Minnesota Statutes 260.786 – Child Welfare Staff Allocation for Tribes
Subdivision 1.Allocations.
The commissioner shall allocate $80,000 annually to each of Minnesota’s federally recognized Tribes that, at the beginning of the fiscal year, have not joined and are not in the process of planning to join the American Indian Child welfare initiative under section 256.01, subdivision 14b. Tribes not participating in or planning to join the initiative as of July 1, 2023, are: Bois Fort Band of Chippewa, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Lower Sioux Indian Community, Prairie Island Indian Community, and Upper Sioux Indian Community.
Subd. 2.Purposes.
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 260.786
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 260.786
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
Money must be used to address staffing for responding to notifications under the Indian Child Welfare Act and the Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act, to the extent necessary, or to provide other child protection and child welfare services. Money must not be used to supplant current Tribal expenditures for these purposes.
Subd. 3.Reporting.
By June 1 each year, Tribes receiving this money shall provide a report to the commissioner. The report shall be written in a manner prescribed by the commissioner and must include an accounting of money spent, staff hired, job duties, and other information as required by the commissioner.
Subd. 4.Redistribution of money.
If a Tribe joins the American Indian child welfare initiative, the payment for that Tribe shall be distributed equally among the remaining Tribes receiving an allocation under this section.