee met on January 22, 2025, to focus early in session on waste, fraud, abuse, and program integrity in Minnesota human services programs. The chair said taxpayers expect funds to reach people in need and asked the Office of the Legislative Auditor (OLA) to present on resources, progress, and possible solutions. Members also asked the auditors to note where the legislature or agencies had already taken action to address prior findings. OLA staff summarized recent reports on grants management and oversight. They said noncompliance with grants policies has been pervasive across agencies, including problems at DHS in conflict-of-interest documentation and pre-award financial reviews. In one DHS review, 30 of 41 grant reviewers had missing or incomplete conflict forms, and 20 of 57 grants lacked required financial review documents; the issues affected about $11.5 million in grant funding. OLA said DHS spent more than $400 million in grants to nonprofit organizations from 2018 to 2022, and they identified broader factors affecting compliance such as inconsistent funding for grants administration, ad hoc training, inconsistent data systems, and limited enforcement authority. They noted 2023 legislative changes that allowed agencies to retain some grant funding for administration and directed an assessment of a statewide grants management system, and they said OGM training and staffing have increased, though training is still not required for all staff. The Financial Audit Division then discussed the senior nutrition program at DHS, which delivered about 3.1 million meals to more than 40,000 participants in 2022 through the Minnesota Board on Aging, area agencies, service providers, and subcontractors. The audit found nine findings across documentation, monitoring, contract oversight, participant recertification, and data quality. Examples included service providers failing to recertify participants or recording inaccurate data, the Board on Aging not performing monitoring visits since 2017 or financial reconciliations in 2022, and area agencies failing to complete required site visits. Survey results also suggested participant database inaccuracies. OLA recommended stronger monitoring, clearer procedures, and more reliable data to ensure services reach intended recipients. No formal votes or committee actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.