Section 1. new text beginYOUTH MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS COMMUNITY CENTER.
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new text begin $15,030,000 in fiscal year 2022 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
of employment and economic development for a grant to 846s.org, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
organization, to acquire property, design, construct, equip, and furnish a youth mental health
and wellness community center to address community youth mental health concerns and
offer academic, career, and entrepreneurial programming for local youth and their families.
This appropriation includes money for satellite offices for health care professionals and
social workers, event space, a computer lab, a youth-operated coffee shop, and a recording
studio. Up to 30 percent of this appropriation may be used for academic, career,
entrepreneurial, and mental health programming offered at the community center. Minority
business enterprises, as defined under Minnesota Statutes, section 116M.14, subdivision 5,
may be prioritized for awards of contracts for goods, services, or construction for the purpose
of this project. This is a onetime appropriation and is available until December 31, 2022.
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