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• And I am wondering, are you mostly looking at grants and grants to non-profits?
• I receive employment in return for awarding a grant, or I recommend that an agency award a grant.
• and grants management, grant monitoring, and grantee evaluation.
• Agency staff who manage grants.
• They are two very different things: the grants, I think, and Medicaid, which is not generally grants,

Bills: HF3043, HF2891

Keywords: public safety, illegal remunerations, healthcare fraud, grants, criminal penalties, state law, grants management, state employees training, certification, monitoring grants, accountability, grant fraud

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• Um, and I am wondering, are you mostly looking at grants and grants to nonprofits?
• <00:36:26.880> Um,<00:36:27.200> is grants and grants to nonprofits?
• Um, is grants and grants to nonprofits?
• um not nonprofit grants. um not nonprofit grants. Representative<00:36:44.079> Greenman.
• and grants management, grant monitoring, and grantee evaluation.

Bills: HF3043, HF2891

Keywords: public safety, illegal remunerations, healthcare fraud, grants, criminal penalties, state law, grants management, state employees training, certification, monitoring grants, accountability, grant fraud, 1183, house

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• Out there, public safety, and this program would fund grants to state agencies or political subdivisions
• The Texas Grow Fund, the grant for infrastructure projects in the oil and gas producing regions within
• The grant program itself, what are the specific qualifications?
• I especially want to thank all of you on this dais for the County Road Grant.
• This has hindered the council. ability to award grants in a timely and expedient manner.

Bills: HB188, HB265, HJR35, HJR47, SB1901, HB188, HB265, HJR35

Keywords: Texas STRONG defense fund, severance tax revenue, oil and gas revenue, constitutional transfers, rainy day fund, economic stabilization fund, state highway fund, oil and gas production, qualifying county, county grants, water infrastructure, first responders, public safety, DPS staffing, commercial motor vehicle safety, gang violence prevention, human trafficking prevention, economic development, TxDOT grants, school districts

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• provide direct grants.
• Office grants, and veteran service organization grants, since they each have their own statutory grant
• A summary of the grants.
• Veterans Service Office grants veteran service organization grants since they each have their own statutory
• grant requirements.

Bills: HF3727, HF3684, HF3467

Keywords: veterans property tax, homestead exclusion, disabled veteran, totally and permanently disabled, service-connected disability, property tax relief, market value exclusion, surviving spouse, family caregiver, county veterans service officer, Minnesota property tax, assessment year 2027, homestead tax benefit, veterans tax exemption, DD214, VA disability rating, veterans, veterans affairs, Department of Veterans Affairs, grant standards

Bills: HF2431

Keywords: higher education, college affordability, student aid, state grants, North Star Promise, scholarships, financial aid, Minnesota State, University of Minnesota, Office of Higher Education, tuition relief, work-study, child care grants, hunger-free campus, food insecurity, student parents, pregnant students, parenting students, sexual misconduct, Title IX

Bills: HF2431

Keywords: higher education, college affordability, student aid, state grants, North Star Promise, scholarships, financial aid, Minnesota State, University of Minnesota, Office of Higher Education, tuition relief, work-study, child care grants, hunger-free campus, food insecurity, student parents, pregnant students, parenting students, sexual misconduct, Title IX

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• works with guardians, and it was providing some justification for increasing the guardians' pass grants
• Guardianship pass grants.
• On your topic of the guardianship grant, I don’t remember that we had that discussion before.

Bills: SB2012

Keywords: transportation, funding, infrastructure, grants, municipal, 908, all

Summary: The Government Operations division met to consider House Bill 1015, the OMB budget, with several amendments already in hand. A major portion of the discussion centered on Senator Mathern’s concerns about the proposed new state hospital in Jamestown. He argued the project is outdated, too expensive, and should be delayed or reduced in favor of local behavioral health services and deferred maintenance at the existing LaHogue facility. Other members questioned him about staffing, capacity, constitutional issues, and the relationship between the hospital proposal and broader mental health investments in other bills. The committee also reviewed budget mechanics, including the transfer of up to $240 million from the Social Services Fund to the Human Services Finance Fund, a $40 million deferred maintenance fund, a $3 million deficiency appropriation for the new and vacant FTE pool, and other OMB-related items. Members discussed whether OMB should have managerial control over the Jamestown project and generally agreed that OMB oversight could help manage costs, though concerns about the hospital remained. The committee then considered two funding items that drew the most debate: guardianship grants and a pro-life education campaign. After testimony from a representative supporting the campaign, members agreed to reduce that item by $500,000 and add $1 million for guardianship grants, while leaving the overall bill to be finalized in conference. The committee adopted Amendment Version 2006 with those changes and then passed HB 1015 as amended on a roll call vote, with all members voting aye except Senator Burckhard on the amendment vote; he later voted aye on the bill itself. The chair indicated the bill would move to conference committee.

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• Number six adds contingent funding for human trafficking victim grants.
• Section 8 updates the amount for human trafficking victim grants that you're appropriating in the bill
• ... ...human trafficking victim grants that you're appropriating in the bill.
• Talking to Grant, he thought maybe we might be able to take up adjutant general this afternoon if we
• So, as we tally those things so far, ...$2 million from the grant that helped purchase the land.

Bills: SB2012

Keywords: transportation, funding, infrastructure, grants, municipal, 908, all

Summary: The Government Operations Division met to continue work on budget and bill amendments. The committee first took up the Attorney General’s budget and reviewed a detailed amendment package that adjusted FTE levels, salary equity funding, funding sources, and several one-time appropriations. Changes included removing some House-added items, adding contingent funding tied to other bills, restoring certain funding sources, increasing the electronic smoking device manufacturer fee, and adding a provision on 24/7 sobriety program fees. Senator Dwyer then offered a further amendment to make the electronic smoking device fee a $2,000 application fee with a $500 annual renewal fee, which passed. The committee then voted 4-1 to adopt the budget as amended and give it a do pass recommendation as amended. The committee next considered House Bill 1143, relating to Great Plains Food Bank funding. After testimony from Amy Cleary on behalf of Great Plains Food Bank, members discussed the organization’s statewide role and the project’s financing, including a planned $30 million facility and existing fundraising. Senator Burkhard moved to restore the appropriation from $5 million to $10 million, and the motion passed 4-1. The committee then voted 4-1 to give the bill a do pass recommendation as amended, with Senator Burkhard designated as carrier. Finally, the committee discussed House Bill 1524, which would fund regional planning councils and authorize 16 FTEs. Members expressed sympathy for the councils’ work but concerns about approving new state-funded positions. No action was taken, and the chair asked to hold the bill over for further review. The committee then recessed, noting remaining budget work and upcoming hearings.

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• The AFFP grant has $12 million in it total. It is one of two TRIP grants that is hard capped.
• All it does is create a grant program in TCEQ.
• So we're asking that that grant also include.
• I'm the emergency manager and grant writer for Lee County.
• But also as a grant writer, I'd like to see this because if I can get a grant for the county to assist

Bills: HB205

Keywords: disaster recovery, economic development, grants, loans, infrastructure support

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• Taxpayers, our constituents want to have confidence that we're making investments in grant programs and
• And that's donations and other grants and such, I'm assuming.
• Information today or quickly just as to the donations and other grants that all pay for the wages.
• And so if this is going to the Board of Directors of Minnesota Humanities Center as a grant program,
• , they would go through the grant process, correct?

Bills: HF1679, HF1019, HF2321, HF1740, HF2278

Keywords: public television, funding, grants, arts and culture, Minnesota, Minnesota Public Radio, arts education, cultural heritage, community engagement, public radio, community radio, educational grants, community cable, public access, programming funding, civic engagement, ethnic media, public access television, Minnesota Humanities Center, funding appropriation

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• And finally, Pell Grants. Pell. Grants take public dollars to private schools.
• Continuation of Pell Grants, I'd actually even like to see.
• An expansion of Pell Grants, I'd like to see short-term certificates for Pell Grants for students who
• What do you feel about more flexibility of Pell Grants?
• Well, I certainly would like to see workforce Pell Grants.

Keywords: educational reform, federal grants, bureaucracy, wealth disparity, public testimony

Summary: The committee meeting engaged in discussions focused primarily on educational reform, the influence of federal grants on local education systems, and the growing disparities in wealth and access to quality education. Members expressed concerns about the bureaucracy surrounding federal funding that hampers schools' ability to obtain necessary resources for improvement. Several members highlighted personal anecdotes from constituents, emphasizing the urgent need for reform to help students succeed in both K-12 and higher education environments. The meeting included public testimonies that provided insights into various community perspectives on these pressing issues.

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• Taxpayers, our constituents, want to have confidence that we're making investments in grant programs
• Taxpayers, our constituents, want to have confidence that we're making investments in grant programs
• in Grant in Grant programs<00:41:10.839> and<00:41:11.839> projects<00:41:12.480><
• I'm other grants and such I'm assuming assuming assuming um<00:42:44.319> I<00:42:44.440>
• would go through the grant process, correct?

Bills: HF1679, HF1019, HF2321, HF1740, HF2278

Keywords: public television, funding, grants, arts and culture, Minnesota, Minnesota Public Radio, arts education, cultural heritage, community engagement, public radio, community radio, educational grants, community cable, public access, programming funding, civic engagement, ethnic media, public access television, Minnesota Humanities Center, funding appropriation

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• grants in addition to primarily legislatively named grants.
• For this audit, we reviewed all grant agreements, amendments, and then grant payments for 13 grants.
• grants or awarding grants or grants or awarding grants or administering<00:46:32.600> these
• grants.
• grants at a time. grants at a time.

Bills: HF3564

Keywords: Greater Minnesota, regional parks, trails, grants, local government, 1183, house

Summary: The Legacy Finance Committee met to approve the prior meeting minutes and then heard a presentation from the Office of the Legislative Auditor on its performance audit of the Department of Natural Resources’ administration of Outdoor Heritage Fund grants. OLA explained that the DNR generally complied with the criteria tested, but the audit identified two main problem areas: grant payments and grant monitoring. The audit covered 13 grants, mostly legislatively named grants awarded in fiscal year 2020, and reviewed agreements, amendments, payments, monitoring, and some site visits. OLA reported that for three grantees, totaling about $400,000, invoices lacked enough detail to determine whether costs were allowable, and about $5,000 was paid to two grantees without sufficient supporting documentation. The auditors also said DNR lacked policies defining allowable costs and what “directly related to and necessary” means under state law. On monitoring, DNR missed required annual visits for six grants, made payments on current progress reports that were missing or not on file, and had weaknesses in closeout evaluations, including missing required elements, late completion, and two grants with no closeout evaluation at all. OLA recommended stronger documentation, clearer guidelines with the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council, timely monitoring and closeout, obtaining progress reports before payment, and improved internal controls. Members reacted strongly to the findings, especially the repeated failures to follow grant procedures and the risks of legislatively named grants and advance payments. Representative Heintzeman and Vice Chair Skraba questioned whether the issues reflected broader problems in state grant oversight and asked about prepayments, follow-up, and whether more legislative action was needed. OLA officials said they do not rely on self-attestation, but instead retest agencies after 2 to 3 years, and noted a new annual update-report process that will track whether agencies implement prior recommendations. Judy Randall, the Legislative Auditor, said the laws and policies already exist and emphasized that the issue is ensuring agency staff follow them; she also said most recommendations in the recent update report had been implemented. No further committee action or vote was taken on the audit during this portion of the meeting.

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• So, with this language, that $10 million can be used for these grants that the chair outlined in his
• So, I do support this bill and have been a co-author. used for these grants that the chair used for these
• grants that the chair outlined<00:08:24.800> in<00:08:24.960> his<00:08:25.120> testimony
• the difference of the $1 million from what was appropriated to the amount that's being used for the grants
• budget is going to pay for state employee salaries versus what is going out in, you know, through grants

Bills: HF3425

Keywords: supportive housing, grants, housing assistance, funding, Minnesota Statutes, 1183, house

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• the support services grant program. the support services grant program.
• , competitive workforce training grant, competitive workforce training grant, one<00:03:44.159>
• component of all the existing grant component of all the existing grant programs<00:04:10.000>
• different grants. different grants.
• codify some of these grants last year. codify some of these grants last year.

Bills: HF3732

Keywords: workforce development, unemployment benefits, youth training, economic development, grants, job creation

Bills: SF1832

Keywords: economic development, small business, workforce training, grants, entrepreneurship, equity, community support, 1187, senate, all

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• It's a state grant.
• Line 11 is the Tribal College Supplemental Assistance Grants.
• Line 60 is the Dual Training Competency Grants Program.
• A year's worth of grants in the state grant program was just a couple million more than that.
• worth of grants.

Bills: HF2312

Keywords: higher education, college finance, student aid, financial aid, state grants, North Star Promise, scholarships, tuition relief, Minnesota State, University of Minnesota, Office of Higher Education, work-study, child care grants, Indian scholarships, tribal colleges, Hunger-Free Campus, student parents, pregnant students, parenting students, sexual misconduct

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• It's the state grant.
• The child care grants on line six grant.
• traumatic brain injury grants. traumatic brain injury grants.
• worth of grants.
• worth of grants.

Bills: HF2312

Keywords: higher education, college finance, student aid, financial aid, state grants, North Star Promise, scholarships, tuition relief, Minnesota State, University of Minnesota, Office of Higher Education, work-study, child care grants, Indian scholarships, tribal colleges, Hunger-Free Campus, student parents, pregnant students, parenting students, sexual misconduct

Bills: SB 1493, SB 1598, SB 1895, SB 1919, SB 2039, SB 2226, SB 2243, SB 2425

Keywords: sidewalk user, pedestrian safety, traffic laws, bicycles, electric scooters, mobility devices, transportation, aviation, economic development, grants, loans

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• Section 9 is a grant program.
• Section 9 is a grant program.
• My question really is focused on the grant mechanism.
• , grants to organizations in the state to conduct gun violence prevention, unquote.
• This also sets a precedent for other state officials to require similar grant arrangements.

Bills: SB156

Keywords: gun violence, firearm safety, special counsel, data collection, community initiatives, grants, Attorney General, public safety, suicide prevention, 909, all