HF 1158

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This Document can be made available
in alternative formats upon request  State of Minnesota
  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
  H. F. No.  1158
02/19/2025     Authored by Hicks
  The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy
1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to children, youth, and families; modifying the diaper distribution program;
1.3amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142A.42.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142A.42, is amended to read:
1.6142A.42 DIAPER DISTRIBUTION GRANT PROGRAM.
1.7Subdivision 1. Establishment; purpose. The commissioner of children, youth, and
1.8families shall establish a diaper distribution program to award competitive grants to eligible
1.9applicants a sole-source grant to the Diaper Bank of Minnesota to provide diapers to
1.10underresourced families statewide.
1.11Subd. 2. Eligibility. To be eligible for a grant under this section, an applicant the Diaper
1.12Bank of Minnesota must demonstrate its capacity to distribute diapers statewide by having:
1.13(1) a network of well-established partners for diaper distribution;
1.14(2) the infrastructure needed to efficiently manage diaper procurement and distribution
1.15statewide;
1.16(3) relationships with national organizations that support and enhance the work of
1.17addressing diaper need;
1.18(4) the ability to engage in building community awareness of diaper need and advocate
1.19for diaper need at local, state, and federal levels;
1.20(5) a commitment to and demonstration of working with organizations across ideological
1.21and political spectrums;
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2.1      (6) the ability to address diaper need for children from birth through early childhood;
2.2  and
2.3      (7) a commitment to working within an equity framework by ensuring access to
2.4  organizations that provide culturally specific services or are located in communities with
2.5  high concentrations of poverty.
2.6      Subd. 3. Application. Applicants The Diaper Bank of Minnesota must apply to the
2.7  commissioner in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner. Applications must be
2.8  filed at the times and for the periods determined by the commissioner.
2.9      Subd. 4. Eligible uses of grant money. An eligible applicant that receives grant money
2.10 under this section shall The Diaper Bank of Minnesota must use the money awarded under
2.11 this section to purchase diapers and wipes and may use up to ten percent of the money for
2.12 administrative costs.
2.13     Subd. 5. Enforcement. (a) An eligible applicant that receives grant money under this
2.14 section The Diaper Bank of Minnesota must:
2.15     (1) retain records documenting expenditure of the grant money;
2.16     (2) report to the commissioner on the use of the grant money; and
2.17     (3) comply with any additional requirements imposed by the commissioner.
2.18     (b) The commissioner may require that a report submitted under this subdivision include
2.19 an independent audit.
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