SB 145

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.