Homelessness case management services and making an appropriation. (FE)

What it would have done

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

The bill requires the Department of Children and Families to allocate in each fiscal year $1,000,000 of funding under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program for the Department of Administration to make grants to shelter facilities for case management services for homeless families.

Current law requires DCF to allocate $500,000 of that funding to DOA to make the grants. The bill also increases the annual limit on grants to a shelter facility from $50,000 to $75,000. Also, the bill eliminates a restriction under current law that limits DCF to making no more than ten grants in total each year. In addition, the bill allows shelters to use the grants for professional development of case managers, in addition to the uses allowed under current law. The bill provides that professional development includes travel expenses necessary for case managers to participate in training. However, the bill provides that no more than 10 percent of a grant can be used for profession development purposes.

Who's behind it

24 lawmakers are its authors⁠. All 24 are Republicans.

3 more lawmakers signed on in support⁠.

What it would cost

State agencies filed a cost estimate. Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

• Fiscal Estimate From DCF
• Fiscal Estimate From DOA

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

• Amendment Histories
• LC Amendment Memo