This bill establishes a high-fidelity wraparound grant program aimed at providing comprehensive mental health services to children facing serious mental health or behavioral challenges. The program, overseen by the commissioner of human services, will support the delivery of these services through evidence-based models and targeted case management standards. Eligible recipients for the grants include counties and community-based service providers committed to offering high-fidelity wraparound services. The bill outlines allowable uses for the grant money, which can cover start-up costs and ancillary care, and mandates that grantees report service utilization and outcomes to the commissioner annually.

Additionally, the bill appropriates funds from the general fund for both the high-fidelity wraparound grants and for mental health services for incarcerated youth. Specifically, it allocates funding for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 to the commissioner of human services for the wraparound grants and to the commissioner of corrections for grants to juvenile detention centers. The latter funding is intended to enhance mental health services for youth in detention, with a requirement for the Department of Corrections to collaborate with the Minnesota Juvenile Detention Association to ensure equitable distribution of resources statewide.