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Committee considers direct appropriation to Minnesota Family Resiliency Partnership
Summary
Representative Mueller sought $350,000 annually for six regional providers of the Minnesota Family Resiliency Partnership, a program serving displaced homemakers and others reentering the workforce; providers described trauma‑informed, wraparound services and reported a strong completion rate. The bill was laid over.
Representative Heather Mueller presented House File 19 60, which would appropriate $350,000 annually to the Minnesota Family Resiliency Partnership, a statewide network of six regional providers that offers pre‑employment and family stabilization services for displaced homemakers and others facing barriers to workforce entry.
Jean Keenan, speaking for the partnership, described the program’s long history and services: individualized action plans, career preparation, trauma‑informed wraparound care, and small direct supports (car repairs, emergency childcare, books) that remove barriers to employment. Keenan said participants are served at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty guideline and that the program achieved a 97 percent program‑completion rate in recent reporting.
Keenan said program participants who exited to employment earned an average wage of $20.38 per hour in the most recent reporting. She told the committee the partnership currently relies on statutory base funding from marriage license and divorce filing fees and is seeking this modest direct appropriation as bridge funding while statutory changes are pursued.
Kimberly Pilgrim read a participant story on behalf of a woman who reentered college and found full‑time employment after the program’s supports. Representative Mueller and coauthors emphasized the program’s long record and return on investment. The committee laid the bill over for further consideration.
